EventsUpdate NOVEMBER 2016 NZAEP SEEKING NEW BOARD MEMBER — See page 2
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ROBYN LEVINGE TACKLES TRICKY H&S QUESTIONS — See page 6
ON THE ZERO-WASTE PATH — See page 12
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NZAEP seeking new Board member NZAEP members, Filling the shoes of outgoing Board members is both a challenge and a pleasure. Anne Hindson and Terri van Schooten have both reached the end of their Board tenure and while they have both left wonderful legacies for the Association we’re excited at the opportunity to be welcoming in new blood, new ideas and expanding the skills base represented on the Board. Anna Hiatt, from Pure Chaos, joined the Board in October to fill one of these vacant
roles. Anna is currently Commercial Manager for both Challenge Wanaka and the Audi quattro Winter Games, with a solid background in event management and communications roles. The Board has decided to advertise the remaining position to our membership and beyond to ensure all members are aware of the opportunity and that our membership benefits from the right representation. We’re seeking applications from dedicated and passionate people from within and outside the events industry.
Experience in financial or education sectors or having run your own event business would be preferable. Serving on the NZAEP Board is a voluntary role. You will be required to attend six Board meetings per year (typically four to five hours each), participate in up to four conference calls per year (approximately one hour each) regarding your Board committee role and contribute up to ten hours per year for project support, meetings or consultation. The Board is supported by a full-time CEO and part time administrator. Whilst all
expenses are reimbursed, there is no remuneration. If you are interested in joining the NZAEP Board, we’d love to hear from you – please email info@nzaep.co.nz with a twopage CV and a covering email about what you believe you could contribute the role and the industry. You may also be interested to remind yourself of the other NZAEP Board members on the website http://nzaep.co.nz/aboutus/#board Andy Scotland Chair, NZAEP
Currently seeking applications: NZAEP Board Member Are you passionate about your industry? Looking to make a meaningful contribution? We’re seeking applications now to fill our vacant Board role. Click here to request the full role description. To apply, please email info@nzaep.co.nz with your two page CV and a covering email detailing why you are applying to join the Board.
COVER: CityUps, a Studio Christchurch led collaboration for FESTA 2014. Photographs by Peanut Productions
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Rotorua – Wednesday, 16th November Christchurch – Tuesday, 29th November Wellington – Wednesday, 30th November Auckland – Friday, 2nd December
Regional Seminar Series: Strategic Planning for Events The seminar will utilise the new ‘Strategic and Business Planning for Events’ module that has just been completed for the Major Events Resource Bank. Are you planning for events with the same strategic thought process you would apply to a company or launching straight into preparations without considering the bigger picture and what you wish to occur in five years’ time? Feedback from our 2016 Judges of the New Zealand Event Awards indicated that many entries didn’t do strategic planning well enough. This seminar is hands on. You’ll receive practical templates and guidelines, checklists and examples and have time to consider your own event. What is your vision? What is your strategy for achieving that vision? What are your KPIs? How will you know you’ve succeeded if you don’t know where you should optimally be? The half day seminar is presented by Craig Jones, founder of Visitor Solutions. He has 20 years’ experience in the leisure, sport, recreation, community development, events, and tourism sectors. Craig has specialised in strategic planning, qualitative and quantitative research, needs analysis, feasibility analysis and business optimisation. Take action to improve the outcome of your event! Kristina Ryan, Senior Policy Advisor NZ Major Events, will also be attending and provide key information on latest developments and activity. $25.00 for members and $50.00 for non-members. VENUES: See www.nzaep.co.nz/seminars for further
details on each city’s venue and timing as well as to register.
Rotorua: Energy Events Centre, Wednesday 16th November, 10.00am – 2.00pm. Christchurch: City Council Building, Tuesday 29th November, 12.30-5.00pm Wellington: PWC, The Terrace, Wednesday 30th
November, 12.30-5.00pm
Auckland: MERW, Lumley Centre, 88 Shortland St, CBD, Friday, 2nd December, 8.30-1.00pm
TICKETS: Due to the generous sponsorship from NZ Major Events, tickets are heavily discounted. $25.00 for members and $50.00 for non-members (inc GST) Book online via www.nzaep.co.nz/seminars or email Wendy, info@nzaep.co.nz CANCELLATIONS: 24 hours’ notice for cancellations must be given to secure a refund.
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Suppliers’ Seminar re-cap with Robyn Levinge Robyn Levinge, Director of Optimé, Health and Safety and workplace wellbeing specialists, led the NZAEP Suppliers’ Networking Seminar in Auckland last month addressing the prickly issues suppliers face on-site in regard to Health and Safety. Robyn has extensive experience in Health and safety planning with a range of high-profile corporate clients and believes in empowering and engaging people at every level to create a culture of wellbeing. Robyn addressed a number of event and supplier-specific questions at our October seminar: Do you see Health and Safety in an event setting as substantially different from any other business? How much of your work is focussed on H&S in event situations? All of my business undertakings across all industry sectors and sizes of business having event management of some shape or form. It is different from other businesses in that it has a lot of constantly changing variables and environments but the approach to health and safety is no different to other businesses. The processes for
managing safety will be the same, however, the solutions and tools to enable event managers to manage well may be different for each event company. You’ve had over 20 years’ experience working with some impressive clients, what do you think is key to shifting to a positive H&S culture? There are three key aspects here: 1. Understanding your role and responsibilities as leaders and as an organisation. Actively undertaking your role and committing to your responsibilities and measuring your success. 2. Positive and active communication. Fostering an open and trusting work environment starts with how you communicate and value your employees and contractors. 3. Allowing all employees at every level to have a say in the planning and way you organise your business. The best ideas sometimes sit with the quietest of employees. When an event is being held, who is the ultimate decision maker? In most events and work
projects, the decisions should be consultation led with involvement from employees, contractors and clients. This ensures you have the buy in from all parties, therefore all parties will be ultimately making decisions and agreeing as a group. This doesn’t always work well and ultimate decisions do have to be made that usually come from the top down so starting with the Client and dependent on the phase of the event, may move to the Project co-ordinator on site. In short, this may change per event dependent of roles and responsibilities but can be agreed in the planning phase. How, as an industry, can we develop a set of H&S guiding principles to enable the sector to move towards more effective as well as more consistent results? Start with a working party (Committee) for the industry whose role is to involve experts and set out some principles for managing health and safety. The principles will need consultation and be flexible enough to allow for different ways of working but setting minimum standards to follow. The association could support this and co-ordinate as they are a good avenue for communication and
consultation. If one supplier has set their own H&S policies, but is working with a venue who has lesser standards, what should be done to lift the venue? Different parties can operate with different individual standards, as long as they all agree to working to the standards set for the event. It comes down to the planning prior to the event. Good planning will identify the different standards and agree what the acceptable standards are for this event that all parties work to. Planning is critical for all events and in particular, identifying roles, responsibilities and what standards will be agreed.
Considered Mentoring? Mentoring is a great way to share the benefit of your experience, contribute to our wider industry and help an up and coming professional achieve their potential. NZAEP would like to connect potential mentors and mentees through our membership. Please contact info@nzaep.co.nz to feature here:
Mentor Opportunity Auckland: A mid-career professional has recently been promoted into their first leadership role. As the National Events Lead for a group of 25 event specialists across New Zealand, our mentee is looking to connect with a mentor with a wealth of experience in planning, strategising and delivering a large calendar of events, as well as experience in leadership roles. If this sounds like you, please email info@nzaep.co.nz
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Regional Updates AUCKLAND Donna Buchanan, Regional Rep for Auckland donna@womeninevents.co.nz New Wellbeing Service for Musicians The wonderful people at the NZ Music Foundation have launched their Wellbeing Service on the back of the survey that went around
BAY OF PLENTY Jenna Quay, Regional Rep for Bay of Plenty, jenna.quay@ tauranga.govt.nz Vegan Vibes September saw the Bay of Plenty’s first dedicated Vegan festival, Vegan Vibes take place in Tauranga. “The vegan movement is growing in popularity so our aim was to highlight the benefits of a vegan lifestyle, to provide knowledge and experiences to both the local vegan and wider community,
in the music industry. The announcement was made at the Silver Scrolls and was very well received. For further info visit: www.nzmusicfoundation.org. nz/wellbeing and Free 24/7 support line: 0508 MUSICHELP
and to showcase the food and lifestyle products that are available to support this.” says Brendon Holmes Event Organiser.
Also featured were guest speakers, workshops, giveaways, music and entertainment. Big Little Events are already
cycling events.
Kevin Murphy, Regional Rep for Hawke’s Bay. kevinm@napier. govt.nz
With over 10 events from professional road cycling, dress your bike competition, fun rides, kids rides and hard core challenges - it’s cycling all the way!
Napier City Council successfully won the bid to host the Elite Road Cycling National Championships for a three year period, starting 2016. The prestigious event is incorporated in the Hawke’s Bay Summer Cycling Carnival, which is a 10-day long celebration of cycling combining elite and fun
Free training for events industry Savina Kim has started a programme called IGNITE engages young people with a passion for music and events in a free 15-week industry specific training programme, more details www.igniteprogramme.org.nz and Savina can be contacted on savina@igniteprogramme. org.nz or 021 612 899
taking bookings for Vegan Vibes 2 which will take place in September 2017 and are also looking at taking the festival to Auckland.
Vegan Vibes showcased over 30 vegan food, food products, body and leisure products, fashion, footwear vendors and much more from around the country.
HAWKE’S BAY
Summer Cycling Carnival, January 4-8
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Hawke’s Bay has more than 200kms of on-road and offroad trails, a Pump Track, Junior Cycling Track, world class road rides and more restaurants, bars, wineries and places to stay than you can think of. The Summer Cycling Carnival from 7 to 17 January 2016 will have something for everyone to get involved in whether a
Vegan Vibes CREDIT: Supplied Paradox Tauranga Street Art Festival, see page 10
spectator, participant, child, family or couple. Dixie Chicks to headline Mission Estate Concert The Mission Estate Concert Management team proudly announces global superstars the Dixie Chicks will headline our 2017 Concert in their first and only New Zealand concert date. The biggest US female band of all time, the Dixie Chicks’ announcement is a coup for fans of the Mission Estate Concert and coincides with celebrating 25 years of Mission Concerts featuring the hottest acts on the planet.
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Development Corporation (CDC), Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism (CCT), and some activities currently undertaken by the Council’s Events Unit. This decisions aligns with the Council’s recently approved visitor strategy and aligns with the Governments latest tourism figures to regain momentum in re-establishing the growth of Canterbury’s tourism industry. CANTERBURY CAPTION: Jen Beatty, Regional Rep for Canterbury, Jennifer. Beatty@ccc.govt.nz Canterbury Event calendar To see what’s happening in Christchurch - visit bethere.co.nz New Business Entity Announced in Christchurch The Christchurch City Council has announced the establishment of a single organisation, which will be responsible for visitor attraction, major events, international education and economic development. The council has agreed to consolidate its existing tourism, major events and economic development functions by bring together Canterbury
The establishment of this new organisation will allow Christchurch to build a combined approach which will align and delivery the recently released Christchurch Visitor Strategy, including business investment, talent attraction, international education and the city’s range of high profile events. SCAPE SCAPE Public Art has moved from its biennial model to an annual, six-week season of Public Art from October 1 – November 12 2016 (incorporating New Zealand Cup and Show Week celebrations), launching new works and showcasing the extensive current catalogue of major public artworks. All aspects are free-to-view and free-to-participate. Heather Galbraith has been appointed as Managing
Curator, the role extending over three annual seasons through to 2018. Presence, the curated element of the 2016 Season, will exhibit works from an impressive mix of New Zealand artists curated and selected by Galbraith. The annual seasons will provide an opportunity to focus on the introduction of new works whilst maintaining focus on the impressive base of legacy pieces. Guided walks for the SCAPE Public Art Walkway depart from the Arts Centre at 12.30pm each day. Self-guided walks are supported by maps provided at each artwork location and through the SCAPE Public Art app. The 2016 Season profiles six key elements related to public art. These components include; SCAPE Public Art Walkway Presence - Heather Galbraith’s curated exhibition of public artwork Re:ACTIVATE - Student and emerging artists’ exhibition SCAPE Education – Classroom programme and art making activities SCAPE Speaker Series Artists talks, screenings and public programmes
SCAPE Events - Including an opening weekend of youth, family and children-focused free event. FESTA The Festival of Transitional Architecture (Festa) took place in Christchurch over the Labour Day long weekend. In the resilient city of Christchurch, FESTA 2016 celebrates sustainability and the reuse of waste materials in design. Festa celebrates and enriches the creativity of postearthquake Christchurch with around 30 free events and projects across vacant sites and empty buildings in the central city. The highlight was a free, large-scale, one-night urban event that attracted 10,00015,000 people. Architecture students from Australia and New Zealand transformed central city Christchurch with large-scale architectural installations. Alongside these were local food and drink offerings from food trucks, pop-up restaurants and central city bars. Events included architectural installations, workshops, talks, pop up projects, foraging events, live performances and artworks.
CityUps, a Studio Christchurch led collaboration for FESTA 2014. Photographs by Peanut Productions
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Paradox: Tauranga Street Art Festival SOURCE: Excerpts from Tauranga City Council Release, 6 October 2016 Tauranga City Council in partnership with Oi YOU! and Tauranga Art Gallery has introduced the newest addition to the city’s events calendar in 2017: Paradox: Tauranga Street Art Festival. The festival will run from 28 March until the end of June 2017 including the Oi YOU! Collection with works from Banksy on display for the first time on the North Island; art work specially created for Tauranga by six international and national artists as well as an extensive festival programme including works of the city’s local artists, public wall paintings, food, music and dance. The festival is the first of its kind in Tauranga and is paradoxical in its nature not only by bringing street art into a gallery but also by internationally acclaimed artists turning the city into an outdoor gallery, adding to the city’s existing display of street art. This is the first time the comprehensive Oi YOU! Collection is being exhibited in the North Island of New Zealand. The collection includes the most extensive
assembly of the works of acclaimed street artist Banksy in the southern hemisphere. But the festival is more than just the Oi YOU! Collection and consists of three parts encompassing the whole city and its communities: Paradox Inside, Outside and Live and Local. Mayor Stuart Crosby is thrilled to see the Council involved in this high-profile event that has been created for the whole community to enjoy, and that can easily compete with events on an international stage. “Tauranga, a city of beautiful beaches and natural surroundings and one of New Zealand’s fastest growing cities will become the unexpected canvas for the kind of street art festival New Zealand has not seen so far,” Mr Crosby said. “We will be giving our communities and visitors the unique opportunity to experience and to enjoy street art in a variety of settings: in our art gallery, on prominent walls across the city and within our communities.” “Tauranga is on a journey to becoming one of New Zealand’s most desirable places to be, and this new
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One of Banksy’s most well-known works, painted on a wall of a gas station in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Palestine. CREDIT: AFT/GETTYIMAGES/THOMAS COEX addition to the city’s events calendar will fuel the hype. With works on show from Banksy, who is arguably the most prominent street artist in the world, as well as renowned artists, Tauranga has been given the chance to take its place on the world street art map.”
stunning murals both inside the Tauranga Art Gallery and out on the streets.
George Shaw, jointly owning the Oi YOU! Collection with his wife Shannon Webster and artistic director for Paradox, is excited to see the contrasts coming together.
“Add to that exceptional talent the Oi YOU! Collection with its 22 works by Banksy and the Tauranga Street Art Festival promises to be a serious treat for everyone who comes along to experience it.”
“We assembled a group of six outstanding artists from these shores and abroad who will come to the city to create unique installations and paint
“These artists exemplify the diversity of street art and the talent that has helped thrust street art into the public eye and build it into one of the biggest art movements the world has seen.
Festival website: www.taurangastreetart.co.nz
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‘Purely and simply scalping’ - concert promoters riled by resale sites SOURCE: TVNZ.co.nz, 30 October 2016 A David versus Goliath battle is being waged over what concert promoters are calling the most sophisticated scalping operation they’ve ever seen. Ticketmaster has set up a resales website in New Zealand, where anyone can sell their event tickets for inflated prices, raising the ire of some in the entertainment industry. The queues for hot event tickets are no longer at the box office, they’re online, allowing companies like Ticketmaster to capitalise on the demand. “This is purely and simply scalping,” said concert promoter Ian Magan. Mr Magan was so riled by Ticketmaster’s resale website, he called a meeting with company executives last year. “We hadn’t authorised them to resell them to the public at a much higher price, so we made these points to Ticketmater and they completely ignored our objections,” he said. On the website, tickets are listed by sellers at higher prices and in many cases they are still for sale on the main site for a cheaper price. “Many members of the public can be fooled into thinking the only way they can buy tickets is at this inflated resale price,” said Mr Magan. Another producer was left watching others try to profit off her show. “It’s double the price on the Tickemaster resale website and there’s nothing we can do about it,” said concert producer Tricia Macpherson. “The promoters are taking
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the risk, the promoters are bringing in the product paying the bills and here’s these guys coming along and riding in on it,” said Ms Macpherson. In a statement, Ticketmaster Resale told 1 NEWS the site “provides a safe and secure platform for fans to sell unwanted tickets and to purchase tickets for events that might otherwise be sold out.” “It provides a customer guarantee which protects fans when making a purchase.” But it does admit on its website to onselling the tickets themselves. “We may, on occasion, place tickets on the website on behalf of (or as agent for) third parties.” There is nothing illegal about what Ticketmaster is doing. While the Commerce Commission has received complaints alleging the site is misleading, the commission does not expect to take the complaints further. “They’re not very good at disclosing how much the tickets will cost and you will be paying a lot more, so you just have to expect that. But I guess as a fan you know that when you go onto a resellers site,” said Sue Chetwin from Consumer NZ. Ticketmaster Resale is not the only such site, there’s also Viagogo, and Trade Me allows tickets to be resold without restrictions on pricing. Other countries are already examining the resale issue and New Zealand promoters warn we need to do the same. “If there is not a law change the practice will continue to balloon out,” said Mr Magan. In the meantime for fans, it’s buyer beware.
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On the zero-waste path have embedded energy in the product created, but embedded energy in the way it is disposed of. “Recycling goes out of town, then from there it is getting baled and shipped internationally, whereas a compostable product, that is suitable, could potentially be done locally.” Closed-loop recycling
Kim Renshaw is on a mission to get every festival and event in the country involved in “zero-waste”. CREDIT: Rebecca Grunwell SOURCE: GisborneHerald. co.nz, 1 November 2016. PLATES and bowls made out of potatoes, cups from plants, and recycling stations for everything else. “That is what we should be working towards at events and festivals,” said Kim Renshaw, founder of Beyond The Bin, an initiative to encourage other event managers to ascribe to the “zero-waste” vision. Tauranga-based Ms Renshaw began her zero-waste path through running a gourmet night market in the Bay. She introduced a system where all waste produced at the market had to be compostable. Through her work people around the country caught on and hired her to help them minimise their festival waste, including managing WOMAD’s waste system. As her work grew in popularity she created an organisation to help others reduce their waste, and she has been travelling around the country running workshops ever since. For Ms Renshaw it is about running enjoyable events and
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festivals, while minimising the waste footprint, which can improve the experience. “Zero-waste events give people pride in their events,” she said. “If you go to an event and there is no recycling, just landfill, it can make you feel a bit stink. But if you have got a place you can recycle it, or are using a compostable system, it can enhance the vibes.” Huge opportunities In the land of Rhythm and Vines and Wine and Food Gisborne has immense opportunities to implement such systems, Ms Renshaw said. She was in Gisborne earlier this month for a seminar on how local events organisers can reduce their waste produce, and discussed what methods are locally relevant. “For example looking at what gets composted locally, what gets recycled, what best practice is and then figuring out what the minimum ‘best practice’ is. “In Gisborne the biggest thing is it is really isolated. Not only does the waste
Other areas to look into include “closed-loop recycling”, which encourages and enables communities to create things out of waste. With various anti-waste movements going on around the world, Ms Renshaw believes “zero-waste” is becoming increasingly popular. “We are definitely becoming a more conscious society. With access to technology people are seeing what’s going on in other countries and are demanding similar things happen here.” In San Francisco there are laws to encourage compostable and recyclable products. France more recently banned disposable plastic cups, plates and cutlery. “People are asking why we can’t do that here. Festival organisers are also realising it’s their responsibility to do something with waste.”
Commercial facility “It has to be done where there is a commercial composting facility. “It depends on the shredder, the volume, how often it is turned, how hot it gets, the filters then where the compost is going to be used. “Paper and cardboard don’t make beautiful compost, but it is still a great way of processing that kind of waste.” Her aim is to have waste systems consistent throughout the country among events and while the potential is exciting, she is also concerned about a lack of standards. “Any product could say it is compostable and biodegradable. Some meet international standards, but we don’t have our own standard.” Regardless, she said there is traction and “zero-waste” attitudes are picking up all over New Zealand. “In five years I think you won’t be able to go to an event, anywhere in New Zealand, and not see recycling, and there will be more composting as well.”
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She says compostable coffee cups, and plates made from things such as potato starch, are “going crazy”. It is all in relative terms though. “In some of those places overseas they have millions of people, so setting up systems to deal with compostable waste is worth it financially.
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GODZone’s own Beer SOURCE: Excerpts from GODZone Release, 3 November 2016
supporting GODZone is fantastic for everyone involved.
Award winning Queenstown brewing company, Altitude Brewing, is creating a unique and original beer for GODZone competitors to experience at the 2017 event being held in Queenstown from 25th Feb – 3rd March.
“We’re delighted to have Eliott and Eddie brewing a ‘one off’ beer for us. It will be a real incentive for teams knowing it is waiting for them at the end of the race.”
The craft beer company has this week signed an exclusive three-year beer partnership with the New Zealand adventure event. Altitude Brewing directors Eliott Menzies and Eddie Gapper say they are stoked to be on board. “We are fully amped to partner with this legendary adventure racing event in our home town. All great adventures should finish with a beer and yarns with friends.” GODZone CEO Warren Bates says having the innovative Queenstown Company
The ‘yet to be named’ exclusive beer will be crafted in the New Year by Altitude Brewing and GODZone fans and followers will be able to purchase the product before the adventure race kicks off. “We are going to open up the opportunity to name the beer to our tens of thousands of followers on facebook and I am sure someone will capture the spirit and essence of the event with a catchy name or phrase to go on the label,” says Bates. GODZone is the largest expedition adventure race in the world and is renowned for taking teams on an
Eddie Gapper and Eliott Menzies of Altitude Brewing CREDIT: Supplied exhilarating and spectacular journey lasting up to seven days. The 2017 event sold out within 2 hours and over 70 teams from around the world will participate in GZ Chapter 7. Bates says the specially brewed beer will be part of the post event celebrations at Sherwood in Queenstown and be in the GODZone prize packs.
Doors open on a new Northland business and event hub SOURCE: Stuff.co.nz, 31 October A soon to be opened Northland business and event hub will be the first of its kind in New Zealand. Local businesses and business development agencies will share space under one roof when The Orchard Business and Event Hub opens in Whangarei on November 9. The Orchard Business and Event Hub co-working space will allow start-up businesses, entrepreneurs, contractors and professionals
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to rent space and services on a casual or regular basis. It will offer hot-desks, collaborative tables, breakout zones, meeting rooms, ultra-fast Wi-Fi, printers, scanners and an 80 person capacity event space. Kayla Tattley has been appointed as the community activator for The Orchard. The pupose-fitted ‘hub” on the corner of Cameron and Walton streets will combine with the Regional Development Agency (Northland Inc) and the Chamber of Commerce. Northland Inc chief executive Dr David Wilson
says Northland is entering an exciting new phase for economic development. “This is a grass-roots, moneywhere-your-mouth-is project which will benefit a range of Northland businesses and entrepreneurs. We’re focused on growing innovation and entrepreneurship in the region and this provides a practical way of connecting government support agencies with the self-employed professionals, small businesses and start-ups in Northland.” www.theorchard.co.nz
“Altitude Brewing will craft a really interesting and refreshing beer for such an inspiring adventure,” says Bates. “The iconic hot pie and a cold beer at the finish line has become an event highlight over the past six years and our competitors love this typical ‘Kiwi style’ reward.”
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Women in Events 1st Birthday celebration October brought the 1st birthday of Women in Events NZ held at Degree Gastro Bar at Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour. As well as showcase of Degree Gastro Bar to kick the night off, this fabulous group of ladies held a raffle fundraiser to assist with the operating costs, with over $4,500.00 worth of donated
prizes up for grabs on the night, plus business card draws so everyone had a chance to win a prize. With $850.00 raised on the night and many happy winners, the night was a success! A huge Thank You to the Degree Bar team for hosting us and for being part of the Women in Events 1st birthday!
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King of the Ring down for the count SOURCE: Stuff.co.nz, 8 November 2016
the Ring event will no longer go ahead.
be going through as well as his friends and family.”
The tragic death of Neville Knight at a charity boxing match in Hamilton this year has been cited as part of the reason for ending Taupo’s Zero Risk King of the Ring event.
He cited organisational challenges, and the tragedy in Hamilton, as some of the factors for halting the event.
Held every two years the boxing match was the largest black-tie affair in Taupo, raising money for the 100% Lake Taupo Charitable Trust.
Knight, 49, collapsed against the ropes and died in the ring at the event, which was run to amateur Boxing New Zealand and IBA (International Boxing Association) regulations. CPR was performed but he was unable to be revived and the arena was cleared for the remainder of the evening. Event Director Brent Marshall has confirmed Taupo’s King of
Events Update, November 2016
“There was always some doubt if we were going to hold another one,” he said. “We have been lucky nothing like that occurred at our events. “Although it wasn’t a result of the boxing that caused the heart problems I would have felt terrible had it been our event.” “I know [what] Nick Trott [the man Knight was fighting] will
Marshall said it seemed right to end the King of the Ring event on the high note that was last year’s result. “Everyone did a fantastic job from the boxers to the organisers,” he said. “We raised more than $400,000 to bring us over the one million dollar mark. “One of the goals of hosting last year’s event was to reach
that milestone and we still have grants we are giving out as a result of that effort.” Marshall said the event will be missed and he still gets calls from people wanting to book out tables in advance even though there has been no announcement. “Everyone who is involved always says it is a life changing event,” he said. “It’s a fantastic journey for the boxers who change their life and get fit for the night.” While the King of the Ring may be no more, the charity will be on the lookout for other events they can run to raise funds in the near future.
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