Thank you to our sponsors and suppliers for making this event possible.
Please see below comments from the businesses that have supported the Hawkes Bay Chamber in 2018 in bringing you this great event where we get to celebrate great businesses and doing business together in Hawkes Bay.
Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd
NAMING RIGHT SPONSOR
The Pan Pac Business Awards support business excellence and recognise a thriving economic community in Hawke’s Bay. Our local entrants represent the epitome of entrepreneurship and we’re proud to celebrate their success.
EIT
SPONSORS OF SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY
Grow HR
SPONSOR OF MEDIUM BUSINESS AWARD
Grow HR was proud to sponsor the business awards as a celebration of business success here in the Hawke’s Bay. These awards are a fantastic platform for businesses to showcase the world class products and services being delivered. They also provide opportunity to get independent feedback on opportunities that could further support success.
Great Things Grow Here
SPONSOR OF LARGE BUSINESS AWARD
Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst says the Hawke’s Bay Chamber of Commerce Business Awards evening is a wonderful occasion which brings the region together to recognise, celebrate and congratulate our business people. We have smart, innovative and ethical entrepreneurs in Hawke’s Bay who make an enormous difference to the wellbeing of our community. The Hastings District Council and Great Things Grow Here are proud supporters of these awards which celebrate our outstanding business leaders.
Linden Estate Winery
SPONSOR OF LEADER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Linden Estate Winery has been the proud sponsor of the Leadership Awards for the last three years as the qualities this award represents has allowed us to showcase our wines and epitomises what we are all about at Linden Estate Winery and what we are working to in creating some of the best wine we can possibly make and creating a destination that tourists and such will want to visit.
The three previous recipients Hamish White from Now, Viv Bull from the Napier Port and entrepreneur and businesswomen Caren Rangi are all examples of outstanding leadership and this year's recipient Des Ratima is no exception to this.
These people are all visionary, high in self-achievement, highly self-actualised, humanistic (they were able to have people buy into their vision and go with them on the same path), they have empathy, (being able to put themselves in another person’s shoes understanding their point of View), they were not into power or bullying, they care about their co-workers, they are team players as well as leaders, they are pragmatic and have unbelievable common sense and very hard working. All amazing qualities many of us hope to aspire to.
Air New Zealand
SPONSOR OF SUPREME WINNER PRIZE
Air New Zealand’s purpose is to supercharge New Zealand’s success – socially, economically and environmentally. Business growth and success is essential to creating positive change.
Initiatives like the Hawkes Bay Business of the Year Awards are a great way of showcasing some of the fantastic Businesses that choose to operate here, as well as giving business owners the tools to identify opportunities for growth. Air New Zealand is proud to be a partner of the Hawkes Bay Business of the year awards and look forward to working closely with this year's winners.