Upcoming Event

NLNZBA Business Networking Event
Kindly hosted by GEON print & communication solutions

Who hasn’t heard of M2, Urbis, Autocar, Trucking, Her Magazine, Investigation, Wilderness or World Magazine?

GEON works with corporates, government departments, publishers, and small & large businesses throughout New Zealand and Australia. They recently won 13 Gold Medals at the 2010 NZ Pride In Print awards, the most of any company. GEON  is currently producing the print work for the local body elections and has recently completed the printing for the upcoming national Census.

Andrew Durrans, Executive General Manager for GEON in New Zealand, will introduce us to GEON and it’s state-of-the-art production facility in Highbrook. He will give us a guided tour through this flagship site. The Highbrook site is the largest sheetfed print plant in New Zealand and Andrew is delighted to host us for our next function.

Are you interested to hear the GEON story or are you curious to have a look in GEON’s state-of-the-art print facility?

Date: 22 September 2010 at 5.30pm
Venue: GEON Highbrook, 107 Kerwyn Avenue, Highbrook, East Tamaki, Auckland
Registration: NLNZBA Members are free, Non-members $25.00

Past Events

Business Networking
hosted by Servcorp presentation, 15 July 2010

Trying to find a totally managed office space to save time and reduce costs?
Servcorp Serviced Offices are totally managed and furnished office suites located in prime CBD locations and come complete with receptionist services, meeting facilities, IT infrastructure and support.
Trying to find business and technology solutions that allow you to work remotely?
Servcorp Virtual Offices allow you to effectively run your company without the cost of a physical office by providing you with a top-tier communications system, corporate business address and a worldwide network of meeting rooms.

During this event we will also have our AGM.

Meet us at Level 27 of the PWC Tower, 188 Quay Street, Auckland CBD

Queen’s Birthday
with the Netherlands Consulate, 30 April 2010.

The Netherlands Consulate in Auckland invites you to celebrate the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix. The reception, on the 30 April, in Jubilee Hall Jubilee Building, 545 Parnell Road, start at 6 pm to 7.30pm.
Afterwards there will be a NLNZBA dinner at the Java Room, 7/317 Parnell Road, Parnell. Reservations have been made for 20 people at 8pm. RSVP quickly.

Winery Tour and Winetasting
at Villa Maria Estate, 15 April 2010

A unique chance to get a preview of the 2010 vintage at Villa Maria Estate. The evening will commence with a tour around the winery, followed by a winetasting and a light supper. Register now, because spaces are limited.
We hope to see you there!

Meet us at Villa Maria Estate, 118 Montgomerie Road, Mangere, Auckland

Brand Protection Seminar
at AJ Park, 25 February 2010

Have an informal breakfast with us and learn about brand protection from the experts.

Come and listen to the ins and outs of brand protection at AJ Park. Miss Victoria Watts will talk about the importance of protecting brands and will discuss the common pitfalls that businesses, new and existing, can face when choosing a new brand.
AJ Park is the largest Intellectual Property firm in New Zealand and have a large international network of specialists that help protect innovations and brands for many New Zealand companies, internationally and locally.
There is a limited amount of 35 seats available, so please make sure you RSVP early.

Meet us at Level 14 AMP Center, 29 Custom Street West, Auckland CBD

Broaden your network at the Business BBQ
in Mission Bay, 26 November 2009

With Summer just around the corner and day light savings that have started, there is no excuse to stay inside: It’ stime for some business networking in Kiwi style. Join us for an entertaining evening with socialising over drinks and barbeque while you have the opportunity to mingle with likeminded business people. If you haven’t been attending our events lately, take the opportunity to meet some new memners at the barbeque as there have been lots of new faces over the past few months. Please make sure to quickly RSVP as this event is limited to 50 people due to the nature of the venue and council permit.

Meet us in Mission Bay. Look for the marquee close to the fountain.

Internet Security Research
meeting, Wednesday 28th October 2009

Internet Security Research and Cyber Crime, what is it about, how exposed are you and how can you prevent your business from becoming a victim.
You might have seen the headlines in the newspapers ‘Hacker steals millions of credit cards numbers’. Do you know if you are at risk? Is your businessí sensitive data secure? If you connect your computer to the internet, you are at risk. Every day new methods are discovered to try and gain access to your files. Is a virus scanner and firewall on your computer enough to protect your business? Unfortunately itís not. In this session you will learn how miscreants are able to steal your data and get advice on how to protect yourself and your business of becoming a target or victim.
Our speaker Simon van den Berg is an international Internet Security researcher and a former police officer at the Dutch National High Tech Crime Centre. He has helped arrest several high profile hackers and is currently trying to make the internet more secure from New Zealand while working for an International Internet Security Research company.

Meet us in Sale Street Bar, Velvet Room, 7 Sale Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland (www.sale-st.co.nz)

Referral Marketing
by Cornelis Boertjens, The Village Square, 28 May 2009

Cornelis is one of the world’s leading Referral Marketing Strategists and co-founder of The Village Square, New Zealand’s only dedicated referral marketing agency. Founded in 2008, The Village Square already works with companies like Fisher & Paykel, ANZ, Vodafone, Mediaworks, NZ Post and Momentum. Referral marketing is simply the most effective way of marketing any branded product or service. Organisations just need the right approach. Which is why Cornelis is so passionate about mainstreaming the “how to’s” of referral marketing to those who want to work their marketing smartly. Let Customers who trust you do your promotions for you by teaming them and making them heard so they get excited by referring you.
Together with his business partner Jake Pearce, Cornelis has created The Village Square System to facilitate businesses to implement referral marketing step by step. The Village Square System is systematic approach to developing or growing a network of referrers so your marketing dollar works more efficiently. It’s based on the very best thought leadwership worldwide along with hard won personal experience.
Come to the business meeting and find out how referral marketing can work for your business.

Meet us in the La Bocca function room, 251 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland.