Hawkes Bay has a richness of sector specific industry groups. These groups include councils, industry bodies, business associations, membership organisations and private consortiums. Venture Hawkes Bay works with these groups to develop an integrated approach to growing the region.
These relationships are pivotal to regional success as they contribute the sector expertise required to deliver our strategic goals.
Hawkes Bay Wine Country Tourism Association
Hawkes Bay Wine Country Tourism Association is a not-for-profit membership organization developed to support the region’s visitor industry by providing specialist advice, networking and educational opportunities. Its members include a wide range of businesses, many of whose primary clients are visitors to the region. The association’s members were responsible for developing the Hawkes Bay Wine Country brand in 2000 and the association now manages the Hawkes Bay Wine Country brand on behalf of the region and works alongside Venture Hawkes Bay whose functions include the promotion an dmarketing of the Hawkes Bay Wine Country brand.
Contact Megan Harris, Executive Officer
Telephone: +64 6833 5880
www.winecountry.co.nz
Sport Hawkes Bay
Sport Hawkes Bay is your local Regional Sports Trust, a charitable trust established in 1989 to assist the development of sport and active recreation organisations and structures in the region.
Sport Hawkes Bay is one of 17 such Trusts. Our major focus is to increase participation in sport and active recreation pursuits by the people of Hawkes Bay. Often this is by improving the delivery structures which make sport and active recreation happen and the Trust's mission statement, "leading the development of sport and active recreation in Hawkes Bay" reflects this. With increased participation comes the many desirable by-products of a healthy, active community with improved social harmony and total community wellbeing adding to a strong regional economy. Thus Sport Hawkes Bay also has strong links to other sectors such as Health, Education, and Tourism.
Contact: Kevin Murphy, Commercial Manager
Telephone" +64 6 845 9333
www.sporthb.net.nz
Hawkes Bay Winegrowers
Hawkes Bay Winegrowers is the central point of communication for the Hawkes Bay wine industry and was formed in August 2006. It is an amalgamation of Hawkes Bay Winemakers and Hawkes Bay Grape Growers to provide the regional wine industry with a singular representative body. With a membership of over 70 wineries and 170 grape growers, our aim is to build a category for Hawkes Bay wine by supporting, coordinating and supplementing the activities of our members in achieving international recognition of Hawkes Bay as a fine wine region.
Contact: Lyn Bevin, Executive Officer
Telephone: +64 6 876 3418
www.winehawkesbay.co.nz
Creative Hawkes Bay
Creative Hawkes Bay is the regional arts and culture organisation which exists to strengthen the creative sector, grow a vibrant creative community, and support and promote our artists with a professional development programme that includes business mentoring, a workshop series, and marketing advice.
We produce the official Hawkes Bay Art Guide and its accompanying annual exhibition, stage the nationally renowned “Invitational” exhibition; run a monthly Lecture Series; and are actively involved in creating and managing a number of projects including “Kotahi HB”, a design-lead economic transformation project in partnership with Venture Hawkes Bay and Wiki Design; the inaugural HB Architecture Guide; and cultural tourism initiatives in partnership with key regional organisations.
Creative Hawkes Bay is an essential link between the wider community and the artists working within the region and we recognise the key role the creative sector plays in Hawkes Bay’s social, cultural and economic wellbeing.
Contact: Sarah Cameron, Manager
Telephone: +64 6 835 7719
www.creativehawkesbay.co.nz
Food Hawkes Bay
Food Hawkes Bay acts as the prime point of connection and information for both local companies interested in food production, processing and exporting and international buyers wanting to buy Hawkes Bay products.
We provide a range of services to Hawkes Bay food companies including promotion and development of culinary tourism events, group purchasing of services, assistance with Technology New Zealand and NZTE funding applications, event management, and help with putting together business or marketing plans.
Among our initiatives are the managing projects for the Hawkes Bay food sector partnering with Venture Hawkes Bay in-conjunction with the Hawkes Bay Regional strategy.
Contact: Jane Libby
Telephone: +64 6 974 8931
www.foodhawkesbay.co.nz
Other partners include:
Hawkes Bay Chamber of Commerce
EIT
Port of Napier
Hawkes Bay Airport
Study Hawkes Bay
Pick NZ
Havelock North Business Association
Hawkes Bay Maori Tourism
Hastings City Marketing
Napier City Marketing
Ahuriri Business Association
Napier Tourism Services