Waitakere Enterprise is an economic development accelerant in a city that has demonstrated leadership in sustainable city development.

An independent trust, Waitakere Enterprise provides services including business information, training and mentoring, new business start-up training and coaching, an annual business awards, central government business funding advice, business events, business location information and assistance, key business client management and young enterprise and skills and education initiatives including foundation ESOL and youth training.

Our Goal

To reduce the percentage of Waitakere's workforce leaving the city each day to work from 60% to 40%.

Achieving this goal will annually save over 100 000 journey to work kms, $70 million in direct transport costs, 1.3 million hours better spent in the economy, family and community, 10 million litres of petrol, 7000 tonnes of carbon

Waitakere has 14% of the Auckland Region's population and produces just 8% of its GDP. While a crude comparison, this observation does give insight into why 58% of Waitakere's workforce leaves the city each day to work. This results in significant economic, environmental and social impacts.

Our goal recognises the clear co-dependence between the economy of a city, the environment and its people. While Waitakere Enterprise is primarily focussed on the economic development, cognisance of the balance between these key dimensions is recognised as key to the achievement of sustainable economic growth.

Our purpose

Waitakere Enterprise has two broad areas of activity;

• Economic growth and business services under the brand Waitakere Enterprise
• Foundation education under the sub-brand TrainSmart

Our participation in such a broad range of activity is underpinned by our commitment to sustainable economic development.

While the economic growth and business services are focussed on sustainable growth, this sustainable growth will not occur without the ability of all Waitakere residents to participate in it.

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The Board

Bryan Mogridge ONZM
Chairman
Bryan Mogridge has been a public company director since 1984. He is currently Chairman of Rakon Ltd, UBS Ltd, Waitakere City Holdings Ltd, Designworks Enterprise IG Ltd, Guardian Healthcare Group Ltd, Momentum Energy Ltd and The Starship Foundation. Additionally, Bryan sits on the Board of Mainfreight Ltd, MARAC and Pyne Gould Corporation Ltd. Bryan has also chaired the Wine Institute, The New Zealand Food and Beverage Exporters Council, the New Zealand Tourism Board and The Committee for Auckland.

Brian Corban QSO
Brian Corban is a professional company director, lawyer and business and community leader. He has experience in successfully leading companies through restructuring and deregulatory changes in the television, communications, transport and electricity sectors. He is currently Chairman of Genesis Energy, Radio New Zealand, the Melanesian Mission Trust Board, Ngatarawa Wines, as well as chairman of a number of private companies and a trustee of various community trusts. Brian was appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand in 2000, and was appointed a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management in 2001.

Yvonne Hawke

Yvonne Hawke is currently Vice President-Community at Unitec New Zealand (Waitakere). An author of numerous publications and papers on Maori educational issues including A New Approach to Maori Student Support (1997), Yvonne brings a passion and advocacy for educational opportunity and excellence to Waitakere Enterprise. Yvonne was formally the Maori Education Director at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and Head of School at Puukenga-School of Maori Education, Maia-Maori Development Centre and UNITEC Institute of Technology.

Paul Spoonley

Professor Paul Spoonley holds a Personal Chair in Sociology, is Regional Director (Auckland) and Research Director for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University. Paul is Programme Leader for the Labour Market Dynamics Research Programme and the Integration of Immigrants Programme and chairs the Management Group of the Building Research Capacity in the Social Sciences Network. The acclaimed author and editor of numerous books and publications, Paul is also involved in Foundation Reference Groups with the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology and chairs the Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarships Committee (TEC).

Mike Williams
Mike Williams is the President of the New Zealand Labour Party. He is the Chairman of the Transport Board Reference Group, and is a Director of the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Auckland Regional Transport Authority, New Zealand Railways Corporation (Ontrack), Genesis Energy and the New Zealand Picture Company. Mike is also an Authority member of Transit New Zealand Limited.
Mike is the former managing director of the Insight Group and has a particular interest in the marketing of New Zealand and intellectual property issues.

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WE Get Involved

At Waitakere Enterprise, we're in good company. WE are current members of:

• Economic Development Association of New Zealand
• Auckland Regional Economic Development Association
• Auckland Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Waitakere Business Club

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MORE INFORMATION:
For a detailed examination of local government regulations, take a look at the Council's District Plan.

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