Contact list

We would like to thank all our National Conversation about Work contacts and participants. The following list records contacts throughout the country who both participated and organised the involvement of other groups.

• Adam Buckingham, Online participant
• AFFCO Meatworks, Feilding
• AgResearch – Crown Research Institute, Christchurch
• AgResearch – Crown Research Institute, Hamilton
• Agworks Labour Supply, Te Awanga, Hawke’s Bay
• Airways Corporation, Christchurch
• Alastair Adam, Venture Southland, Invercargill
• Alison Wardle, Online participant
• Amanda Hunt, Online participant
• AMI Insurance, Taupo
• Amokura – Family Violence Prevention Consortium, Northland
• Angela Jacobson, Online participant
• Animation Research Limited, Dunedin
• Anne Broome, Online participant
• Anthony Fowler, Oyster boat skipper, Bluff
• Aotearoa Seafoods, Blenheim
• Apata Centrepac, Tauranga
• Art Deco Trust, Napier
• Arthur Anae, Councillor, Manukau City Council
• ASB Bank, Taupo
• Association of Blind Citizens, Wellington
• AUT students, Auckland
• B. Jammin Surf & Streetwear, Taupo
• Barkers, Geraldine, South Canterbury
• Basil Steele (Photographic artist), Nelson
• Belinda Pilcher, Wellington
• Bernard Matthews Meat (Meat Workers Union), Waipukurau
• Bill Dalwood, Online participant
• Bluestar taxis, Christchurch
• Bridget Robson and Jordan Waiti, Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare , Otago School of Medicine, Wellington
• Bryce Mason, Wellington
• Business and Professional Women, Southland
• C’est La Vie Gifts, Taupo
• Cambridge Stud, Waikato
• Canstaff, Ashburton
• Canterbury Software Cluster, Christchurch
• Canvasland, Levin
• Career Connexionz, Gisborne
• Cargill Enterprises, Dunedin
• Catherine Hannah and Heather Warwick, Enterprise North Canterbury, Amberley
• CCS Action, Wellington
• Cedenco, Gisborne
• Central Hawke’s Bay District Council, Waipawa
• Chair of the TSB Community Trust, New Plymouth
• Chairperson New Zealand Farmers Markets, Blenheim
• Chamber of Commerce, Cambridge
• Chamber of Commerce, Hamilton
• Chelvi Don Silva, Wellington
• Chris Peters, Wellington
• Citizens Advice Bureau, Queenstown
• CMP (Meat processing) Ashburton
• Community Law Centre, Invercargill
• Community Living Trust, Hamilton
• Compass Fruits Ltd, Richmond
• Contact Energy, Clyde
• Dairy Workers Union, Edendale, Southland
• Daleen Pienaar, Online participant
• Dana Rose (Painter), Nelson
• Darna Appleyard, Online participant
• Dave Stewart, Wellington
• David Appleton, Employment lawyer
• Deaf Aotearoa, Napier
• Des Ngaheu, Mountain View Rigging Scaffolding and Labour Hire, Kawerau
• Devonport Naval Base, Auckland
• Dianne Black, Online participant
• Disability Group Meeting, Christchurch
• Disability Resource Centre Trust, Whakatane
• Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA) Taranaki, New Plymouth
• DPA and People First Head Office, Wellington
• Duncan Leask (Sculptor), Nelson
• Dunedin City Council, Dunedin
• Dynamic Controls, Christchurch
• EEO practitioners’ meeting, Christchurch (co-hosted with EEO Trust)
• EEO practitioners’ meeting, Wellington
• Eiji Toyokawa (Photographic artist), Nelson
• Enterprise Lake Taupo, Taupo
• Enterprise North Shore, Takapuna
• Enterprise Northland, Whangarei
• Environmental Science and Research (ESR), Ilam, Christchurch
• Esther Livingston, Wellington
• EziBuy Limited, Palmerston North
• Fanselow Bell Limited Employment Agency, Nelson
• Federated Farmers, Southland
• Filipino community, Ashburton
• Fisher & Paykel, Dunedin
• Fitzroy Engineering, New Plymouth
• Focus group migrant Chinese, Auckland
• Focus group New Zealand-born Chinese, Auckland
• Foodstuffs, Rotorua
• Frana Cardno, Mayor Southland District Council, Gore
• Fresh FM, Nelson
• Gabrielle Ekman, Wellington
• Garth Armstrong, Wellington
• Gary Dickman, General Manager, Sebel Trinity Wharf, Tauranga
• GDM Group Security, Whanganui
• Gerry Forde, Family South, Invercargill
• Giltrap Farm Machinery, Otorohanga
• Gisborne District Council, Gisborne
• Gisborne Girls High School, Gisborne
• Gisborne Herald, Gisborne
• Graeme Crossman, Chief Executive, Kiwi360, Te Puke
• Group of Christchurch women lawyers, Christchurch
• Hamills Adventure Store, Invercargill
• Hastings District Council, Hastings
• Hawke’s Bay District Health Board Programme Incubator, Hukarere College Eskdale, Napier
• Hawke’s Bay Fruitgrowers Association, Hastings
• Hawke’s Bay Wine Country Tourism Association, Napier
• Hawthorne Coffee Roasters, Havelock North
• Heather Brownlee, seasonal worker and paid parental leave advocate, Brightwater
• Heather Douglas, Business Owner, Auckland
• Helen Stewart, Kawerau Enterprise Agency, Kawerau
• Heywood Orchards, Riwaka
• Holly Bacon, Hastings
• IHC Advocacy, Wellington
• Ingham Honda, Otorohanga
• Inglis Horticulture Ltd, Tasman
• Inia Curry, Youth Worker, Kawerau
• Irwin’s Tools, Wellsford
• Jade Software, Christchurch
• Jan Willis, Online participant
• Janet Mackey, Former MP, Gisborne
• Janice Johnson, Online participant
• Jeff Troon, Venture Southland, Invercargill
• Jim Geddes, District Art and Heritage Curator, Gore District Council, Gore
• Jude Ryan O’Dea, Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce, Christchurch
• Juken New Zealand Ltd – Triboard and Northland Mills, Kaitaia
• Julie Dwyer, Wellington
• Justine Rutherford, Hanmer Springs Hot Pools, Hanmer
• Kahurangi Trust, Nelson
• Kapu Waretini, Wellington
• Karen Smith, Wellington
• Kathy Folley, Online participant
• Kau’te Pasifika, Hamilton
• Keith Weir Motors, Hamilton
• Kerifresh, Kerikeri
• Kerikeri Business Network of 25 SMEs, Kerikeri
• Kevin Winter, Mayor, Rotorua
• Kia Kaha Clothing, Wellington
• Kidsfirst Kindergarten teachers and administrators, Christchurch
• Kintail Honey, Takapau
• Kristin Hansson, Online participant
• Lake Gallery, Taupo
• Land Information New Zealand, Hamilton
• Launchpad, Dunedin
• LeaderBrand, Gisborne
• Leanne Richards, Online participant
• Lesley Belcham, Online participant
• Levana Textiles, Levin
• Linda Liddicoat, self-employed labour market researcher, Christchurch
• Lisa Buckingham, Venture Southland, Invercargill
• Little Delicatessen, Taupo
• Living Nature, Kerikeri
• Longveld Engineering, Hamilton
• Loren Glenn, Online participant
• Lynette Haines, Online participant
• Mai Mai Surf Clothing, Taupo
• Manawatu Knitting Mills, Palmerston North
• Maniatoto Women’s Community Group, Ranfurly
• Marion Mason, Online participant
• Maritime Union New Zealand, Nelson
• Marlborough Express, Blenheim
• Marlborough Regional Development Trust, Blenheim
• Marlborough Regional Wine Centre, Blenheim
• Marlborough Wine Industry Representatives, Blenheim
• Mars Group, Wanganui
• Martine Abel, Manukau City Council, Manukau City
• Marshall Piercy, Online participant
• Mary Devine, Auckland
• Massey University, Turitea Campus, Palmerston North
• Matua Lifecare, Tauranga
• Maureen Reynolds, Mayor, Tararua District Council, Dannevirke
• Max Mason, CEO, Tauranga Chamber of Commerce, Tauranga
• Mayor of Nelson, Kerry Marshall
• Mayor Queenstown, Clive Geddes
• Mayors Taskforce for Jobs, Waipu
• Maz Thomas, Online participant
• McDonalds, Tauranga
• Members of the Wainuiomata RSA Club, Wainuiomata
• Men in Early Childhood Education, Christchurch
• Meng Foon, Mayor, Gisborne
• Mental Health Consumer Group, Auckland
• Michael Prisk, Waimakariri District Council
• Mighty River Power, Kawerau
• Migrant community, Timaru
• Migrant Workers, Ashburton, South Canterbury
• Mike Dwyer, Wellington
• Migrant Settlement Services, New Plymouth
• Mitre 10 Mega, Nelson
• Molly Pihigia, Online participant
• Morella Rogerson Metal Tech Education, Tauranga
• Mr Apple, Whakatu
• Multi-Nations Council. Invercargill
• Naomi Woodham, Hurunui District Council
• Natalie Ericsen, Online participant
• National Council of Women, Christchurch branch
• National Council of Women, Southland, Invercargill
• National Council of Women (Manawatu Branch), Palmerston North
• Nelson Arts Council, Nelson
• Nelson City Council, Manager Community Policy and Planning, Nelson
• Nelson City Council, Nelson
• Nelson Mail, Nelson
• Nelson Regional Economic Development Agency, Nelson
• Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce, Nelson
• Nephi Prime, Tauranga Moana Māori Tourism, Tauranga
• Neudorf Wines, Motueka
• New Life New Zealand, Hamilton
• New Plymouth Boys High School, New Plymouth
• New Plymouth District Positive Ageing Council, New Plymouth
• New Plymouth Girls High School, New Plymouth
• New World, Wairoa
• New Zealand (Upper Moutere) Potters Regional Group, Nelson
• New Zealand Aluminium Smelter Rio Tinto, Ti Wai Point
• New Zealand Army, Waiouru
• New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Women’s Conference, Wellington
• New Zealand Dairy Workers Union, Eltham, Taranaki
• New Zealand Defence Force (Navy)
• New Zealand Kindergartens Conference, Wellington
• New Zealand Nurses Association, Wellington
• New Zealand Police, Northland
• New Zealand Student Union Association, Wellington
• Ngai Tahu Holdings, Christchurch
• Ngati Hine Health Trust, Whangarei
• Northland Regional Corrections Facility, Nga Wha
• Nuku Rapana, Auckland
• NUPE delegates in NGOs, Greymouth
• NZ Federation of Graduate Women, Auckland
• NZ Ski Limited, Queenstown
• NZEI Education Support Workers, Nelson
• NZEI national women’s group, Wellington
• Oceana Gold, Reefton
• Opportunity Hamilton
• Osler’s Bakery, Wairoa
• Otago Chamber of Commerce, Dunedin
• Otago Forward – Economic Development Agency, Duendin
• Otorohanga Trade Training Centre, Otorohanga
• Out at Work (Council of Trade Unions), Christchurch
• Pacific Aerospace, Hamilton
• Pacific community representatives, South Auckland
• Paewai-Mullins Shearing Limited, Dannevirke
• Pak’ n Save, Thames
• Palmerston North City Library, Palmerston North
• Paul Curry, Wellington
• Pegasus Health, Christchurch
• People First, Nelson
• People In Mind, Cambridge, Waikato
• Peter and Ange Montgomery, Cheviot
• Peter Riddell, Wellington
• Phyllis Puia, Wellington
• Pick NZ, Hastings
• Pike River Coal, Westcoast
• PK Taylor, Online participant
• Port of Tauranga, Tauranga
• Port Taranaki, New Plymouth
• Portside Hotel, Gisborne
• Practical Education Institute, New Plymouth
• PSA members Department of Conservation, Greymouth
• PSA members Grey Base Hospital, Greymouth
• Public Service Association, Wellington
• QE Health, Rotorua
• Queenstown Chamber of Commerce, Queenstown
• Queenstown Hotels Council, Queenstown
• Quentin Doig, Wellington
• Raewyn Barclay, Safer Community Council, Ashburton
• Rata Te Awhina, Hokitika
• Refinery Gallery, Nelson
• Regional Seasonal Employment (RSE) Contractors Marlborough, Blenheim
• Richard Brooking, Consultant, Gisborne
• Richard Kinzett Priority One Tauranga
• Rick Cooper, Mayor Taupo
• Rob Brawley, Grow Canterbury, Ashburton
• Robyn DeBruin-Judge, Auckland
• Rodney Economic Development Trust, Orewa
• Roger Gordon, CEO, Rotorua Chamber of Commerce, Rotorua
• Ross Whitlock (Painter), Nelson
• RSE workers Marlborough, Blenheim
• Rural Women Bay of Plenty
• Rural Women South Waikato, Otorohanga
• Rural Women, Southland
• Safe Air Limited, Blenheim
• Sanfords, Bluff
• Service Food and Workers’ Union (SFWU), Lower Hutt
• Sealords, Nelson
• Shell Todd Oil Services Ltd (STOS), New Plymouth
• Silver Fern Farms, Dunedin
• Simon Worthington and Amy Marshall, Canterbury Development Corporation
• Sir James Lodge, Cambridge
• Skyline Skyrides, Rotorua
• South Canterbury District Health Board, Timaru
• Southern Steel Netball, Invercargill
• Southland Disability Enterprises Incorporated
• Southland Times, Invercargill
• Southport, Bluff
• Sports Gisborne, Gisborne
• Steve Canny, Venture Southland, Invercargill
• Strata Plastics, Hamilton
• Student Job Search, Dunedin
• Sue Merriman, Director, Greymouth
• Sue Morrison-Bailey, Venture Southland, Invercargill
• Suzanne Bateup (Textile artist), Nelson
• Symonne Janette Ford, Online participant
• Tairawhiti District Health Board PSA Delegates, Gisborne
• Tamaki Tours, Rotorua
• Taranaki District Health Board, New Plymouth
• Taupo District Council, Taupo
• Taupo Moana Group, Taupo
• Taupo Music Shop, Taupo
• Te Unga Mai, Gisborne
• Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, Whakatane
• Tegel Foods, New Plymouth
• Tertiary Education Union Women’s Fiesta, Auckland
• Thames Coromandel District Council
• The Boardroom, Wainui Beach, Gisborne
• The Chocolate Shop, Taupo
• The New Zealand Refining Company, Marsden Point, Northland
• Thomas Brothers, Riwaka
• Tiare Ahuriri Pacifica Branch, Napier
• Toll United, Whangarei
• Tom and Pikihoro Mulligan, Matahiwi Marae, Whakatu
• Tracey Cheesman, Wellington
• Tracy Hicks, Mayor, Gore District Council
• Tracy Riggs, Online participant
• Trustpower, Tauranga
• TSB Bank Limited, Hawera branch, Taranaki
• Tui Ora Limited, New Plymouth
• Unemployed Workers Advocacy Group Rotorua, Rotorua
• Unions Waikato, Hamilton
• University of Otago
• University of Canterbury (students)
• USSCO, Gisborne
• Vaka Tautua, Auckland
• Venture Hawke’s Bay, Napier
• Venture Southland, Invercargill
• Venture Taranaki, New Plymouth
• Victoria Skorikova, Online participant
• Victoria University of Wellington (students)
• Vision Manawatu, Palmerston North
• Volunteeer Community Coordinators’ Conference, Wellington
• Waikato Business Publications, Hamilton
• Waikato Institute of Technology (WINTEC), Hamilton
• Wairoa High School, Wairoa
• Wanganui Chamber of Commerce, Whanganui
• Wanganui Economic Development Agency, Whanganui
• Wanganui Security, Whanganui
• Wendy Smith, Aoraki Development Corporate, Timaru
• West Coast Development Trust, Greymouth
• West Coast Disability Information Network, Greymouth
• Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT), New Plymouth
• Westland Milk Products, Hokitika
• Whakatu Marae, Nelson
• Whale Watch, Kaikoura
• Whangarei District Council, Whangarei
• Whitcoulls, Taupo
• Wild South Clothes
• Willy Ransfield and Natalie Rogers, Design Studios, Havelock North
• Women in Leadership group, Lincoln University, Christchurch
• Workbridge, Nelson
• Wyn Hunia, Kawerau Conservation Corps, Kawerau
• Young Maori public sector professionals, Wellington
• Zespri International, Tauranga
• Zonta International District 16 Conference, Wellington