Yorb

Our purpose is to help your business be successful. We focus on you, the client. We're more than just an IT company. We offer a variety of business solutions to help solve the biggest problems facing New Zealand businesses today.

The conversations we have are about you and your pain points. Where you are going and how we can work with you to improve your business. We're always working to improve our service standards. These standards mean being innovative, personable, helpful and upbeat. Relationships are extremely important to us. We genuinely care about our clients and their businesses. Yorb aims to help businesses see technology as an enabler. To solve problems, create value, and provide market advantage for our clients. Our emphasis on providing unique technology solutions is reflected in our tagline. "Business defined technology".

Toyota

Toyota's New Zealand headquarters are in Palmerston North and we have an extensive group of Authorised Toyota Stores and Parts and Service Agents located nationwide. Toyota has held a special place in the hearts and minds of New Zealanders for generations and In 2021 celebrated 34 years of vehicle market leadership in New Zealand. At Toyota New Zealand we are constantly striving to deliver an exceptional customer experience and continually transform ourselves to meet our customer's future mobility needs.

Central Demolition

Central Demolition is a successful Manawatū based demolition and asbestos removal company founded in 2002 by Ian Butcher. We pride ourselves on being an industry leader in both commercial and residential projects. 

We provide a total solution from removing and disposing of asbestos and other dangerous contaminants to planned deconstructions and remediation works and in conjunction with our sister company Central Environmental we are now recycling construction and demolition waste for reuse thus actively diverting waste from landfill. 

Hire a Housewife

Hire a Housewife LTD is a cleaning company based in the Manawatu. We currently employ 30 staff and have 12 vehicle's on the road at any one time. We continuously aim to provide our employee’s with a positive working environment 

We predominantly do Domestic and Industrial Cleaning but also do regular builders cleaning, Gardening, Section clearing, water blasting, house washing, window cleaning and any other household jobs that clients require either regularly or just as one offs. 

Hire a housewife’s main focus is providing clients with a high-quality experience that they will remember in a positive way. We guarantee all our work so clients have the piece of mind that their expectations of work quality will be met.

Fitzherbert Rowe

Fitzherbert Rowe are Manawatu's largest law firm, with offices in Palmerston North, Feilding, Dannevirke, Waipukurau and Levin. We make life simple for our clients by housing a wide range of specialist legal professionals all under one roof. Personal or commercial, straight forward or complex – we offer a single touchpoint to cover all legal services. With a team of over 70, and clearly defined specialist divisions, we have the talent and skill to successfully take on any project.

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Palmerston North Airport

Palmerston North Airport’s purpose of launching our communities into a promising future reflects our reason for being. We contribute to the regional prosperity and wellbeing by facilitating growth in social, economic and environmental values. We are a connector – connecting people, businesses, freight and transportation modes. We are the gateway to our wide region, from Ruapehu in the North, through Rangitikei, Whanganui, Manawatū through to Horowhenua in the South, and across to Wairarapa, the Tararua ranges and the Southern Hawke’s Bay. 

We are proud to support the Fly Palmy, Start Near and Go Far – Hospitality, Tourism and Retail Excellence Award.   

Massey Business School

Massey Business School understands business and business needs. From applied research to qualified graduates, MBS bridges the gap between academia and commerce, providing practical solutions and timely outcomes to help your business succeed and prosper. We are New Zealand’s largest and only true national business school, ranking in the top two per cent of global business schools. Our academics come from diverse business and cultural backgrounds, guiding their research and research-led teaching. Our graduates span the globe, with many alumni holding key positions across most industries. Closer to home, MBS’s roots run deep in the Manawatū, with our strong connections to local business and the agriculture sector. We welcome the opportunity to connect with you and your business. To learn more, simply reach out to business@massey.ac.nz. In the meantime, a huge congratulations to all the nominees and awardees at tonight’s Manawatū Business Awards.

Te Utanganui

Te Utanganui is a unique multi modal distribution hub being developed in Manawatū, spanning across Palmy and into the wider district. It consists of of rail, road, air, and sea connections and encompasses several infrastructure projects which, when combined, create the primary distribution and transport hub for central New Zealand, and the third node in New Zealand’s national transport and freight network in the heart of the country.

Well served by international ports with ambitious expansion and investment plans, Manawatū is home to the only place in New Zealand where road, rail and air transport options are immediately adjacent to each other, and Te Utanganui is the epicentre of this connectivity, with unrivalled road, rail and air freight options clustered together.

The project is driven by Palmerston North City and Manawatu District Councils through CEDA, and supported by key partners including Rangitāne o Manawatū who gifted the name to the project.

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CR Law

CR Law is a leading law firm with a long history of providing services to the Manawatu-Whanganui region, with a focus on delivering the best possible outcomes for its clients. As a firm it is well known for its property, commercial, local government, and environment expertise within this region and beyond. Operating within the region for over 140 years the firm has a strong connection to the community and our lawyers bring local knowledge to all situations they advise on. A strong advocate of the Manawatu-Whanganui region, CR is proud to continue its support of business and industries that make our region successful as part of the Business Awards

Palmerston North City Council

Manawatū District Council

The Manawatū District stretches from Rangiwahia in the north to Himatangi Beach in the south, and our Council is tasked with providing high quality services to our residents, fostering business and social development and growing our economy.

Welcoming Communities

Palmerston North City Council is a proud to be an accredited member of the Welcoming Communities programme. Welcoming Communities brings together local government and communities to make the places we love even more welcoming for everyone, recognising that communities are happier, more resilient and more productive when newcomers are enabled to participate fully in society and the local economy. We are pleased to sponsor the Inclusive Business Excellence Award for the second time in 2022, and we look forward to celebrating businesses who are leading the way in workplace inclusion.

BECA

Beca is one of Asia Pacific’s largest independent advisory, design and engineering consultancies. After a century of operation, Beca have grown from a family-owned business to one of the most progressive, client-centric professional services consultancies in our region. We have more than 3,800 employees in 23 offices around the world and have delivered projects in more than 70 countries. For over a hundred years now, people all over have been benefiting from the work Beca has done to Make Everyday Better. Whether you’re flying into airports in Australia, Singapore or New Zealand, travelling over bridges such as Auckland Harbour Bridge, or looking out at iconic structures such as Marina One and Duo in Singapore or Auckland’s Sky Tower, Beca has been involved. Chances are Beca has also had some role in your everyday life - from switching on a light, working in a comfortable office, pouring a glass of water to having a cold beer at the end of the day – Beca is working every day on less visible infrastructure and essential services. We operate in a wide range of markets such as Food and Beverage, Industrial, Education, Future energy, Land Development, Airports, Water, Healthcare, Government Advisory, Infrastructure, Digital Solutions and Defence to name a few.

UCOL

An educational institution with a history dating back to 1896, UCOL Limited has a proud and well-earned reputation for supporting our community’s learning.

This connection with community is crucial to what we do, and it ensures that our programmes help students develop in-demand skills. Our partnerships with industry mean that the majority of our students get hands-on work experience and a real feel for the workforce before graduating.

UCOL has strong ties to our local innovation scene with students having access to industry-leading facilities for entrepreneurship such as The Backhouse and Workhub initiatives. A sponsor of the local Young Enterprise scene, UCOL prides itself on being a supporter of the leaders of tomorrow.

Everywhere we look at UCOL we seek innovation and quality that defines us as a high performing institute. We strive for excellence in our programmes, our teaching methods, our resources and systems and processes. We want to see people excelling at what they do and being proud of what they achieve with us.

FMG

FMG was founded in 1905, by farmers for farmers, and we’ve been providing rural New Zealand with specialised risk advice and insurance for generations. 

We’re proud to be a 100% kiwi owned mutual where helping build strong and prosperous rural communities is at the heart of what we do. That’s why we’re chuffed to support the 2022 Manawatu Business Awards, celebrating business success in a region we have a strong history in.

BDO

BDO Manawatu is a locally owned and operated accounting, advisory and audit firm and is part of the national and international network of BDO.

Based in Palmerston North CBD BDO Manawatu has two local Partners supported by a team of advisers offering a unique combination of local market knowledge, established relationships and technical expertise all enhanced by access to the resources of the BDO national and global network. We aim to create a unique and tailor made offering for each and every one of our clients, taking into account the industry they operate in and their individual circumstances.

MediaWorks

Every business has a purpose and ours is to communicate yours. 

We inform, entertain and engage so we can connect local audiences with local advertisers and help Manawatu businesses grow.

MediaWorks Manawatu continues to deliver the largest local audio audience across Radio as well as local options for out of home ,local audience digital and search and social to support businesses to achieve their marketing objectives.

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