Connecting Business, Growing Potential, Advancing Success
Business Whanganui is the leading independent business association in the Whanganui region and an Accredited Member of the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce network. We champion the interests of local businesses, ensuring your voice is heard at local, regional, and national levels.
We provide support, learning, networking, and promotional opportunities to help businesses of all sizes, ages, and stages connect, grow and advance. Our community is vibrant, dynamic, creative, and well-connected—a place where businesses thrive through collaboration and shared success.
Join us and be part of a stronger, smarter business future.
Upcoming Learning & Events
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Members Business Book Club
Grow Yourself, Grow Your Business
Thursday 21st August 10am to 11am
Business Whanganui 139 Guyton Street
Our Members’ Business Book Club isn’t just about ticking off required reading — it’s a space where the group explores ideas, shares learning, and enjoys thought-provoking conversations. The books spark discussion, but it’s the collective insight and connection that make Book Club — and the people in it — something special.
Business After 5 with Noel Leeming
Thursday 28th August 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Noel Leeming 273 Victoria Avenue
Join us for a great evening of connections, conversations, and a few surprises at our next Business After 5 — hosted by Russell Burney and the team at Noel Leeming Whanganui. Take a look around the store, meet the team, and prepare to be astonished by the exclusive Chamber member discounts available to you. There will be prizes, plenty of opportunities to connect (and reconnect), and a warm welcome from the Noel Leeming crew.
Meet the Candidates
Business Networking Event
Thursday 18th September 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Business Whanganui, 139 Guyton Street
Uber Whanganui – Coming Soon
Find out more about becoming a driver and get ready to ride.
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In the Loop: Business Whanganui Community News
Finding Warmth in Simplicity: A Conversation with Anna Thomson, Warm Blanket Retreats
Running one business doesn’t mean that’s all you are—or all you’re allowed to be. While the world often pushes us to stay in one lane, there’s power in seeing your business as a platform, not a box. You can evolve, diversify, or do something entirely different—and still stay true to your core. Brand new venture Warm Blanket Retreats is doing just that, offering something refreshingly different: the time and space women are craving. We caught up with founder Anna Thomson to hear more about the heart behind the retreats—and why their special nature matters so much…. Read more
Connect , Grow, and Advance your Business with us
Be Part of Business Whanganui
We host a range networking and learning events to help you to be more widely known, connected, informed, inspired, and more successful in your business.
From our biennial regional business awards, business for breakfast or lunch and after 5 gatherings, factory tours, just-for-fun events, thought leader guest speakers, and learning sessions, we’re sure you’ll find something to interest you.
We also have promotional opportunities for you to raise awareness of your business, products, services, and the value you deliver to your customers, including hosting a Business Whanganui networking event.
It’s not just who you know in business, it’s who knows you. Contact us to find out more.
Good Business
Putting Customers First
Strengthen your business through customer focus: No matter the size or stage of your business, customers are at the heart of what you do. In today’s environment of shifting expectations and tighter competition, it’s not just about offering a good product or service – it’s about delivering real value in ways that build trust, loyalty, and long-term success… read more
Skills
Create a Pitch for your Business
An elevator pitch is a concise and compelling statement that describes who you are, what you do, and why you do it. It’s called an “elevator pitch” because it should be short enough to be delivered during a brief elevator ride. Maybe in New Zealand we could call it a “lift pitch”, but it doesn’t have quite the same appeal… read more
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Our Vision, Values and Purpose
Learn more about us, what we believe, and how we serve the Business Whanganui community by taking a moment to read through our Vision, Values and Purpose statement below and our Four Strategic Pillars – the areas of focus that underpin our delivery…. read more
