Events

Knowledge @ Noon - AI Sandbox

• 14 Jul 2025
• 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
• Mapua Community Hall, 72 Aranui Road, Mapua, 7005, New Zealand

Join us for this lunchtime session, hosted by the AI Sandbox, who will update you on the world of artificial intelligence and equip you with practical tools to use it confidently in your work or business.

Business Awards Info Sessions

• 15 Jul 2025
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
• Māpua Community Hall

• 15 Jul 2025
• 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
• Gallaghers Insurance

• 16 Jul 2025
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Mahitahi Colab

Thinking about entering the Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, but not quite sure where to start? Or perhaps you are ready to polish your entry and give your business the best chance to shine?

Reclaiming Your Time

• 16 Jul 2025
• 9:30 am - 10:30 am
• Mahitahi Colab, 322 Hardy Street, Nelson, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

You'll always be busy, so you need to take steps to reclaim control of the time you have. The business and personal cost of not doing so is to great.

Findex BA5 & Chamber AGM hosted by BedRus

• 22 Jul 2025
• 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• BedsRus, Nelson Junction, 99 Quarantine Road, Annesbrook, 7011, New Zealand

We've partnered with BedRus to bring you our July's Findex BA5, combined with the Chamber AGM!

Intepeople Business Women's Network with Gina Dellabarca

• 23 Jul 2025
• 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
• Mahitahi Colab, 322 Hardy Street, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

Intepeople's BWN is about creating a network of driven and successful women who can inspire and support each other, by providing a collaborative and inclusive platform for networking, professional development, and personal growth.

TENDERING 101: How to put forward a successful Tender

• 24 Jul 2025
• 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
• Tasman District Council, 189 Queen Street, Richmond, 7020

Join us and Tasman District Council for a Tendering Workshop for Māori/Iwi & small businesses wanting to scale up and maximise opportunities to participate in various significant infrastructure projects across Te Tauihu.

Marketing Foundations Course

• 13 Aug 2025
• 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
• Gallagher Boardroom, 9 McGlashen Ave, Richmond, 7020, New Zealand

Gain essential marketing knowledge and skills necessary for setting a strong foundation for future success. Helping participants in understanding their brand, identifying their target audience, developing a brand voice, and crafting a compelling brand story. Designed for those seeking to establish foundation before venturing into advertising, whether through DIY efforts or outsourcing.

YES Market Day Nelson 2025

• 16 Aug 2025
• 7:30 am - 1:00 pm
• Nelson Market, Montgomery Square

Students, please register to secure a stand for your YES business at the YES Market Day.

Getting Paid Faster

• 20 Aug 2025
• 9:30 am - 10:30 am
• Mahitahi Colab, 322 Hardy Street, Nelson, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

The faster you get paid, the more cash you have available and the less stress you experience trying to manage your finances.

Business Blueprint – Strategic Planning Workshop

• 2 Sep 2025
• 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
• Go Accounting, 6 Cube Court, Richmond, 7020, New Zealand

Would you like to: Increase the level of growth, profitability and cashflow in your business? Have support to unlock your business potential? Have a clear outline of what you need to do to unlock this potential? Have a document against which to measure your progress? If yes, this course is for you.

Health & Safety Reps - Stage 1

• 16 Sep 2025
• 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
• Mahitahi Colab, NMIT Campus A Block, 322 Hardy Street, Nelson, 7020, New Zealand

An introduction to the role of a Health and Safety Representative under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and its regulations. Stage 1 provides Representatives with the foundation knowledge to enable them to exercise their duties and responsibilities as workplace Health and Safety Representatives.

Achieving Cashflow Freedom

• 17 Sep 2025
• 9:30 am - 10:30 am
• Mahitahi Colab, 322 Hardy Street, Nelson, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

Go Accounting will help you discover where the cash goes in your business and teach you how to better manage your cash to achieve cashflow freedom.

Client Management & Sales Planning

• 29 Oct 2025
• 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
• Mahitahi Colab, NMIT Te Pukenga Campus A Block, 322 Hardy Street, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

We will cover, understanding the psychological needs of the buying client, and what is needed to meet those needs within the sales interaction process. Sales training expertise, anchored in the ‘real world’, & cover specific skills and techniques that will improve your sales processes and assist revenue growth.

Project Management 101

• 5 Nov 2025 (9:00 am) to 6 Nov 2025 (4:30 pm)
• Mahitahi Colab, NMIT Te Pukenga Campus A Block, 322 Hardy Street, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

This two-day instructor led course has been designed to introduce the concepts of Project Management to help ensure a common understanding – regardless of whether you are a project manager, sponsor, team member or coordinator. The course covers the unique language, principles and tools of project management and builds a case for their application back at the workplace.

Business Growth - Planning and Strategy Course

• 27 Nov 2025
• 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
• Mahitahi Colab Tasman, 18 Stafford Drive, Mapua, 7005, New Zealand

This course is designed to help Business Owners and Managers improve their Business Planning Capability within the business. You'll learn how to set goals, define a business's vision and mission, develop strategic plans, identify competitive advantages, and create measurable targets and operational strategies for your business.