The new single entity ChristchurchNZ amalgamated five separate functions: economic developmenttourism promotionconvention bureaumajor events promotionAntarctica promotion. The restructure was justified by an expectation of lower senior management costs, reduced administration costs and … [Read more...]
ChristchurchNZ’s new Letter of Expectation
ChristchurchNZ (CNZ) as a PR agency for the city has performed what was required of it from Christchurch City Council (CCC). In my opinion it has not been a fully operational economic development agency for years. Let us consider the genesis of CNZ. Every city of Christchurch’s size needs an … [Read more...]
ChristchurchNZ’ s promotion of our area hits a snag:
This week there was this embarrassing article in the Press about ChristchurchNZ engaging an Auckland team to produce a video for them. Here’s the article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/122103189/christchurch-promotional-agency-uses-outoftown-company-for-new-video-campaign. An observer of … [Read more...]
Last week: Joanna Norris
Last week we had a talk by Joanna Norris, CEO of ChristchurchNZ, the economic development agency for Christchurch. It was interesting to hear what this important agency is doing, and what their plans are for the future. I was encouraged to hear Joanna being so open to ideas; and her not taking a … [Read more...]
This Week: Joanna Norris Christchurch NZ
This week we have Joanna Norris, CEO from ChristchurchNZ, te City’s economic development organisation. It really is important that we focus how we rebuild our economy and how we support each other to develop new businesses. Here is an article from the Press on ChristchurchNZ’ s launch of their … [Read more...]