Sponsors
Yili Group
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Company Limited (Yili) is China’s largest dairy company and the fifth largest dairy company in the world.
Yili has two wholly owned subsidiaries in New Zealand. Oceania Dairy Limited (www.oceaniadairy.co.nz), located in Canterbury South, was established in 2013 and Westland Dairy Company Limited, which owns factories in Hokitika and Rolleston, was acquired in 2019. These subsidiaries produce between them a range of dairy product for the global food market. In 2021, Yili joined the ranks of the world’s 200 most valuable brands as judged by Brand Finance.
https://www.yili.com/en/
Auckland Airport
Auckland Airport is the main international gateway to New Zealand, welcoming travellers beginning their journeys, farewelling Kiwis to new destinations, connecting businesses and workers to new opportunities, and celebrating partners and investors who back us along the way.
Auckland Airport has grown into one of the largest international airports in Australasia. We handle 95% of New Zealand’s long-haul flights and 90% of the country’s air cargo demand, with 16 million passengers travelling through our terminals in the 2023 financial year. We have 26 airlines connecting us to 42 international destinations, including 5 airlines operating to 6 cities in China.”
https://www.aucklandairport.co.nz
NZTE
Te Taurapa Tūhono | New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) is the New Zealand government’s international business development agency. We work with New Zealand businesses striving to realise their global ambitions. Whether you’re exporting for the first time, expanding into new markets or looking to raise growth capital, we will help you get where you want to go. Drawing on our global network of expertise and contacts to help you make informed decisions and connecting you to the right people at the right time.
https://www.nzte.govt.nz/
Rockit
Rockit began as a tiny seed of an idea 20 years ago. While the rest of the world was super-sizing their apples, we did the opposite. From Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand we created the world’s one-of-a-kind, perfectly-sized small apple and packed it with concentrated flavour and goodness. Then we thought different again and created unique, premium packaging to disrupt the category and stand out on shelf. Our apples are now sold in more than 30 territories around the world – and grown in 10, which means they’re fresh all year around. In a world of sameness, different is how we stand out and get ahead. Pioneering and innovating. Faster, greater, fresher. We’ve got a winning difference – and big ambitions to be the world’s most loved apple brand. And in true Rockit style, we’re making this happen in our own unique way. This is how we’re inspiring people around the world to love an apple that’s just that little bit different, and to take on the world one bite at a time, in their own way. To Rockit every day.
https://www.rockitapple.com/
Comvita
Comvita was founded in 1974 from a vision to connect the world to the healing power of nature. Claude Stratford and Alan Bougen, two beekeepers a generation apart in age were united by a shared belief that nature could help people live better through good health. Today nearly 50 years on, Comvita has become the Gold Standard of Manuka honey. Our partnership between nature and science gives us an unrivalled understanding of Mānuka honey and other ingredients of the hive. With a team of 550+ people globally, united with more than 1.6 billion bees, we are the global market leader in Mānuka honey and bee consumer goods.
comvita.co.nz
New Zealand China Council (NZCC)
The New Zealand China Council Ko Te Kaunihera o Aotearoa me Haina is a New Zealand-led, New Zealand-funded organisation which acts as a cross-sector, peak body for the New Zealand-China relationship. The Council was established in 2012. Its unique value proposition derives from its role in bringing together a high-level influential group of NZ sector leaders to engage on the relationship across government, iwi, business, tourism, education, the NZ Chinese community, and emerging leaders. It also commissions research and encourages public discussion on NZ-China issues, and maintains a network of expert partners in China to inform its work.https://nzchinacouncil.org.nz/
North Asia CAPE
The North Asia Centre of Asia-Pacific Excellence (North Asia CAPE) is committed to helping New Zealand build sustainable, future-focused economic and cultural relationships with Greater China, Japan, and Korea. We have two priority areas: working with NZ businesses, particularly SMEs, seeking to internationalise in China, Japan, and Korea; and encouraging New Zealanders, especially school and tertiary students, to learn Chinese, Japanese or Korean, and to enhance their understanding of the diverse cultures of North Asia.
http://northasiacape.org.nz
