What a night! The 2degrees Marlborough Business Excellence Awards 2025 was a brilliant showcase of the success of our local businesses. Huge congratulations to all finalists – making the shortlist alone is a real achievement. Special congrats to Puro New Zealand, our Supreme Business of the Year!
A huge thanks to our sponsors, partners, and everyone who made the evening so memorable. And of course, kudos to our guest MC, Luke Bird, the sequined exclamation mark that made the night anything but a stuffy business awards! See all winners on our website, or check out our socials to see highlights of the event.
Organising an event like this is massive, so my thanks to James for his huge input. As we lead into the festive season, we are busy catching up on all the other tasks we set aside while awards planning, but would love to see you all at our final networking event of the year next Tuesday at 10am for our Xmas Coffee Catch-up.
See you soon.
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Kylie Cornelius
Executive Officer
kylie@mcoc.org.nz
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Welcome to our New Members
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Congratulations to our 2degrees Supreme Business of the Year Award Winner: Puro New Zealand
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Tuesday December 2nd | 10:00AM - 11:00AM
Join us at The Chamber for the last coffee & catch up of the year!
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Chamber Seasonal Shutdown
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Saturday December 19th - Monday January 4th
The Chamber will resume on 5th Jan. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season!
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It's a great time to hire a student
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As we head into December, an army of tertiary students are heading home for the summer, many of them eager for work.
Charitable organisation Student Job Search (SJS) is on a mission to reduce student hardship by connecting students with job opportunities.
Many students return home to Marlborough over the summer and are actively looking for seasonal, casual, or part-time work. These roles - even short-term ones - can help students cover key living expenses and build valuable experience. Every new listing is a chance to support a local young person and connect them with work during the holidays.
Whether as a household or a business, SJS is encouraging employers to list on the Student Job Search website www.sjs.co.nz. It’s free to list and there are thousands of flexible, motivated workers who can start today.
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Master of Business Analytics Industry Projects at the University of Auckland Business School
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The University of Auckland Business School offers a unique opportunity for organisations in New Zealand (large or small) to collaborate with our Master of Business Analytics students by providing them with a real-world challenge for a data-driven project.
- 10-week consulting data-driven projects where students work on real-world business challenges.
- No cost for organisations.
- Three specialisations available - Marketing Analytics (customer insights, campaign performance, A/B testing), Supply Chain (logistics, inventory optimization, forecasting) and Fintech (fraud detection, pricing models, and financial forecasting)
Projects take place twice a year in September–November and March–June. More details & project guidelines can be found here.
Interested? Get in touch with Anastasia Timoshkina (Career Development & Employer Liaison Manager)
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Festive Reminder – Exclusive Fuel Offer for Members!
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Keep your recycling for now, if you can
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Council is working on an interim solution to sort Marlborough’s recycling following last week’s fire which has forced the closure of the Resource Recovery Centre in Wither Road, Blenheim.
The Resource Recovery Centre, which processes all Marlborough’s recycling including from remote transfer stations from around the region, was seriously damaged in the fire and will be closed for some time.
Council’s Solid Waste Manager Mark Lucas said while district-wide kerbside collection would continue as normal, there were a lot of residents, businesses and industry not included in the kerbside scheme that visit the Resource Recovery Centre on a regular basis to drop off recycling.
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Remember to have your say on the Annual Plan 2026-27
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As part of building towards the Long Term Plan consultation next year Council wants to hear your ideas and feedback on its proposed Annual Plan 2026-27 before 28 November.
Simply use your smart phone or computer to tell us about your big idea or worthwhile project.
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Cookie Time - Food Bank Donations
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Poppy Lane; this year's Christmas Cooker Seller is really trying to push involvement for donations towards the food banks in Marlborough. Including, Havelock, Kaikoura, Picton, and Blenheim.
Watch out for her in the bright yellow Cookie time shirt! She will be coming around your business very soon and any donations to the foodbank are hugely appreciated by the team.
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