The Launch event of the season!

The beautiful Māoriland Hub is hosting the official launch event of the 2024 Electra Business & Innovation Awards. 

The evening will launch entries open for both the Customer Experience Awards (formerly TopShop) and the Main Awards.

The event promises to deliver...

1. Relaxed networking with businesses from across the Horowhenua and Kāpiti regions.

2. Inspiration from our keynote speaker.

3. Opportunities! A chance to win a great spot prizes from New World, Levin and Zebunisso Alimova - Mike Pero Mortgages.

4. Sumptuous drinks and nibbles.

5. Art and culture with the fabulous exhibits of Maōriland Hub and a local musician.

This event is free to attend and open to all local businesses from the Horowhenua and Kāpiti regions.

Please register to attend as we do require numbers for catering purposes.

We look forward to hosting you soon!

The Electra Business Awards are organised each year by Business Kapiti Horowhenua Incorporated and all entrants and sponsors receive a complimentary membership to BKH Inc.

Our Annual General Meeting will be held at 7.30pm on Wednesday 15th March following the Top Shop launch event at Coastlands.

Agenda:

Apologies
Minutes of previous meeting
Chair’s report
Adoption of Financial Statement
Constitution amendments
Election of Officers
Setting of annual subscription rate
Appointment of an Auditor for the 2023 accounts
General business

For the full notice of meeting and a BKH Board nomination form please see the link below.

BKH notice of meeting

We hope to see you there!

Join us for the business event of the year!

Friday 30th September 2022 - 6pm till late

Horowhenua Events Centre, 33 Victoria Street, Levin, 5510.

• Hosted by award winning comedian Nick Rado

• Scrumptious 3-course dinner by Blue Carrot Catering

• Late-night entertainment with dance floor finale by Play on Words & evening entertainment by Matiu Te Huki

• Spot prizes

• Winner announcements

Join us as we gather together to celebrate all that is local and applaud the success of our world-class local businesses.

Early birds on sale from the 1st July 2022. Get in quick as these will go fast!

Join us for the official Horowhenua entrant’s event for 2022!

This year the Electra Business & Innovation Awards Horowhenua Entrants Event is part of Horowhenua Trust New Zealand’s Electra BA5.

When: 5.30pm, Thursday 18th August 2022

Where: Te Takereanga o Kura-hau-pō, 10 Bath Street, Levin

Join us for the official Kāpiti entrant’s event for 2022!

This is a networking event for the 2022 Kāpiti entrants, the Awards Board, Sponsors and Key Partners to celebrate the achievements of those businesses that have submitted an entry into this year's Electra Business & Innovation Awards.

When: 6pm, Thursday 4th August 2022

Where: Kāpiti Coast District Council, 175 Rimu Road, Paraparaumu

We will hear from Mayor Guru, Brendan Duffy (Chair of the Business Kapiti Horowhenua Inc' - who convene the Awards), as well as key Sponsor and Supporter - Neil Simmonds, Chief Executive, Electra.

We will also acknowledge the entrants for 2022 from the Kāpiti region.

There will be drinks and nibbles and plenty of time to network, we look forward to seeing you there!

The Kāpiti Coast Chamber of Commerce are very excited to be part of the Electra Business & Innovation Awards Launch Event for 2022.

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday 8th June 2022

Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm

Venue: Sudbury, 101 Te Hapua Road, Te Horo

Members: Free

Non-Members: $20.00

Hosted by the beautiful country venue Sudbury in Te Horo the event will include the reveal of the revamped Awards and the new Industry Judges, as well as Head Judge Dame Suzanne Snively and Chair of Business Kāpiti Horowhenua Brendan Duffy ONZM. JP.

As is synonymous with Sudbury’s there will be fabulous canapes and drinks, and stunning surroundings.

This will be an opportunity to hear more about the Awards and the “why” behind why you should enter, including:

• Getting your brand out there - promote your business to the Kāpiti and Horowhenua community, the awards provide you with a stage (quite literally) to present your offering.

• Benchmarking your business with others in your industry – an opportunity to really review what you are doing and to take stock.

• Access Award-winning judges - the Awards Judges are experts in their fields and ready to cast their eye over your business. This year will also see the introduction of industry expert judges to access your applications, as well as the established main judging team, so even more expertise!

• Rubbing shoulders with the who's who of the region's business community - an opportunity to network with other like-minded local businesses and form valuable connections.

• Free annual membership with the Kāpiti Coast Chamber of Commerce - all 2022 finalists will be eligible for a year’s free membership with the Chamber!

• Marketing - all finalists will be a part of a massive media and marketing campaign, in partnership with NZME, getting you the recognition, you deserve!

With plenty of time to network and an offering that can help take your business to the next level this is an event not to be missed!

We look forward to launching the 2022 Electra Business & Innovation Awards with you all.

Join us for our May Electra Business After 5 at Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō.

Event Details:

Date: Thursday 18th May, 2022

Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm

Venue: Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō, 10 Bath Street, Levin 5510, New Zealand

This month's guest speaker is Sally Duxfield!

With over 30 years of experience in the experiential leadership and programme design world, Sally helps her clients, entrepreneurs, peak performers, elite sports teams and industry leaders to develop extraordinary culture, hunt down and achieve dreams, and articulate the extraordinary. Her preference is to use experiential pedagogy and the outdoors as the conduit for learning.

Sally designs and delivers leadership events that inspire and nurture exceptional leadership and increased peak performance. Sally is also the CE for the Makahika OPC and the Arete Leadership Retreat.

This event will be held in accordance with the COVID-19 Protection Framework.   

We are, of course, conscious that things are changing rapidly at the moment.  With that in mind, we’d appreciate it if you could register asap if you and your team would like to attend.   

If we are unable to deliver an in-person event, we will proceed with an online event and this will be communicated with as much notice as possible. 

Electra BA5 - Thursday, 21st April 2022- 5:30pm - 7:00pm - Registration coming soon.

We would like to invite the Horowhenua and Kāpiti communities to join us at the 2022 Electra Business & Innovation Awards AGM, held via Zoom this year!

Due to the current traffic light system guidelines in New Zealand, the AGM will be held as a combination of in-person for Board members and online via Zoom for BKH members and the general public to ensure that everyone is kept safe.

When: 9:30am, Wednesday, 16 March 2022

Where: Zoom, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86450407737...

We look forward to coming together and beginning this year's Awards programme!

Electra Business Breakfast – B2B networking – Sponsored by Electra

Nau mai haere mai Electra Business Breakfast is looking forward to welcoming customer experience specialist, Briar Franks of WellingtonNZ and the team from the Electra Business & Innovation Awards.

Briar is going to talk about how we can add magic to the customer experiences we create in our businesses so we can optimise the mundane and create something unforgettable. She encourages you to think about your Qs now as she will take as many as time will allow on the day.

The Top Shop Award is based on customer experience, that’s right your customers will decide the winner of this Award, not the Judges. Angela Buswell, Board Member of Business Kāpiti-Horowhenua Inc who run the Electra Business & Innovation Awards, will wrap with the terms and conditions of entering the Top Shop Award this year.

You are warmly invited to attend our Mayoral Entrants Event for 2021.

This is a networking event for the 2021 Kāpiti entrants, the Awards Board, Sponsors and Key Partners to celebrate the achievements of those businesses that have submitted an entry into this year's Electra Business & Innovation Awards.

We will hear from Mayor Guru, Brendan Duffy (Chair of the Business Kapiti Horowhenua Inc' - who convene the Awards), as well as key Sponsor and Supporter - Neil Simmonds, Chief Executive, Electra.

We will also acknowledge the entrants for 2021 from the Kāpiti region.

There will be drinks and nibbles and plenty of time to network, we look forward to seeing you there!

You are warmly invited to attend the Horowhenua Entrants Event for 2021.

This is a BA5 networking event hosted by Horowhenua New Zealand Trust that will also profile the 2021 Horowhenua entrants and allow them an opportunity to network with each other, the Awards Board, Sponsors, Key Partners and local businesses. It's an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of those businesses that have submitted an entry into this year's Electra Business & Innovation Awards from this region.

We will hear from Mayor Bernie Wanden, Brendan Duffy (Chair of the Business Kapiti Horowhenua Inc' - who convene the Awards), as well as key Sponsor and Supporter - Neil Simmonds, Chief Executive, Electra.

We will also acknowledge the entrants for 2021 from the Horowhenua region.

There will be drinks and nibbles and plenty of time to network, we look forward to seeing you there!

The Electra Business Awards are organised each year by Business Kapiti Horowhenua Incorporated and all entrants and sponsors receive a complimentary membership to BKH Inc.

Our Annual General Meeting will be held at 9.30am on Wednesday 17th March at the Otaki Memorial, Main St, Otaki

Agenda:

Apologies
Minutes of previous meeting
Chair’s report
Adoption of Financial Statement
Constitution amendments
Election of Officers
Setting of annual subscription rate
Appointment of an Auditor for the 2020 accounts
General business

For a board nomination form please contact - awards@bkh.org.nz

Please RSVP to attend - register now!