Wiri Business Association

Our last first aid course is Thursday 19 September - pretty sure it's the best value first aid course around!

🌟$120 for an NZQA accredited course with St John
🌟Local venue
🌟Includes all day catering!

Open to Wiri businesses and their staff. DM us for more details or email [email protected].

Love exotic cars? Want to get up close with the car of your dreams?

Wiri Business in partnership with local business Motorshare NZ , are excited to bring you the first of our Business After 5 series!

Our Business After 5 series are our new networking events taking place at local businesses. It's a great way to connect your business with others and build our business community - all whilst enjoying some drinks and nibbles as well.

DM us or email [email protected] if you want to know more about this event - or want to organise an After 5 at your business!

The rain didn't stop us bringing our FREE coffee van to Wiri Businesses this morning!

We stopped in at Salters Cartage, Cummins South Pacific, Anns Funeral Home & Onsite Cremations, Sai Investments, Forwarding Direct, Redox, DGL and Koppers.

As always, it was a great opportunity to say hi and find out more about what's going on with our local businesses and their staff.

If we haven't visited your Wiri business this year with free coffee, get in touch and we'll see if we can organise a visit!

The last chance to sign up for our networking breakfast with Sir Wayne 'Buck' Shelford!

It's free for Wiri business owners and their staff.

DM us or email [email protected] for more information.

Always happy to help to help out Gavin, Fongky!

Between our team of three, we've got a wide range of skills to assist Wiri businesses.

Email [email protected] if your small business needs a hand with marketing.

We understand the disruptions caused by trucks blocking roads, parking overnight without proper lighting, and occupying employee parking spaces.

We are pleased to share that next week a meeting has been scheduled with AT's Group Manager of Parking Services and Compliance to discuss potential solutions to alleviate this issue.

We will keep you informed of any developments following our meeting with AT. In the meantime, please continue to share your feedback by emailing us on [email protected].

The rain from yesterday paused and the fog from the morning lifted as Michelle Sigley from Wiri Business headed out to Harbour Ridge Drive.

Te Pu-A-Nga Maara have a space there which they base their sustainable activities from. As always, it's great to see and hear about the progress that they are making at the awa and maunga.

Today volunteers from L'Oréal Paris helped plant 670 native plants on the bank of the Puhinui stream. Thanks again to Sustainable Business Network for inviting us along.

Is your business interested in supporting the natural environment in Wiri? Contact us on [email protected] for more info.

Our July First Aid course is all booked out!

We do have one more course available this year on Thursday 19 September! These courses are through St John, held locally and better yet - $120 for the course and catering.

DM us if you or your staff need to get their first aid certificate this year.

Here's just some of the upcoming events we have scheduled in for 2024! For the reminder of the year we have:

🌟Two more first aid courses
🌟Monthly coffee van visits
🌟Business After 5s
🌟A Networking Breakfast with special guest Sir Wayne 'Buck' Shelford
🌟Our AGM with a special guest speaker still to be announced....
🌟And an end of year celebration!

Loads of great things coming to Wiri Businesses, owners and their staff. Keep an eye out here and your email for more info.

We're excited to be bringing Business After 5 events starting from September!

We've got a couple of great local businesses lined up already and excited to show off what they do. Keep an eye out for our first Business After 5 to be announced shortly (and trust us, it'll be a good one!).

If you want your business to be showcased at an After 5, on WiriLink or here on social media, DM us or email [email protected].

We're bringing our coffee van around Mayo Road and Bolderwood Place for a free coffee shout to businesses in less than two weeks!!!

If you're based at a business on these streets, DM us your company name and details if you'd like a visit!

Did you know we have a range of tailored Business Resilience planning materials on our webpage?

A toolkit, workbook and real life case studies from local Wiri businesses including Salters Cartage, Adstaff Personnel Ltd and Jayen Food Concepts Ltd.

Make sure your business owner, senior staff and H&S team see this one!

Visit: wiribiz.org.nz/emergency-preparedness/

Earlier this year, Beautification Trust ran an EcoFest 2024 Mural Competition.

The prize?

$1700 and a chance to transform some Chorus infrastructure in Wiri into a vibrant piece of art.

We asked for designs that reflected environmental sustainability and made people look twice. Brigita Botma's design was chosen and can be found on Roscommon/Wiri Station Road.

"When I thought of Wiri, the first thing that sprung to mind is that it is well known for it's volcanic mountain: Matukutūruru Maunga. I wanted to incorporate this natural wonder into the design with an emphasis on anti-littering and pollution as it is a fairly built-up area" says Brigita.

"The contrast of litter with the maunga and native fauna that frequent the area paints a clear picture of why littering is unacceptable. The nz skink crawls across garbage and a tūi flies overhead with plastic in its beak. The Kererū imposes the foreground with a wrapper in it's beak. The wrapper reads:
'Which would you prefer it to be?
Fields of garbage or me?
Please respect Wiri, keep us litter free."

What do you think of this new piece of art? Let us know in the comments below.

Love that it's July and seeing the amazing wahine from Te Pu-A-Nga Maara and the Awa rangers on our Wiri Business calendar!

They are doing an amazing job regenerating the Puhinui Stream, operating from their base in the Wiri. We're looking forward to helping at clean up sometime soon.

And we hope pur business comminity has gotten use out of their 2024 calendar (as much as 5 year old Nathan has!) - let us know if you like it below!

A stunning winter's day for some after work networking and drinks!

Our networking drinks are going on a bit of a hiatus for the time being.

In the meantime, we'll be pivoting to offer some great After 5 events to promote our amazing local businesses.

We look forward to announcing some great events coming up soon, watch this space!

Want free advertising for your business?

We want to grow our business community and share your great stories. To continue to boost the profile of businesses, there's a few ways we can help each other:

🌟Feature in the WiriLink magazine:
Profiling your business in WiriLink is great way to share with the community what your business is doing! It's free, print copies are distributed to every Wiri Business and the digital version goes to our mailing list.

🌟Showcase your business at an After 5 event:
Get a dedicated audience come to your business and build your network from there! We are also looking for businesses that would look to host an After 5 event at their business - we organise the attendees, the drinks & food - you provide the venue and are prepared to showcase your business.

🌟Spotlight on your business:
Starting soon, we will have a short segment on our weekly email and social channels that highlights a local business and what they do in less than 60 words. Short and snappy, it's a great way to introduce your business to the community.

All of these options are FREE for Wiri Businesses.

DM us or email [email protected] if you want to put a spotlight on your business

We have our networking drinks tomorrow - which is free for Wiri business owners and their staff.

DM us for an invite or contact [email protected] for more information.

We love a good makeover!

The Chorus cabinet on Plunket Ave has certainly gone from drab to fab thanks to the dab hand of Lucia Laubscher. Check out the photos to see the final product.

Our sponsorship of cabinet art has helped beautify the Wiri Business district and helps deter tagging.

Thanks again to the Beautification Trust for facilitating this artwork for us.

Our July networking drinks are happening next Thursday 4th July!

It's a great chance to catch up with local business owners and staff.

DM us for the link to sign up.

Happy Matariki to all!

We hope Wiri businesses and their staff have a well-deserved rest with friends and whanau.

Scarfs, beanies, puffy jackets and gumboots were the king this morning at the Matariki celebration at the base of Matukutuureia on Wilco Place, Wiri.

It was a great way to welcome the new year and acknowledge those that have passed. And as always, it's great to see people coming together and connecting with the maunga, awa and whenua.

Thank you to Te Pu-A-Nga Maara for the invite and the continued work you do to restoring te Puhinui.

For those that are interested, I have attached the Matariki karakia that were recited - Rauemi by Mānawatia a Matariki.

Today Diana Viljoen and Michelle Sigley headed to the The Cause Collective to help out at their employment 'speed dating' event.

This event comes after 8 weeks of training to get work ready and allows youth to practice their interview skills and meet with potential employers.

Well done to the students for stepping up and doing 8 mini interviews - it's not easy!

Is youth employment an area your business is interested in? Get in touch with us today to learn more!

The opportunist criminal typically chooses a property where they think their activity will go unnoticed.

Well maintained, attractive and secure properties demonstrate to a potential criminal that the property is well looked after and not an easy target.

Did you know that we have nightly security patrols and a network of CCTV cameras in Wiri business district?

But there’s things businesses can do to reduce the likelihood of criminal activity – check out the link below from the NZ Police to get suggestions for your business.

https://forms.police.govt.nz/forms/commercial-premises-security-audit

Wiri Business is bringing back Buck - Sir Wayne 'Buck Shelford' is our special guest speaker at our August networking breakfast.

Rugby fans - you won't want to miss out on this!

DM us if you want to know more.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we've had to replace the speaker at our August breakfast.

We're excited to invite along Sir Wayne 'Buck' Shelford - who we know will be an amazing and inspiration speaker!

Note that this event is free for staff and business owners within the Wiri Business district.

DM us if you want to get an invite or want to know more!

Do you and your staff need the skills to save a life?

Our next First Aid course is being held on 23rd July.

$120 for an NZQA accredited course, lunch on us and held at a local venue. It's the best value first aid course around!

DM us for further details.

Not new kids on the block, but UES International (UES Hardware) has relocated to the new development on Chonny Place in Wiri.

Learn more about what they do and their history in the Winter issue of WiriLink (link to article below)

Fancy a day on the putting green, being transported to a Las Vegas casino or testing out your trivia?

Life Education Counties Manukau is holding a range of fundraising activities this year. Remember Harold the Giraffe at school - that's them, educating and empowering children to make healthy choices to live full and healthy lives.

Check out the images to find out more about how your business can support them.

"The Wiri Business Boost is a wonderful initiative which has not only provided additional support and capacity building for our business but also helps highlight the inspirational businesses working away diligently in Wiri" - BinBuddy

BinBuddy was one of the businesses that was chosen for the $1000 Wiri Business Boost Subsidy from the April 2024 round.

Want to know how your business can benefit from a little boost? Check out the link below for more information 👇