Start Or Grow Your Business
in Taitokerau Northland
Taitokerau Northland boasts some of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most valuable natural assets – a sub-tropical climate, fertile land and a coastline that is among the world’s most beautiful. It’s often these assets and the innovativeness of our people that sparks the idea for starting or growing a business (pakihi) here.
Here at Northland Inc, our role is to support the growth of a thriving economy. We do this by supporting our businesses to grow and promoting all that Taitokerau Northland can offer to those interested in investing here.
HOW TO WORK WITH US
- To book your free Discovery Session with a Growth Advisor, all businesses need to be registered with the Regional Business Partnership Network (RBP).
- To complete your registration, you will need a New Zealand Business Number (NZBN).
- Once you have that number, complete the registration process on the Regional Business Partnership (RBP) Network and they will allocate your business to our team. We'll be in touch to book your session.
TE TAI TOKERAU IMPACT FUND
Applications for Round Two are currently open
Applications for the second round of the Te Tai Tokerau Impact Fund are now open with applications due by Friday 6 June.
With allocations between $5,000 and $20,000, the fund will support innovative projects that foster collaboration, sustainability, and economic development in Northland.
The pick 2025
Taitokerau Northland's Business Accelerator is underway for 2025
We're looking forward to bringing you stories from Pitch Night in July, when our finalists will pitch their business ideas to a panel of local business experts, as they vie for a package of awesome prizes!
Book a Discovery Session with a
GROWTH Advisor
Get BUSINESS Support
To achieve your goals
Whatever sector, size or stage your pakihi is at, we have a team of Growth Advisors who are ready to tautoko you in your next step.
Our Growth Advisors regularly travel around the rohe to meet business owners and kōrero about their needs and the tools that are available to support them. We customise the approach to ensure you have access to the knowledge, networks, training, funding or mentoring to suit your business.
Find out how we can help you:
Business Growth Team
Meet your local advisors
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Andrea Primrose-Netzler
Growth Advisor
Being raised in Taitokerau Northland has meant it is home for me. Despite traveling, living, and working elsewhere across New Zealand and abroad, it always draws me back. Find out more
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Prue Street
Growth Advisor
I’m relatively new to Northland having moved here a couple of years ago so it’s great getting to know all the wonderful businesses across the region. Find out more
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Taimania Toia
Growth Advisor
Ki te ure tārewa - Ko Whakataha te maunga, Ko Waitangi te awa, Ko Tauwhara te marae, Ko Ngāi Tawake ki te Tuawhenua te hapu Find out more
INNOVATION CENTRES, EVENTS & CO-WORKING SPACES
Taitokerau Northland has a range of modern spaces and venues available where you can hire desk space, lab space and meeting rooms to support your business. The two centres managed by the Northland Inc team are the Mahinga Innovation Centre at Ngawha and the Orchard Business and Event Hub in Whangārei.
The Orchard Business and Event Hub
Other co-working spaces
Invest in
Northland
Taitokerau Northland is quickly developing a global reputation as a highly desirable place to invest, with unique competitive advantages across a range of industries and significant untapped productive potential.
Our sights are firmly set on maximising the economic potential of all productive industries in the region. Get in touch to find out how we can help you invest here or find investors for your growing business.
Key Sectors
Although underpinned by primary production and manufacturing, Taitokerau Northland's economy is diverse. High-performing sectors include pastoral farming and processing, horticulture, tourism, and marine manufacturing.
Find out how our sectors fare in the current economic landscape and gain access to a wide range of online resources to gain more insights into how they work.
IN THE NEWS
Media releases
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The Pick business ideas competition returns to support startup success in 2025
Taitokerau Northland’s premier business ideas competition, The Pick, is back for 2025—offering aspiring entrepreneurs and businesses the chance to develop, test, and refine their ideas with expert… Read more
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Fund Backs Northland Projects in Making a Big Impact: Grants for Northland Initiatives Available Now
Grants for Northland Initiatives Available Now. Read more
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Game-Changing Investment for Northland: Resilience Fund Allocates $250,000 to Health Simulation & Training Centre
The first allocation of the Resilience Fund provided to Northland by Transpower and Omexom will deliver up to $250,000 in seed funding to establish a Health Simulation and Training Centre at the new… Read more
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Business Resilience Project Offers Support To Northland Businesses In Turbulent Times
The Taitokerau Business Resilience Project has a range of training and workshop opportunities available to businesses across Northland, who are feeling the effects of a turbulent period and… Read more
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Taitokerau Business Resilience Project Brings Support to Region’s Businesses
Northland Inc has launched the Taitokerau Business Resilience Project, delivering resilience uplift to businesses across Northland through workshops, one-to-one support, mentoring, networking events… Read more
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The Pick business ideas competition returns in 2024
The Pick, a Taitokerau Northland business ideas competition, will return in 2024 to support the growth of the region’s startup community. Founded by Northland Inc in 2017, The Pick encourages… Read more
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Whāriki Te Tai Tokerau and Northland Inc. Solidify Commitment with Waka Hourua Agreement
On a day marked by camaraderie, laughter and a collective commitment to advancing Māori business in Te Tai Tokerau, Whāriki Te Tai Tokerau and Northland Inc. signed the Waka Hourua Agreement. Read more
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All-electric seagliders to link Whangārei with Auckland
Ocean Flyer, the NZ company committed to operating all-electric seagliders to connect regional centres around the country, will mark the signing of Memoranda of Understanding with Northport and Northland regional economic development agency Northland Inc Read more
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Mahinga Innovation Centre Officially Opens in Ngawha
The Mahinga Innovation Centre, located within the Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise Park in Kaikohe, has officially opened with a Puanga Celebration on Tuesday 13 June. Read more
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Applications Open for Cyclone Gabrielle Business Recovery Grants
Taitokerau Northland businesses can now apply for a business recovery grant of up to $40,000 to support their recovery following Cyclone Gabrielle. Funding is administered by the region’s Economic… Read more
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Food Hui Brings Together Northland Food and Beverage Community
Over 100 of Taitokerau Northland’s growers, producers and hospitality businesses came together for the Food & Beverage Industry Hui at Russell’s The Duke of Marlborough this month. The hui, led by… Read more
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Northland Inc and Te Hiringa Trust Collaborate for Regional Business Partnerships
Northland Inc in partnership with Te Hiringa Trust has been successful in winning the tender for the delivery of the Regional Business Partner Network across Taitokerau Northland. The Regional… Read more
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The pick business ideas competition announces 2022 winners!
Northland Inc’s Te Tai Tokerau business ideas competition, The Pick, announced its 2022 winners at the finale pitch event on Wednesday night (4 May, 2022). The event, held at Whangārei’s OneOneSix… Read more
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The Pick business ideas competition returns in 2022
Northland Inc’s Te Tai Tokerau business ideas competition, The Pick, returns in 2022 following a two-year hiatus. Read more
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Business Growth Accelerator Programme continues with Northland Inc
Northland Inc, the region’s Economic Development Agency, led a business start-up event earlier this month at The Orchard business and event hub in Whangārei. Read more
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Award-winning cheesemaker shares recipe for success
The reputation of Whangārei’s Grinning Gecko Cheese Company continues to soar after picking up a massive 11 medals at this year’s New Zealand Cheese Competition. This adds to its highly impressive… Read more