Cooperative Business New Zealand

Cooperative Business New Zealand

Abbreviation	CBNZ
Formation	1984
Type	Non-governmental organisation
Headquarters	Auckland
Location	National
Membership	Membership available for cooperative and mutual businesses.
Chief Executive	Ian Macintosh
Website	nz.coop

Cooperative Business New Zealand brings together New Zealand's cooperative and mutual businesses in a not-for-profit incorporated society which provides support to its members, raises the profile and awareness of cooperative and mutual enterprise, and promotes the cooperative business model.

The organisation started its life in March 1984 as the New Zealand Agricultural Cooperatives Association; the name was changed to the New Zealand Cooperatives Association in May 1997, and to Cooperative Business New Zealand at the December 2012 AGM which was in Christchurch.^[1]

CBNZ is a member of the International Cooperative Alliance.^[1]

Aims

The aims of Cooperative Business New Zealand are to:^[1]

PROMOTE: encourage, promote and advance New Zealand cooperatives and mutuals.
REPRESENT: act as a representative Association for those engaged as cooperatives.
ADVOCATE: promote discussion and cooperation with decision makers at all levels of government designed to further the interests of the cooperative movement.
INFORM: collect, verify, and publish information relating to the cooperative movement.
SUPPORT: provide services and expertise to those engaged in the cooperative industry and to carry out research into all aspects of the movement.

Organisation structure

With an office in Newmarket, Auckland, Cooperative Business New Zealand employs a Chief Executive, part-time Communications Officer, and a number of shared staff.

At each year’s Annual General Meeting, members elect a Council of ten to provide governance for the society as well as a Chairperson who gives direction to the Executive Director. From November 2012, the society’s Council elected five of their number to be the governing Board of the organisation.

New Zealand member cooperatives

As at November 2011, CBNZ has 55 member businesses, with around half being agriculturally based cooperatives.

These members include:

Fonterra
Foodstuffs
Interflora
NZ Blackcurrant Cooperative Ltd
Rabobank
Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative
Ballance
Alliance
Silver Fern
LIC

As well as many other substantial and small usually community-based cooperatives.

For more information

References

1 2 3 "Who We Are". NZ Co-Op. 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.

External links

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