Doing Business in Auckland


Quick facts Political and environmental stability couple with positive mid and long term forecasts make Auckland a good investment prospect Cultural diversity is one of Auckland's most notable features, with a multilingual workforce facilitating access to global markets Auckland has the physical and electronic infrastructure to move goods, services and people New Zealand is ranked second in the world for overall Ease of Doing Business according to World Bank and is also number one for protecting investors and starting businesses

Auckland has a lot to offer.

Auckland - a major centre in the Asia-Pacific region, is the best place to take advantage of New Zealand's offer. A quarter of the world's Fortune 500 companies and two thirds of the country's top 200 companies are located here.

Auckland has the physical and electronic infrastructure to move goods, services and people. Air and sea ports provide rapid connections to the world and utility services and telecommunications are of the highest standards and are cost competitive.

Cultural diversity is one of Auckland's most notable features, with a multilingual workforce facilitating access to global markets. A highly skilled labour force is also fuelled by Auckland's education system which is world-class both at primary (elementary), secondary (High School) and Tertiary (College) level. Wages and salaries for skilled talent are typically 50 per cent less in Auckland than in the USA and 20-30 lower than Australia.

Political and environmental stability couple with positive mid and long term forecasts make Auckland a good investment prospect.

Doing Business in New Zealand 2009.pdf (509.1 KB PDF )

Regional Economic Monitor August 2009.pdf (335.4 KB PDF )

Monitoring Research Quarterly - August 2009.pdf (821.4 KB PDF )

Links

Business information Zone
The New Zealand government website that brings together free business resources, tools and information to help people start, manage and grow their businesses.

Contact

Mike Horgan

PH: +64 9 366 2072

mike.horgan@aucklandplus.com

Ann Sherry - Former CEO, Westpac

"Auckland is a very interesting region to look at for a number of reasons. One is that it is very diverse culturally. There would be few cities in the world that would have the ethnic and business diversity that Auckland has. Secondly Auckland is a very good size market - by global standards it's small, but again because of it's diversity and breadth - you can really take a slice of what would otherwise be a very big market and work that through Auckland. And thirdly, it's quite a sophisicated market. Again, size hides the degree of sophistication that this market has to offer. There is more here than meets the eye."

AucklandPlus

Auckland's advantage

Doing Business in Auckland

Quick facts

Auckland has a lot to offer.

Links

Contact

A Business Unit of the Auckland Regional Council