Manufacturing NZ

1. Name: ManufacturingNZ.

2. Trading/Alternate Names: None found. (Often simply branded “ManufacturingNZ”, with no separate trading name listed.)

3. Year Founded: Data Not Found. (No public record of an establishment date for ManufacturingNZ as a distinct entity.)

4. Legal Form: Division of BusinessNZ (an incorporated society). ManufacturingNZ is explicitly described as “a division of BusinessNZ”, meaning it has no separate incorporation.

5. Company Number (NZ Companies Office): Data Not Found. (ManufacturingNZ is not separately incorporated, so it has no distinct Companies Office number.)

6. NZBN (New Zealand Business Number): Data Not Found. (As a division of BusinessNZ, ManufacturingNZ has no independent NZBN.)

7. Head Office (Physical Address): Level 13, NTT Tower, 157 Lambton Quay, Wellington 6011.

8. Postal Address: PO Box 1925, Wellington 6140.

9. Website:

https://manufacturingnz.org.nz

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10. Phone: +64 4 496 6555.

11. Email: [email protected].

12. Parent Organisation: BusinessNZ (New Zealand’s largest business advocacy network).

13. Affiliations: Part of the BusinessNZ network, including the Employers & Manufacturers Assn (EMA) and BusinessNZ’s Industry Council. (BusinessNZ’s network “incorporates regional employers’ and manufacturers’ organisations”.)

14. Membership Base: Unknown. (ManufacturingNZ represents NZ manufacturers but no membership list or numbers are public.)

15. Key People: Joshua Tan – Executive Director (ManufacturingNZ’s national spokesperson). (Joshua Tan is identified as the full‑time Executive Director advocating for NZ manufacturers.)

16. Board of Directors: Data Not Found. (No separate board is listed; governance is under BusinessNZ’s incorporated society structure.)

17. Staff Count: Data Not Found. (Likely a small in‑house team within BusinessNZ; specific numbers are not published.)

18. Funding Sources: Presumably membership dues via the BusinessNZ network. (BusinessNZ describes its divisions as funded by member subscriptions; ManufacturingNZ itself does not publish budgets.)

19. Annual Budget/Revenue: Data Not Found.

20. Major Projects/Activities: Publishes a monthly Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) and produces policy submissions (e.g. on customs/exports ). (For example, ExportNZ & ManufacturingNZ jointly submitted on border costs to Customs/MPI in Nov 2024.)

21. Purpose/Mission (as stated): “Create the best possible operating environment in which manufacturers can thrive and grow”. (ManufacturingNZ’s own materials state its goal is improving policy/procurement so NZ manufacturers prosper.)

22. Lobbyist Registration: Not applicable. (New Zealand currently has no mandatory lobbying register; ManufacturingNZ is not listed on any public lobby register.)

23. Political Affiliations: None declared. (As part of BusinessNZ, it is non‑partisan in name; however its leaders include former politicians.)

24. Known Political Connections: BusinessNZ’s Chief Executive is Katherine Rich (ex‑National Party MP and Minister); ManufacturingNZ’s Exec Director Joshua Tan is a career trade/advocacy staffer. (No party is officially affiliated with the organisation.)

25. Ethics/Transparency Code: None published. (No code of conduct or conflict‑of‑interest policy is posted on the ManufacturingNZ or BusinessNZ sites.)

26. Annual Report: Data Not Found. (ManufacturingNZ does not publish its own financial statements or annual reports; BusinessNZ’s reports do not break out divisional finances.)

27. Government Contracts/Funding: Data Not Found. (No evidence that ManufacturingNZ receives government funding or service contracts.)

28. Media Claims: ManufacturingNZ publicly claims to advocate for manufacturers on issues like procurement and R&D (e.g. praising parts of a Labour policy ). (Such media releases express its positions to the press.)

29. Other Notes: Membership of Affiliated Industries Group (AIG) – BusinessNZ’s umbrella for industry bodies (over 70 associations).

Sources: Official ManufacturingNZ/BusinessNZ websites and public records; BusinessNZ press releases; NZ Parliament Hansard and third-party analyses (Integrity Institute, media) on lobbying practices. Each fact above is cited to its source.

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