Auckland welcome presentation

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2011 Auckland New Zealand Welcome

AucklandNew Zealand’s commercial hub & largest city

New Zealand – Home of major events

Source:NZ Herald

New Zealand – Home of major events

New Zealand – the new world hub

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Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland: • 35% of New Zealand’s GDP ($48bn)• 4th best city to live in the world (Mercer's Quality of Life)• 6th most ethnically diverse city in the world

New Zealand:• 2nd for overall Ease of Doing Business• 1st for Protecting Investors by the World Bank• 2nd on 2005 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)

Free trade agreements with many countries1st country to sign with China;Australia, Malaysia, Chile, Thailand, Viet Nam,Brunei, Singapore, Phillipines

New Zealand StatisticsEconomicindicator Total YearendNewZealandpopulation 4,367,700 Jun10

NominalGDP(NZ$billion) 186.1 Mar10NominalGDPgrowth 3.5% Mar10NominalGDPpercapita(NZ$) 43,031 Mar10

RealGDP(NZ$billion) 133.1 Mar10RealGDPgrowth -0.7% Mar10RealGDPpercapitagrowth -2.6% Mar10

CPIinflation 1.8% Jun10Unemploymentrate 6.8% Jun10

Totalexports(NZ$billion) 40,655 Jun10Totalimports(NZ$billion) 40,016 Jun10

Interesting Facts about New Zealand

• Firstwesterndemocracytogivewomenthevote1893• NobelPrizeWinner,ErnestRutherfordisknownasthefatherofnuclearphysicsfor‘splitting’theatom1919

• SirEdmundHillary- firstpersontoclimbMtEverest1953• Inventedbungeejumping,electricfences,refrigeratedshipping,firstpoweredflyingmachine,theHamiltonJet,tranquillisergun,disposablesyringe,JetPak,

•NZhaswonmoreOlympicgoldmedals,percapita,thananyothercountry•Akiwiisnotafruit– itisNewZealand’snativeflightlessbirdandaslangtermforaNewZealander.Kiwiscallthefruit“kiwifruit”

Cluster Tours – Marine•Aucklandaccountsfor58%ofsectoractivityinNewZealand

• Auckland’sWesthaven Marina– largestintheSouthernHemisphere

•Exportsareexpectedtotripleovernext15years

•NewZealandisaleadingbuilderofsuperyachts

•NewZealandbuildsmoreboatspercapitathananyothercountry

Cluster Tours – Food and Beverage

• 90,000enterprisesemploy400,000people

• F&Baccountfor52%oftotalNZexports

•• 7.4percentofAuckland’sGDPand20percentofnationalfoodandbeveragesectorGDP

• NZFoodInnovationCentreduetoopenJune2011– ahighlyinnovativeproductcommercialisationfacilityforAucklandbusinesses

• HomeofFonterra,theworld'sleadingexporterofdairyproductsandresponsibleformorethanathirdofinternationaldairytrade.

Cluster Tours – Bioeconomy

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• 42%corebiosciencecompanies(Auckland)

• 3,000peopleemployedinsector(Auckland)

• Worldclassfacilities-Liggins Institute&Universityof

Auckland&manymore

• Expertiseinhumanhealth,medtech,cleantech,

functionalfoods&agbio

• Medtech growingfast:16%peryear,exports$510m

Cluster Tours – Agritech

LACTANZ, Western Australia - $30m JV between Spencer Trust, and WMI, PKW & Mawhera Inc

• Agritech isa$3billionindustry,Exportsalesinexcessof$700million

• NZoneofthetop5dairyexportersintheworldwhichsupplyaround90percentofdairyproductstradedontheinternationalmarket

• Pastoralfarming- 13.5mhectares- morethan80percentofoccupiedlandareaandnearlyhalfofthetotallandarea

• GlobalpartnershipsandIPservicingmodels

Programme Themes

1. Globalinteraction:Theroleofsmallopeneconomiesinleveragingeconomicrelationshipswithmajortradingpartners

2. Urbancompetitiveness:creativityandinnovativedriversofurbancompetitiveness

3. NextGeneration:InnovationSystemsandSustainableBusinessModels

4. Growingtheeco-system:InternationalisationofSmallFirms

Conference Venue

SKYCITY Convention Centre

Located in the heart of New Zealand's

premier entertainment destination with a

multitude of 18 restaurants and bars, casino,

Australasia’s tallest building, the Sky Tower,

theatre, SKYCITY Hotel and SKYCITY Grand

Hotel.

Welcome

You’re invited to Auckland.

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