National Women in Business Week is a week of Inspiration, Education and Networking.
The week-long programme of seminars, conferences, workshops and networking evenings for entrepreneurial women nationwide aims to be the premier event for women who want to leverage their skills, be inspired by other successful women, and form strong connections with other women in business.

Event Details for Christchurch

Christchurch Star Home Show

Venue: Westpac Centre
Jack Hinton Drive
Addington
Christchurch

Dates: 25–27 June 2004

Sites Added

Pohatu Penguins
Small groups tours to see the white flippered Penguins on Banks Peninsula, kayaking and snorkeling opportunities.

Board of Design
Design and illustration studio in central Christchurch.

Syft Technologies 
Developing and commercialising technology using  VOC profiles which can identify living organisms, many diseases, significant chemical hazards and many industrial and chemical processes.

Antarctic Connections

Christchurch is home to a thriving Antarctic industry - ranging from tourism connections - the International Antarctic Centre, Antarctic history connections around the city and at Lyttelton - to educational opportunities - the University of Canterbury's Antarctic studies. Underpinning all this are the business spinoffs from Christchurch being the departure for Antarctic flights.

Its is also home to the Antarctic Heritage Trust which was formed to  restore, preserve and protect the historical heritage of human endeavour in the Ross Sea region and elsewhere in Antarctica. Guardian of historic expedition huts of Scott and Shackelton. Now New Zealand men's clothing retail company  Hallensteins is launching a new range of menswear clothing called Scott Base with five percent of all sales going to the Antarctic Heritage Trust to fast-track the restoration of historic Antarctic huts and their contents.

This has been given added impetus by recent extreme storms which it is feared may have caused considerable damage to the historic huts.  

News: The frozen continent: Soaring cost of saving history at the pole
            New Zealand Herald 08.01.2004

Buried Treasures

Spotlight on some localeye resources ...

• Business, Industry and Professional Associations
  Links to major organisations who have branches in Canterbury.
• Aviation
  Links to firms and organisations that are part of the Aviation infrastructure of Canterbury.