GENERAL

Arena - network of individuals and organizations committed to resist corporate globalization in all its forms.
Big Cities - economic development of the larger urban areas throughout New Zealand
BIZinfo- New Zealand business information service
Centre for Economic Forecasting - "A centre of excellence in applied macroeconomic research, and a source of forecasts, commentary and analysis of the UK and other major economies"
CRMAdvocate - strategic thinking from technology advice to case studies
Economist country briefings - "For each country we have brought together succinct forecasts, economic and political profiles, core statistics, essential recent articles and in-depth surveys from The Economist."
Forbes 500 Annual Directory - its 2000 annual directory of the biggest, most powerful companies in the United States
Franchise New Zealand
Infometrics - economic forecasting and analysis
International Economics and Business - Internet resources for students, teachers and business people
Money - History, Present & Future - and E-Money - "Sources of Information on Monetary History, Contemporary Developments, and the Prospects for Electronic Money"
Motu - economic & public policy research
Sample Business Plans
Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance - broad cover business directory

ORGANISATIONS

GOVERNMENT

Hamilton

Business Development Centre- Offers assistance in business startup, ongoing business support, and assistance to community groups in the Hamilton and Waipa regions
Business to Hamilton- B2H offers support, advice and local knowledge to businesses in Hamilton

New Zealand

Commerce Commission
Companies Office - includes National Insolvency Service, Motor Vehicle Securities Register, and Trademarks. Full access requires registration
New Zealand Government online - search for all government departments.
Consumer Online from the Consumers' Institute of New Zealand
Standards NZ

New Zealand Economics

Business and Economic Reseach Limited
LEANZ - Law and economics ascoiation of New Zealand
Maxim Institute - policy and public debate
National Australia Bank - the Bank's N.Z. economic research page National Bank of New Zealand - N.Z. economics reports featuring nine options
New Zealand Association of Economists Inc - link to economic reports

PRIVATE

Business NZ
New Zealand Business Roundtable
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
NZIER
Westpac Economic Reports

INTERNATIONAL

APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Europa - European Union
ILO - International Labour Organisation
IMF - International Monetary Fund
OAS - Organisation of American States
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
United Nations
World Trade Organisation

COMPANIES

New Zealand Post - corporate information including annual reports

There are hundreds of company web sites, so we do not list them all individually.
If you are looking for a specific company or category of companies, go to the:
Stock Exchange site
or use a search engine such as:
Access New Zealand .
LLRX is a useful, but mainly U.S., site for finding company information.

FINANCE & INVESTMENT

Currency Converters

The Universal Currency Convertor

Banks, Financial institutions

Visa
AMP - New Zealand
ANZ Bank - New Zealand
ASB Bank
Bank of New Zealand
National Bank of New Zealand
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
TSB Bank
Westpac
Kiwibank
The World Bank Group

Investment

CNN Financial News - the financial network
Internet Stockwatch - Gives advice on investing in Internet stocks New Zealand Stock Exchange- NZX
NZCity Personal Finance
Office retirement commissioner
Stockwatch - from the New Zealand Herald
The Trading Room - Australian stockmarket, from the Australian Financial Review
Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance

TOURISM

Tourism New Zealand - This site is not for visitors to New Zealand, it's about visitors to New Zealand. Their aim is to help the tourism industry, and those interested in the industry, with some facts.

BUSINESS DATABASES - See our databases page to search for business related magazine articles