Abbreviation CBNZ | Formation 1984 Location National | |
Type Non-governmental organisation Membership Membership available for cooperative and mutual businesses. | ||
Cooperative Business New Zealand brings together New Zealand's cooperative and mutual businesses in a not-for-profit incorporated society which provides support to its members, raises the profile and awareness of cooperative and mutual enterprise, and promotes the cooperative business model.
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The organisation started its life in March 1984 as the New Zealand Agricultural Cooperatives Association; the name was changed to the New Zealand Cooperatives Association in May 1997, and to Cooperative Business New Zealand at the December 2012 AGM which was in Christchurch.
CBNZ is a member of the International Cooperative Alliance.
Aims
The aims of Cooperative Business New Zealand are to:
Organisation structure
With an office in Newmarket, Auckland, Cooperative Business New Zealand employs a Chief Executive, part-time Communications Officer, and a number of shared staff.
At each year’s Annual General Meeting, members elect a Council of ten to provide governance for the society as well as a Chairperson who gives direction to the Executive Director. From November 2012, the society’s Council elected five of their number to be the governing Board of the organisation.
New Zealand member cooperatives
As at November 2011, CBNZ has 55 member businesses, with around half being agriculturally based cooperatives.
These members include:
As well as many other substantial and small usually community-based cooperatives.