Waikato Business Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Gala Dinner 2022
Date and Time
Friday Sep 2, 2022
5:45 PM - 10:30 PM NZST
Doors open at 5.45pm for the 6.30pm event start.
Location
The Atrium, Wintec, Hamilton
Fees/Admission
Single Ticket: $200.00
Members: Table of 10 - $1,495.00
Non members: Table of 10 - $1,895.00
Prices exclude GST.
Description
We are pleased to present to you the Waikato Business Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Gala Dinner!
For the first time, the induction will take place as a separate event. Be part of the excitement at this prestigious black-tie event as we induct Sir Robert Mahuta and Sir Dryden Spring into the Waikato Business Hall of Fame.
Speakers for the evening include Jim Bolger, New Zealand Prime Minister 1990-97, and outgoing Auckland Chamber CEO Michael Barnett.
About the inductees
Sir Robert Mahuta
Sir Robert Mahuta was the director of Maori Studies and Research at the University of Waikato from 1972 to 1977, and served as a Treaty of Waitangi fisheries commissioner, chairman of the Maori Development Corporation and chairman of the Tainui Maori Trust Board. For his services to Maori, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1996.
Sir Dryden Spring
Sir Dryden Spring's name is synonymous with New Zealand's dairy industry. He was chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Board from 1989 to 1998, and of the New Zealand Dairy Group from 1982 to 1987, as well as chairman of ANZ New Zealand from 2007 to 2012. He was also a member of the APEC Eminent Persons Group. His achievements in the dairy industry and service to New Zealand were recognised with a Knight Bachelor in 1994.
About the Waikato Business Hall of Fame
Organised by the Waikato Chamber of Commerce, the Hall of Fame was introduced in 2016 and showcases achievers in the Waikato who have excelled nationally and internationally.
Former inductees include Brian Perry and Bernie Crosby (2016), Bill Gallagher Snr and Sir Patrick Hogan (2017), Mary Jane Innes and the Mowbray Family of Zuru Toys (2018), the New Zealand National Fieldays Society (2019), and Arthur Porter and the Gallagher Brothers, Sir William and John Gallagher (2020).
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