Our Mission
We aim to promote business opportunities and strengthen trade and economic ties between New Zealand and Japan for the benefit of our members, as well as the broader business community.






Our Beginning
Formed in 1974, the Japan New Zealand Business Council (JNZBC) is New Zealand's longest standing business organisation within Asia. Go to About Us for more information.
Latest News
Kōrero.Online is an online Māori language school. From the basics, karakia, mihi & pepeha, to fluency, our expert kaiako guide you on your journey. Develop a deeper understanding of te ao Māori & tikanga through personal, private & purposeful learning. Korero.Online is part of the Inkstone Ecosystem. Kia ora. Ko Whare tōku ingoa. Nō Tainui-Waikato raua ko Ngāpuhi ahau. My name is Whare. I am Kaiwhakawhanake Pakihi Mātua for Kōrero.Online. I am passionate about seeing te reo Māori flourish, and we have an awesome platform with kaiako who do private, one-on-one, 25-minute lessons. I look forward to working towards a bilingual society, and growing te reo here in Aotearoa and beyond one learner at a time! https://korero.online/
DUO: A Cross-Cultural Pop-Up Exhibition
Japanese calligrapher and artist Junichi Ito and New Zealand-based artist Roberta Queiroga come together for DUO, an intimate pop-up exhibition exploring dialogue across cultures and mediums. Click on the post for further details.
Zenno is a New Zealand and US-based company and is the pioneer and global leader of superconducting magnets for space applications. They enable fully autonomous and fuel-free satellite positioning and precision interactions between satellites. Right now Zenno is delivering advanced altitude control solutions to commercial and public sector spacecraft manufacturers. They have forged partnerships with ANA Trading and Faraday Japan, and secured investment from Japanese VC Global Brain bringing New Zealand’s space-tech sector with Japan’s aerospace industry. https://www.zenno.space/
Aurecon is a design, engineering and advisory company whose purpose is bringing ideas to life, to imagine and co-create with clients a better future for people and the planet. Our strength lies in how we bring together our design, engineering and advisory capabilities to provide integrated solutions across the entire asset lifecycle. From shape and plan – design and deliver – operate and optimise – to close and transform, Aurecon designers, engineers, scientists and advisors work with our clients across markets and asset types, to tackle some of the world’s most complex challenges. We are an owner managed company operating across Asia Pacific with a strong presence in Australia, New Zealand, and multiple countries in Asia. www.aurecongroup.com/
OptiRTP (Return to Play) offers a monthly household subscription-based digital therapeutic service that utilises sound to deliver a proprietary and dynamic modulation of frequencies. Registered with the US FDA as a Class 1 Medical Device, the Company targets pain (chronic / long-standing pain conditions) and accelerated wound recovery as a complementary therapy to allopathic medicine. Non-invasive, drug-free and designed for in-home use. A commercial application will be developed in due course - for use in the likes of retirement homes, hotels and corporate office spaces. Plans for international expansion from the end of 2025, early 2026. www.optirtp.com
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