Cooperative Business New Zealand brings together New Zealand's co-operative and mutual businesses in a not-for-profit incorporated society which provides support to its members, raises the profile and awareness of co-operative and mutual enterprise, and promotes the co-operative business model.
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.[1]
Cooperative Business NZ is a member of the International Cooperative Alliance.[1]
Aims
The aims of Cooperative Business New Zealand are to:[1]
- PROMOTE: encourage, promote and advance New Zealand co-operatives and mutuals.