Sponsorships

Celebration of Song. The New Zealand Aria competition is one of Australasia’s most prestigious singing competitions. The event, in its current format, has been held annually for the past 14 years.
Sponsor Level: Waiariki as the naming rights sponsor.
Location: Rotorua
Date: October
Website: http://www.nzaria.org

Sponsor Level: Back of Jersey and Match Day sponsor
Location: Bay of Plenty
Date: 2008, 2009
Waiariki is a proud sponsor of the Steamers becoming a member of the exclusive “Back of Jersey Club “ sponsoring Jersey No. 13 and we were the Match Day sponsor for their first game in Rotorua on 9 August 2008. 
Waiariki is proud to support the Steamers at a national level through the Air New Zealand Cup.

Sponsor Level: Waiariki is the Official Naming Rights sponsor of the event for 2008 and 2010.
Waiariki is the Category sponsor for both the Secondary Sportsman of the Year and the Secondary Sportswoman of the Year in 2009 and 2011.
The sponsorship is being done in partnership with Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.
This is an opportunity for Waiariki to support sporting excellence within the region and to profile the Waiariki Academy of Sport.

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Waiariki became involved in this competition in 2007 and is the proud sponsor of the Maori Song section. We are committed to this competition for the next three years.
The Aria event was established by the Rotorua Competition Society in 1946 and it has become a high profile event of international standing.
Website: http://www.nzaria.org  

The NiE pages are published in the Daily Post, teacher resource kits and manuals, and the supporting website to make up a multi-dimensional programme to help achieve a variety of key competencies and curriculum objectives for teachers and primary children students.

Sponsor Level: Gold sponsors

The Chamber acts as a voice to local and national government and our relationship with the Chamber is important as it provides the platform to network and communicate with the stakeholders in the regions.

Sponsor Level: Youth Category Sponsor

Rotorua Wearable Creations ‘n Colour Awards has become one of the events on the Rotorua calendar. A charitable wearable arts style fashion show, the event celebrates the creativity of our communities and helps build the confidence and self-esteem of many people. The awards evening is full of fun and festivity, music and dance, and of course, wonderful and fantastical colour creations.

For the past three years, Waiariki has proudly sponsored the Youth Category. Last year’s winner from this category, ‘Cupcake Delight’, was designed by John Paul College students Angela Fouhy and Kate Oliver of Rotorua.

2009 Dates:
Matinee: Thursday, August 20
Awards Night: Friday, August 21

Good luck to this year’s contestants!
Website: http://www.rotoruawearable.com

Sponsor Level: Apprentice of the Year Award

Website: www.rotchamber.co.nz/businessawards

Sponsor Level: Waiariki is a major sponsor of the ceremony, along with the Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust and the Radio Network.

The  Mayors of Rotorua and Taupo Districts are members of the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs, a national initiative to encourage employment and training.  The taskforce is at the forefront of promoting industry training to position this sector as a valuable and attractive career choice.
Industry training graduation ceremonies are an important initiative of the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs.  Around the country, these ceremonies are held to recognise the importance of graduates’ qualifications and to raise the profile of trades and industries.
This is a privilege to recognise the commitment, hard work and sacrifice many of our successful trainees have made in getting their qualifications. Their success gives our community confidence that our workforce is well prepared and technically skilled as it moves forward to meet the future.

Sponsor Level: Rotorua high school student winner will win a digital photography course provided by the School of Computing, Technology and Communications.

Local amateur and professional photographers are being encouraged to capture the ‘Spirit of Rotorua’ by showcasing the geothermal, adventure, environment, adventure, spa, industries and people that embody the essence of Rotorua.
Website: www.rotoruanz.com/photocompetition

Sponsor Level: Gold Sponsor

The Her Business Networks operate throughout New Zealand providing opportunities for like-minded women to get together and to encourage and learn from one another through regular meetings.
Website: www.herbusinessnetworktaupo.co.nz

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The 106th annual University Games was a very memorable sponsorship in April 2008. Waiariki was the first non-university institute to host and compete in the event, showcasing its hospitality to more than 2,500 athletes and their coaches and support teams who came from all over New Zealand and a few universities from Australia. Waiariki teams even won a few golds!

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Waiariki is a sponsor of this well established sporting tournament, having become involved in 2008. It has very good synergies with the Waiariki Academy of Sport.
From its humblest beginnings in 1994 the WWHS tournament has grown into one of the premier pre-season multi-sport events on the secondary school calendar.  During the past 15 years the tournament has hosted in excess of 30,000 participants and 2000 teams from secondary schools and sporting academies throughout New Zealand and overseas.  The tournament has received a number of awards including winning the Trustpower Spirit of Rotorua and being a finalist in the Rotorua Business Awards.  A recent economic impact report placed the tournament in the top ten sporting events held in Rotorua.

Sponsor Level: Associate sponsors

Location: Whakatane
Date: 5 – 7 September 2008
The Whakatane Beacon Business & Leisure Show dates back to 2005 when a group of business people and community organisations saw a need to support and promote Eastern Bay of Plenty businesses.