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UKTI Australia New Zealand

About UKTI Australia New Zealand

We help British businesses succeed in Australia and New Zealand and ANZ businesses expand into the UK. We also celebrate everything that contributes to the close and long-lasting relationship between the UK and its southern cousins. We watch cricket. We eat pies. We spell things with an ‘s’ instead of a ‘z’. We talk a lot about the weather. We are UKTI Australia & New Zealand.

Review of 2012/13 and a look ahead to this year

It has been another busy year for the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) team in Australia and I think we can be pleased with our achievements, particularly given all the change that took place within the network during the year … Continue reading

GREAT British Rally Day 7 – Finale in Christchurch

Hagley Park beckons on our final rally day and the beautiful weather is back. Hello Christchurch.   Everyone gets stuck in putting together the ‘roadshow’. Christchurch council are pulling out all the stops with a stage and entertainers to make it … Continue reading

GREAT British car rally – Day 6 Blenheim, Christchurch

Friday 22 February, we wake in Blenheim to another beautiful day but are aware of the southerly change heading our way and dress for cooler temperatures.   It is not just the weather that has an air of change, it is … Continue reading

GREAT British Car Rally Day 5 – Wellington to South Island

It’s sunny and bright, and there’s no wind, is this really Wellington? Well we are on the  waterfront in ‘ the Best Little Capital in the world’ and it is a stunning morning. We’ve three Rolls Royce’s, a Bentley, Range … Continue reading

GREAT British Car Rally Day 4 – Napier to Wellington

Another early morning start and we fueled up on coffee and big breakfasts before watching Napier recede into our rear-vision mirrors.We headed towards Masterton and another heart-warming welcome from the locals. One of the highlights of the Rally has been coming to … Continue reading

GREAT British Car Rally Day 3 – Gisborne to Napier

About 200 British cars were displayed in Gisborne’s Rectory Field this morning – a fantastic sight on another beautiful morning. Around 100 were our ralliers and the others were from the local car clubs who turned up to enjoy the … Continue reading

GREAT British Car Rally – Day 2 Tauranga to Gisborne

A hectic start to Day 2 with a business breakfast at the hotel hosted by HC Vicki Treadell where New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and UK Trade & Investment talked to local companies about doing business in the UK. It … Continue reading

Great British Car Rally Day 1 – Auckland to Tauranga

What a cracking start to Day 1 of the Great British Car Rally, New Zealand put on the weather and GREAT Britain put on the show with a superb collection of British automobiles gathered shining in the sun in Auckland … Continue reading

Warm up your engines for the Great British Car Rally!

After months of planning we are on the threshold of the Great British Car Rally. I’m excited by the prospect. An Alexander Dennis bus, liveried to reflect Britain’s innovation, technology and green credentials, will hit the road with another 150+ … Continue reading

What does the Olympic success tell us about modern Britain?

A message from the British High Commissioner, HE Paul Madden With all the Olympic and Paralympic athletes now back in Australia from what has been a long and wonderful summer of sport in London, I was reflecting on what the … Continue reading