Wednesday Nights Happy Hour With NZPBC At Vulcan Lane

The New Zealand Philippines Business Council and its members regularly meet every 2nd Wednesday of the month after office hours at The Occidental Cafe "OXY" , 6-8 Vulcan Lane in Auckland City. Please join us for a few drinks in an evening of introductions, and to meet and mingle with the company of business people and professionals. See you in "OXY"!!!

NZPBC Board Welcomes New Directors

After a favorable endorsement and approval from majority of the members of the Board of Directors, NZPBC Corporate Member Edward Viterbo of Quality Restaurants Group and Associate Member Blossoms Cruz have now been duly appointed as Directors. Official appointments were announced during the last Board Meeting on 9 February 2013 held at the NZPBC Head Office in Auckland City.

Honorary Consul General of the Philippines Visits Lord Mayor of Auckland

The Philippine Honorary Consul General to New Zealand, Paulo Garcia visited The Mayor of Auckland, Len Brown on Friday, 1 February 2013. The newly-appointed Honorary Consul General of the Philippines is a qualified solicitor both here in New Zealand and in the Philippines. Mayor Len
Brown has taken note of this background, as he is also a qualified lawyer himself.

PROFILE: Quality Restaurants Group, NZPBC Corporate Member

Asians have always loved cooking and fine cuisine - such is the case for NZPBC member Ed Viterbo of Quality Restaurants Group. What started off as a simple family restaurant, with a vision to introduce Thai cuisine in New Zealand and to educate locals about Thai culture, has evolved into being a major player in the Auckland restaurant scene in just 10 years.

PROFILE: Sensient Technologies New Zealand, NZPBC Gold Corporate Member

Sensient NZ has recently expanded its product development facilities in Auckland to better serve their local and export customers in the Asia Pacific region including the Philippines. They have manufacturing facilities, QC laboratories, R&D laboratories and sales offices in New Zealand. As quoted by the company’s Technical Manager, Lorna Abbott, “the expansion is just timely to meet the increasing demand and challenges of the food and beverage industry“ and this was seconded by Sensient’s General Manager, Peter Gwatkin.