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New Zealand takes out Best Chapter at 2011 CoreNet Global Chapter Awards
We are extremely proud to announce that the New Zealand chapter of CoreNet Global has won Best Chapter at the annual CoreNet Global Chapter Awards.
The win is being celebrated at the CoreNet Global Summit being held this week in Atlanta, Georgia between 6-8 November. New Zealand CoreNet Global Chapter committee member Andrew Tu’inukuafe is in Atlanta to receive the award.
As a global organisation, CoreNet Global has over 50 chapters with more than 7,500 members in 25 countries. “To win Best Chapter is both an honour and a statement about how far we have come to building a corporate real estate organisation with clout in New Zealand,” says New Zealand CoreNet Global Chair Carey Oldfield.
The New Zealand Chapter of CoreNet Global was the fastest growing chapter globally last year and this award goes proves it is arguably the most successful for its size.
With unanimous votes from the CoreNet Global judging panel, New Zealand won the award for ‘Chapter Development, Small/Medium’ with the judges citing New Zealand’s ‘balanced approach to leadership, growing membership, financial stability and enthusiasm’ as reasons behind the win.
According to Stephanie Pater, who was on the CoreNet Global Judging Sub-Committee, “there was some solid competition…but New Zealand’s innovation and strategy successes stood out!”
Mr Tu’inukuafe put forward the winning bid of behalf of CoreNet New Zealand, and says that “for a small, sparsely populated country of four million people, we have taken CoreNet Global from a zero-base to an extremely active and successful chapter in a relatively short space of time.”
The New Zealand chapter was established in 2002 by CoreNet’s current chairman Carey Oldfield and James Rowe. The chapter now boasts over 120 members, and has an active programme of monthly learning forums in Auckland and Wellington, as well as its premiere event, the annual CoreNet Symposium, held every June.