Business Central October 2026

2 | CONTENTS 16| Business events boom Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA) is seeking to broaden the conversation around business events. 45| New home for senior boarders A character house has been given a new lease on life as a senior boarding residence for Queen Margaret College. 85| A career built on technical expertise Taumarunui Plumbing director Paul Stephens has earned the 2026 Mark Whitehead Training Leader of the Year award. 45 85 16 Silverwood Architects �� 03 Parsonson Architects �� 04 Young Richards - Hales Construction 06 Vertical Limit Architectural Design �� 07 Haarlem Build �� 08 RTA Studio �� 10 Manawatu Cold Storage �� 11 Central Healthcare Ltd �� 12 Newtown Union Service �� 14 Symons Group �� 15 Business Events Industry Aotearoa �� 16 Tainui Village �� 18 Summerset Group Holdings �� 20 MB Century �� 21 Lodestone Energy �� 22 Locked-In Storage �� 23 Landmark Homes - Hawke’s Bay �� 26 Landmark Homes - Taupo �� 28 Latitude Homes - Taupo �� 29 Shed Central Ltd �� 31 EIT Campus �� 32 Elite Kitchens New Plymouth �� 33 McCannics. �� 34 Triple R Engineering �� 35 Prime Limes �� 36 Ngai Tukairangi Trust �� 38 Speirs Logging �� 40 Horowhenua District Council �� 42 Onekawa Bible Church �� 44 Queen Margaret College �� 45 Salvation Army Wellington �� 46 Thames Pacific ��47 Taranaki Rugby Football Union ��48 Horizons Regional Council ��50 Hawke’s Bay Toyota ��51 Mobile Mechanical Solutions ��52 Heavy Machinery Services ��53 Hawkins Ltd ��54 Dunning Thornton Project ��55 Schick Civil Construction ��56 Ivory Cliffs Estate ��58 New Plymouth District Council ��59 AGP Consulting ��61 Ten O’clock Cookie Bakery Café ��62 Downer: Wellington Airport Runway ��64 PGC Construction ��66 Gillies Group ��68 Hells Gate Geothermal Reserve ��70 Udderly Organic ��71 Senator Boats ��72 Entec Services Ltd ��74 Brebner Print ��76 Eastbridge Ltd ��77 Mitre 10 Pahiatua ��78 Aluminium Solutions ��79 Steel-it Ltd ��81 Bomax Construction ��82 Grounded Company HQ ��83 PJ Warren Earthmoving ��84 Taumarunui Plumbing ��85 Vepo Plumbing ��86 Verve Plumbing ��88 OUR PARTNERS: #businesscentral #yourstory www.waterfordpress.co.nz   T&C’s: These conditions are prescribed for the sake of understanding between the Waterford Press Ltd and its clients. 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