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About the Games

All our teams enjoyed the events!!! Well organised & heaps of fun were the comments I received.
Stacey Heyes, Powerco

The New Zealand Business Games are all about putting the fun back into work, taking on the opposition with a bit of social competition, and having some action with work mates, partners or family.
Since the Games began, over 55,000 people have entered from small & large companies, government departments, corporations and educational instituations.
Each year an average of 3,000 - 3,500 participants from 140 - 150 organisations take part.

• Great team spirit with fun for everyone
• Building your team - commitment, fun
• Team Composition
• Reward Team Managers
• Getting involved 
• Large or Small organisation
• Business sector Trophies - simply the best
• Games Prizegiving
• Games organisers

“I love being involved and every year it’s always a success...!  So well done to you all for the organising you do, everyone loved it. They will be back for more next year!”
- Danielle Kimpton, Intergen

Great team spirit with fun for everyone

The Games have 14 events to suit everyone at all levels of activity, so whether you are into a hard out game of Touch, a competitive game of Golf, or enjoy a social game of Ten Pin bowling, there's something for you. People of all ages and fitness can get involved with a team from their business. There are trophies for the serious teams, as well as lots of fun for those who just want to play. Your organistation/division can enter just one or several events.

Building your team - commitment, fun

Team building is important in the contemporary workplace .T he Games are about team work, helping to make work fun, building esprit de corps, and helping to make your organisation a great place to work. 

Every year business magazine Unlimited publishes its survey  20 best places to work.  Always high on peoples list  was the need to “make your organisation a fun place to work”.
 For more information on how the Games can help you organisation, click here

Team Composition

As this is a Business House Games the following rule applies; Only organisation/company members and their immediate families and defacto partners are allowed to enter (NO "RING INS") otherwise your team will be disqualified.

Reward Team Managers

Team managers entering 3 or more teams get chocolate treat sent to them.  Plus the first 30 team managers who organise 5 or more teams will receive double passes to new Bowlarama in Newtown, plus double tickets to the movies at Art House theatre - Paramount.

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Getting involved 

It's really easy, send information around the office on the intra net, get some teams organised, (we dont need names), then send in your entry.  Everything after that is done by e-mail, making it simple for the team manager to disseminate information throughout the organisation. Entries will open in July.

"Seeing people from the office in situations most unlike any we would see on a day-to-day basis was tremendous, and great fun, and I hope to encourage more teams from the office to take part next year. We all felt it was SUCH good fun, and a great team builder."

Large or Small organisation

It doesn't matter whether you are an organisation of 3 or a corporate of 3,000, you can still take part, with many events only needing teams of three, AND there are lots of trophies; winners trophies for every sport,  PLUS business sector trophies, so in the NZ Business Games size isn't everything. Team Spirit Awards

Business sector Trophies - simply the best

For those keen to see who is 'simply the best' in their own business sector, there will be Business Sector Trophies for very event where five or more organisation from the same business sector are entered. In addition, all placing points from every event will be accumulated and go towards the overall Top Business Sector Trophies. E.g, Law, Datamail Government Trophy, Accounting, IT, Finance.

Games Prizegiving

Fun, music, spot prizes plus the Top Overal Business Awards and Top Team Attitude Awrd will be announced.. The action will be at Chicago Bar - Queens Wharf Thurs 21 Oct - 6pm onwards.

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Games organisers

The NZ Business Games run by Jill Ford and Annie Shan, of Fordward Thinking, plus an awesome team of sports coordinators.

Jill Ford, MBA (Distinction), BSc Hons, Certificate of Direct Marketing, Certificate of E marketing

For more information about Fordward Thinking and what they do and / or go to www.sponsorshipinfo.co.nz

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Games organised by Fordward Thinking
PO Box 7174, Newtown, Wellington 6242
E-mail info@businessgames.co.nz
For human contact - phone 04 389 4496. 

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