Southland Export Dinner September Friday 17th 2004
Over 200 members of the Southland business community attended the Southland Export Forum Biennial Dinner Fare held on Friday, 17th September at Southland Boys High School. The evening combined scrumptious cuisine created by Graham Hawkes of Flannagans, using the finest Southland export quality products and outstanding entertainment was provided by ‘Revue’, a division of the Musical Theatre Group managed by Neale Smith.
Two special export awards were also presented during the course of the evening. The first award given was in recognition of His Worship the Mayor, Tim Shadbolt’s continued contribution to promoting the region and in particular his promotion of export activity from Southland. A delighted Tim gladly accepted the award and expressed his desire to see more export processed from the region and to make the most of our greatest export - the people of Southland.
The second award, ‘Emerging Exporter’, jointly presented by the Southland Export Forum and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, was in recognition of exporters whose export trade had grown and expanded over a period of time. The winner of this award was the New Zealand Ostrich Export Co Ltd (NZOEC) & Ostex Corporation Ltd. NZOEC is New Zealand’s largest Ostrich Exporter and exports under the brand name ‘z’lana’
The evening was very much enjoyed by the guests present and the entertainment provided by Revue deserved the standing ovation they received. Special mention must also go to the two male volunteers from the audience who quickly learnt the dance steps of a very famous Joe Cocker song – something about leaving your hat on?
Southland Export Forum would like to thank the following sponsors and contributors to the evening: Tasman Orient (principal sponsor) Advance International, South Port NZ, Southland Chamber of Commerce, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, NZ Ostrich Export Corp., Southfish, Alliance Group, Pyper’s Produce, Quality Foods Southland, Pacific Shipping Co., Southland Boys’ High School, Neale Smith, Flannagans, DB Export, and the Musical Theatre Group, Revue.
MC Tom Sawyer,
presenting to Tim Shadbolt | 
NZTE Peter Healey presenting toPeter Hishon |
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Principal Sponsor |
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