APR Consultants

24/11/2025

We’re proud to support this program along with Rotorua Trust & BayTrust 👏

06/08/2025

APR Consultants are founding members of the Rotorua Sustainable Charter. We were pleased to take part in this collaboration between the Charter and Predator Free Rotorua 🙌

Since May we've collaborated with Predator Free Rotorua to encourage staff at Rotorua Sustainable Charter members to sign up for a free backyard trap as part of Predator Free BOP's campaign to reduce pest numbers and support our native birds 👏🦉 Here are the members who took part in May, along with staff from Rotorua Trust 💚 The project is on-going and we're over 150 traps now - we'll post another compilation photo soon 📷 Shoutout also to our members Red Stag Timber who donated the timber for 1500 trap tunnels 🌟

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03/04/2025

Enjoyable and informative morning hearing from Kate Fenwick at the Waste-Ed With Kate waste education breakfast ♻️ Thanks to Meghan Cooper Rotorua Lakes Council & Desirae Kirby Rotorua Sustainable Charter for organising this event and sharing updates on their respective work in the waste minimisation space 👏

20/12/2024

Casual Xmas lunch today with our staff (missing two from the photo). Best wishes to all of our clients and colleagues for the Christmas season and we look forward to working with you in the New Year 🎄https://www.aprconsultants.co.nz/

18/12/2024

APR Consultants are proud to support the sustainability kaupapa and host the Rotorua Sustainable Charter at The Business Hub - Rotorua 🙌💚

17/12/2024

An enjoyable Christmas lunch yesterday with our The Business Hub - Rotorua colleagues 🎄

29/11/2024

Proud to be one of the first local businesses (along with the Buried Village) to support the Zonta Club of Rotorua’s Orange Lady campaign 🧡 as part of the global to Violence Against Women message 🌏 Zonta District 16

18/10/2024

APR Consultants Director - Deryck Shaw has completed his term as Chair of the Te Puia - Rotorua, NZ Māori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI) Board 👏 (article below).

We’re pleased to announce that Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka has confirmed the appointment of Fletcher Tabuteau as Chair of the Te Puia New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI) Board. He succeeds Deryck Shaw who started on the Board in 2007 as Deputy Chair for 13 years, then becoming the Crown appointed Chair for the last four years when the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Vesting Act 2020 was passed.

Deryck’s Crown appointment was initially for a 12-month period, then extended due to Covid-19 and we’d like to acknowledge his time as chair through some of the most challenging times the business has ever seen, as we navigated the Covid-19 pandemic and developed a better business model for the future.

Deryck’s governance experience, measured approach to decision making, guidance, business experience and support will always be revered with the utmost respect and appreciation – we’d like to thank him deeply for everything.

Te Puia | NZMACI is excited to welcome Fletcher Tabuteau as the new Chair – read more in the official Beehive media release below, about his wide experience and connections:

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-m%C4%81ori-arts-and-crafts-institute-boards-appointment

24/07/2024

Our Director Deryck Shaw recently spoke to the BLAKE Inspire program students at Te Puia - Rotorua, NZ, along with Desirae Kirby from the Rotorua Sustainable Charter (details below).

The Rotorua Sustainable Charter and Te Puia hosted BLAKE Inspire students on Wednesday as they took on their week-long residential leadership development programme in partnership with the Ministry for the Environment.

Throughout the week BLAKE Inspire students worked together with scientists, environmental experts, a diverse range of leaders and other like-minded students across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty to develop strong leadership skills while learning about topical environmental issues and how they can take action to tackle them.

Rotorua Sustainable Charter Sustainability Advisor Desirae Kirby said she enjoyed sharing the Charter's kaupapa and highlighting the sustainability work of its members with the next generation of environmental leaders.

“The students were engaged in the presentation and asked insightful questions around how businesses can move forward on their sustainability journey.

“As a founding member of the Rotorua Sustainable Charter – Te Puia was the perfect place to highlight the sustainability effort being undertaken across Rotorua," she said.

Te Puia Board Chair, Deryck Shaw also spoke to the Inspire students about the legacy of New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute and how the business had been impacted by Covid-19 and had changed its business model to more closely reflect the Kaupapa of a more immersive and personable visitor experience.

05/06/2024

APR Consultants are proud to be one of the original founding members of the Rotorua Sustainable Charter 25 years ago 🙌 Thank you to outgoing Chair Justin Hutton and congratulations to new Chair Fisher Wang 👏

01/03/2024

Come cheer on our Director Deryck Shaw this Sunday at Ngongotaha AFC, as he hits the footy pitch with 43 other local identities for the Kick for a Cause Rotorua charitable football event.

Kick for a Cause is raising funds in support of The Salvation Army Rotorua. Entry to the event is a cash donation, or donation of a non-perishable food item for The Salvation Army

Guess who else is joining us on the Kick for a Cause field this year?

It's Deryck Shaw MNZM! Deryck is the Founding Director of APR Consultants, has more than 30 years of governance experience, and is the former president of New Zealand Football 🙌

We're looking forward to seeing Deryck battle it out with other local legends at our second annual charity football event, happening this Sunday, to support The Salvation Army Rotorua.

Deryck is kindly sponsored by APR Consultants, who provide strategic advice for private and public sector organisations 💗

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Join us on the 3rd to cheer him on!
📅 March 3, 12:30pm - 4pm
🏟 Ngongotaha AFC
🎟 Entry by cash donation, or donation of a non-perishable food item for the Salvation Army
🏆 Spot prizes for best dressed and the best banner/flag, sausage sizzle, food carts, raffles, and kids activities
👉 Learn more and donate to support here - https://kick-for-a-cause-rotorua.raisely.com/

11/12/2023

To celebrate our long and noteworthy history and relationships, we hosted two events to acknowledge the legacy of APR and to provide a glimpse into ways we can serve future clients.

We hosted a Business After 5 (BA5) in the foyer of the Rotorua Business Hub as a thank-you to past clients and as an invitation for future clients to consider us for services to assist on their projects. The BA5 served to highlight the range of projects we have been involved in enabling great outcomes for our clients over 40 years.

We also invited past and present staff to celebrate our 40th anniversary with a dinner and social event at Holdens Bay Holiday Park and Conference Centre. We spent the evening reminiscing on the company's beginnings and growth, sharing stories about how employees have grown on their own career journeys since leaving APR, and we enjoyed some amazing food prepared by Sonia Beasley. The cutting of the “40th” cake was also a major highlight of the evening.

So, here’s to the last 40 years of hard work, and to the next 40, where we constantly strive to evolve and continue working to realise the vision of our amazing clients and staff. If you are interested in working with us to achieve your vision, flick us an email at [email protected], and we will endeavour to connect with you soon.