Air Canada have a limited offer on fare to Australia for CANZBA Members!

Save 15% on all fares for travel from Canada to Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane*

*Valid on Standard, Flex, comfort, Premium Economy Lowest and Business Lowest fares. Terms and conditions apply.

*This promotional code is valid for travel between Canada and Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane on Standard, Flex, comfort, Premium Economy Lowest and Business Lowest fares and can be used on new bookings made between January 22, 2020 and March 31, 2020. Code applies exclusively to Air Canada fares published on aircanada.com and cannot be combined with any other offer. When applicable, the discount is valid for base fares only, as displayed on the review page of the booking process. Valid for up to four passengers per booking (one booking per promotional code). A maximum of 100 bookings will be allotted for this promotion, on a first-come-first-serve basis. Both air transportation charges (including sub-charges) and applicable taxes, fees, and charges are not discounted. This offer is valid on travel between January 22, 2020 and June 30, 2020. There is no blackout period for this discount. This offer is valid only for Air Canada operated flights, including flights operated by Air Canada Rouge and flights operated under the Air Canada Express banner. This offer is valid only for published fares. Codeshare flights are excluded. Schedule subject to change without notice

New Zealand Wagyu beef guys First Light Foods will be in BC next week launching their high grade wagyu beef in all 7 Meridian Meats stores.  Come and meet the people from First Light including the farmers who will be sampling some of their delicious Ribeye Marble (score 6) from Thursday Dec 12th to Sunday Dec 15th.

Schedule:
Thursday 12th from 2 to 6pm at Mission, Maple Ridge and Poco locations
Friday 13th from 2 to 6pm at Langley, Poco and Maple Ridge locations
Saturday 14th from 12 to 5pm at North Van, Tsawassen and White Rock locations
Sunday 15th from 11 to 2pm at Mission, Maple Ridge and Poco locations.

Find out more here.

President's Message

Dear members

I hope you all had an enjoyable summer.

We recently sadly said goodbye to Nick Fleming, Trade Commissioner & Consul General for New Zealand, but in doing so are happy to welcome his replacement Matt Ritchie! Matt joined NZTE in 2005 and has held several senior management roles. He has previously served as a Trade Commissioner based in Kuala Lumpur, overseeing NZTE's activities in Malaysia and Brunei. Most recently, Matt worked as a Customer Director, where he was responsible for early stage exporters and increasing the number of customers working with NZTE, and leading a team of Customer Advisors.

Before joining NZTE, Matt led teams in the information technology, media and logistics industries in New Zealand and the UK. Welcome Matt, we are looking forward to continuing our partnership with you and NZTE.

Since our last update we've hosted two very successful events: Xero, a start-up from New Zealand told us how they have risen to success in Canada. David Gelb, Global Head, R&D at KPMG in Melbourne, spoke about how Canadian businesses can take advantage of R&D incentives in Australia and New Zealand.

I’m sure all CANZBA members will join me in congratulating Kevin Lamb, Australian Consul (Honorary) & Trade Commissioner for being recognized as an Honorary Member (AM) in the General Division, Order of Australia. This is a well-deserved award for his many years of contribution to the Australian community in Vancouver and for his tireless work in promoting trade between Canada and Australia. Kevin has also been a keen supporter of CANZBA and has served on our Board since our launch in 2001.

Sincerely,

Nerella Campigotto

Events
See events page for full details of our following upcoming events:

Seminar: SMATS Update
Melbourne Cup

News
Ben, 19, admits his social apps wasted your time
Dance House - Bangarra Dance Theatre 'Spirit'

Sport
Bianca Andreescu wins U.S. Open, becomes 1st Canadian to claim a Grand Slam title
Ashes Paine and Smith on the tied series as Australia keep the urn
Rugby World Cup 2019: Guardian writers’ predictions

Join us for a Cervena Venison cooking and tasting demo with world renown Olympic Chef Graham Brown.

Exclusive ONLY to Choices! Come and enjoy an intimate evening as Chef prepares the finest dishes and teaches you about New Zealand’s finest red meat.

Tickets from Choices on 16th Ave.

The Calgary International Film Festival is screening three Australian films this year:

Mystify – ‘an intimate portrait of internationally renowned INXS frontman, Michael Hutchence’

Top End Wedding – ‘with a mother gone missing and their wedding just over a week away, this couple has no choice but to find her themselves’

Alice (Australia-France co-production) – ‘after discovering her husband’s addiction to escorts has left their family penniless, Alice finds herself drawn into the world of high-end prostitution as a means of caring for herself and her child’

The Festival runs from 18-29 September and more. For more information on the festival and tickets click here.

Australian-born high school drop out made his fortune creating social apps and games that wasted people's time.

Read more here.

October 25 & 26, 2019 8pm
Vancouver Playhouse

Drawn from 65,000 years of culture, Australia’s Bangarra Dance Theatre presents foundational work, seemingly pulled from the very land itself. In their first visit to Vancouver, Bangarra brings a selection of their extraordinary 30-year repertoire that weaves together totemic storytelling, performance and rich musical scores. A key part of the resurgence of Indigenous dance making, the company is committed to sharing the cultural heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with audiences around the world. Tracing an unbroken song-line, Spirit gives voice to a cosmos of plants, animals, and ancestral medicine, laid down one step at a time. Dance becomes a form of ceremony and celebration between the people, the land, and creation itself.

Click here for tickets and type in AUSTRALIA in the ‘pre-sales access code’ field in the top left corner.

Click here to read our quarterly news!

Forget encryption bills, talent gaps and R&D crackdowns, Australia is actually officially becoming a more attractive place to launch and run a startup, according to the StartupBlink Startup Ecosystem Rankings 2019 report.

The latest StartupBlink research comes two years after its inaugural ecosystem ranking report, released in 2017. 

Read more here.

Bob Hawke, Australia's 23rd Prime Minister is dead at age 89.

Read the full story here.