Latin America New Zealand Business Council

The LATIN AMERICA NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS COUNCIL was formed in 1991, from a merger of the previous Mexico/NZ and Chile/NZ Business Councils. It is a voluntary grouping of New Zealand business people interested in supporting and encouraging business links between the countries of Latin America and New Zealand.  It receives no funds from the Government, and operates totally independently from the Government.

Patrons of the Council

Sir Don McKinnon, ONZ, GCVO – former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
Rt Hon. Mike Moore ONZ – former Director-General of the World Trade Organisation
Hon. Dr Lockwood Smith – Speaker of the House of Representatives

Membership Profile

In this space we will provide more indepth profiles of our members on a rotating basis.

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Planhorse was established in 1979 when a then unique system was developed to file and store architectural and engineering plans and drawings. It was also adapted to hold posters, charts, maps, graphics and outsized large sheets of paper.

Invented in Auckland it is the leading world brand in large format filing selling in over 60 countries through a network of 41 distributors. Planhorse is used extensively in the Architectural and Construction sectors and its distributors are generally in the office products, office furniture, photocopy and Construction supplier fields.

In South America it has strong markets in Chile, Mexico and Colombia and would like to grow representation in Argentina, Panama, Peru, Brazil and Ecuador. If any member knows of possible distributors in any of these countries please let Planhorse know on email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Bob Fenwick the founder and President of Planhorse operates out of its Auckland based Head Office in Otahuhu. Phone: 09 270-8999.