Whether it’s providing boats with a berth or leasing premises to local businesses, our Enterprise Portfolio covers a wide range of interesting activities that make positive contributions to our local economy.
The Enterprise Portfolio team aims to ensure the commercial properties they manage give a good return on investment for the Council while providing business owners and recreational users with quality infrastructure and facilities.
The two aerodromes at Tākaka and Motueka support both recreational, commercial, and local tourism.
We manage ports at Motueka and Tarakohe – the latter supports the aquacultural sector in Golden Bay, along with rock exports supporting civil projects in the wider Wellington Region.
Alongside our forestry managers, we grow and harvest plantation blocks at Borlase, Moturoa / Rabbit Island, Sherry, Howard, and Tunnicliff forests. Forestry provides a large amount of local employment whilst producing world-class products such as Nelson Pine’s LVL.
Local campgrounds are a great base for domestic and international tourists to explore all that our District has to offer. We manage the Collingwood Holiday Park and lease the land to the owners of Pōhara Top 10 Holiday Park, Motueka Top 10 Holiday Park and Riverside Holiday Park, Murchison.
We also own commercial properties in Richmond, Motueka and the Māpua Wharf Precinct.
A portion of these income-producing assets helps subsidise rates and contributes to the running of some of our reserves, particularly Moturoa / Rabbit Island.
Another positive aspect of our enterprise portfolio is the ability to give back to the community directly, with events like our annual Firewood Day, putting waste forestry wood to good use by making it available to locals who need it. At this stage, we have plans for another event in 2026.