Winning franchises are a driving force for building a bright future. The results of the 2024 Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards brought two new S...

16 October 2009 - The Commerce Commission has welcomed the conviction and sentencing today of Stewart John Brown and Robert Llewelyn Parr

19 September 2025 – The 30th Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards name the best performers in the business. This year’s finalists are …

The stars of New Zealand’s franchise community came out to shine in the 30th annual Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards. We feature the winning re...

Manage your knowledge and be more competitive. Leith Oliver suggests some tools to help you make the most of this most vital of assets

November 2014 – The Franchise Association has created five new life members

McDonald’s New Zealand’s founding father, Hugh Morris, has passed away in Auckland after a long battle with ill health.

November 1999 - For the third time in five years, the Franchisee of the Year title has gone to Christchurch, while Green Acres finally took the Fra...

November 2000 - The winners of this year’s Franchise Awards set higher standards than ever. Here's our full report.

The Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards recognise the best among our nation's franchising folk. This year’s finalists have been named…

March 2011 - Chinese immigrants are increasingly turning to franchising as a way of getting into business in New Zealand. Simon Lord hears expert o...

August 2010 - Can a business be a franchise without knowing it? The answer may surprise.

It’s been 10 years since the start of the new millennium. Simon Lord examines what the decade has brought for franchisors and franchisees

This year's franchise awards were even more hotly-contested than ever, and attracted a host of new entrants. Our full report starts here.

We look back at some of the winners and how the Awards have helped New Zealand become the most franchised country in the world

25 March 2021 – Mobile franchise Harrisons is offering an incentive to customers to help find new franchisees

What are the benefits and drawbacks of working together with your spouse? Simon Lord talks to three couples who are partners in life and work

19 September 2018 – As New Zealand celebrates Suffrage 125, we take a look at the success of women in franchising

June 2013 - As regulation of various kinds continues to be discussed in NZ, a new bill passed in the Californian Senate 'gives a bullet to franchis...

May 2021 - Australia is to establish a mandatory Franchise Disclosure Registry from 2022, raising concerns about commercial confidentiality. Jason ...

14 November 2015 - Some of the people who have made huge contributions to the growth of franchising in New Zealand were honoured at the Westpac New...

The Franchise Association of New Zealand formally recognised the contribution of its Past Chairs at a recent function

12 November 2016 - Two people who have made huge contributions to franchising were honoured at the Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards

Many franchises are developed locally – but are NZ companies missing out on investing in overseas brands?

Shift in Kiwi employee priorities: 45% say work-life balance comes before salary, study finds 

From the Archives: September 2001 - The Franchising Code of Practice was launched in July 1997. Simon Lord examines the impact it has had, and asks...

April 2010 - McDonald’s may be a global giant, but the brand’s success is based upon its ability to attract local talent and adapt to local conditi...

Simon Lord provides answers to 10 of the questions most commonly asked about franchising.

22 October 2016 - We’re just three weeks away from the Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards. Who will come out on top for 2016?