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SUMMARY:Ready to Rise Business Breakfast - November 2026
DESCRIPTION:Survival mode has had a long run. Global noise\, economic pressure\, an election cycle that’s kept everyone guessing – Kiwi SMEs have weathered all of it. But growth doesn’t wait for perfect conditions. It’s made by the businesses bold enough to go after it anyway. \nOne week after New Zealand goes to the polls\, Ready to Rise returns for round three: After the Result. Not to relitigate the vote\, but to work out what the next three years could mean for your business. No political spin\, no wait-and-see. Just sharp thinking\, hard-won stories and real strategy for your next bold call. \nNobody else builds your business for you. The SMEs who pull ahead from here are the ones who back themselves – and this is where you find your people to do it alongside. \nTickets are $89 (incl. GST). Grab yours now. \nSpeakers\nWe built this line-up around one question: What does an SME owner need to hear the week after the vote? So we’ve put founders who’ve grown through tough conditions alongside people who can read the economy\, the policy landscape and the business market. Expect both sides of the story: What’s changing\, and how to make your next move anyway. \nYour MC\nAngus keeps the morning lively and on track\, linking the founder stories\, the panel and your questions so you leave with actions\, not just notes. \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Angus Jenkins is a leadership and performance coach\, keynote speaker\, master facilitator and Mirror Holder: he helps leaders close the gap between who they believe they are and what they’re capable of.\n\nAngus spent 25+ years leading in corporate across seven industries before backing himself to build Angus Jenkins Leadership. Today\, he partners with CEOs\, executives and founders to trust their judgement\, grow their leadership and lift the performance of their teams.\n\nAs your Ready to Rise MC\, Angus will connect the founder stories\, the panel and the questions in the room\, keeping the morning lively\, focused and useful. Expect energy\, warmth\, a little irreverence and a healthy appetite for getting to the heart of things.\n				\n			\n		\n\nKeynote addresses\nTwo Kiwi founders who’ve built global brands through tough conditions share the hard calls\, what paid off\, and what they’re betting on next. \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Grant Taylor is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of MOXX Brands\, a fast-growing New Zealand consumer goods start-up building award-winning brands sold across the USA\, Canada\, Australia and NZ\, including home fragrance brand Maison&Muse and hair care brands DoseTheory & Everblue\, among others. Grant is an experienced FMCG entrepreneur\, having previously founded Rascal+Friends\, the hugely successful nappy brand now sold around the world and which secured Grant EY Entrepreneur of the Year-Product as well as Coles Non-Food Supplier of the Year.\n\nMOXX was recently awarded Excellence in International Business at the 2degrees Auckland Business Awards\, following its Best Emerging Business win in 2024 and an outstanding third place in the 2025 Deloitte Fast 50\, where it was also named New Zealand’s fastest-growing consumer products and export business.\n\nGrant is passionate about building high-performing brands\, taking Kiwi businesses to the world and creating products that genuinely deliver for consumers.\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Angus Brown is the founder of Ārepa\, a New Zealand brain food technology company creating clinically researched nutrition products designed to support mental performance and brain health. More recently the company has discovered a new molecule that has a world-first position in food.\n\nUnder Angus’s leadership\, Ārepa has grown into one of Australasia’s leading brain health brands\, combining food science\, neuroscience\, brand storytelling\, and human clinical research to build consumer trust and market demand. Angus has firsthand experience navigating health claims\, regulatory scrutiny\, product innovation\, IP development\, and the commercial realities of building a science-led food brand.\n				\n			\n		\n\nPanel discussion – After the Result: What’s next for Kiwi business\nAn economist\, a former Deputy Prime Minister\, a business telco leader and political commentator unpack what the result really means for SMEs: Rates\, policy\, and where the opportunities sit over the next three years. \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Kelly Eckhold is Chief Economist at Westpac. Kelly began his career at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand\, where he went on to hold a range of senior roles across the Financial Markets\, Economics and Financial Stability departments. Most recently\, he spent 12 years at the International Monetary Fund\, working on monetary policy\, foreign exchange and financial stability issues. Kelly joined Westpac in March 2023.\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Paula Bennett is National Director of Customer Engagement and Advisory at Bayleys. She leads the company’s engagement with select corporate\, government\, large developers and private wealth. She excels in building relationships with clients\, understanding their needs and tailoring a property plan specific to individual requirements across the suite of Bayley’s offerings\, including transacting large property deals. \nDuring her 15-year career in politics\, Paula Bennett served as Deputy Prime Minister and a Cabinet minister with portfolios including social development\, associate finance\, state services\, police and local government. She is currently the Director of Strategic Advisory at Bayleys Real Estate\, Pharmac Board Chair and Board Chair of Sea Cleaners. Paula has a podcast with the NZ Herald that is in its 9th season.\nPaula is Māori with Tainui ancestry.\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Andrew Fairgray was appointed Chief Business Officer at 2degrees in September 2019. Andrew is an industry veteran\, having formerly run his own business JETA Group. Previous to that he was the head of corporate and government sales at Vodafone. He has also held a range of executive roles in New Zealand and overseas with multi-national operators such as Alcatel Lucent\, Nokia\, and IBM. Andrew joined 2degrees in its 10th year\, with a strong brand and a significant opportunity to grow market share and Fight for Fair for Kiwi Businesses. Most recently\, through the merger with Vocus\, he continues to lead the 2degrees Business team to improve the overall productivity of New Zealand Inc. through leveraging 2degrees world class mobile and fixed networks.\n				\n		\n\n  \nWhy you should be in the room\n\nReal stories\, not theory. SME leaders on how they’ve turned hard calls into hard-won growth.\nStrategy you can use the next day. Practical\, no-fluff takeaways for the three years ahead.\nA panel that says the quiet part out loud. Straight talk on what the result means for business\, without the politics.\nA room full of your people. Connect with SME owners facing the same conditions\, and figure it out together.\n\nLast time at Ready to Rise\n \nEvent sponsor\n\n\n  \n  \n  \nCoffee sponsor
URL:https://nzbusiness.co.nz/event/ready-to-rise-business-breakfast-november-2026
LOCATION:New Zealand International Convention Centre\, 101 Hobson Street\, Auckland\, 1010\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Ready to Rise
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