Advancing Manufacturing Aotearoa represents manufacturing businesses across New Zealand.

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We exist to help New Zealand’s manufacturing sector realise its full potential—by bridging gaps across the ecosystem, sparking collaboration, and connecting the right people and programmes at the right time. While we advocate for sector success, our purpose is grounded in support, not politics.

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AMA Council Meeting - 25 September 11am - 1pm via MSTeams

Join us for an informative and action-packed Council Meeting, where we’ll be covering a variety of important topics that you won’t want to miss!

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From High School to High Impact: Students leading the way in manufacturing

This year’s Waikato pilot earn-as-you-learn programme has shown what’s possible when industry invests in young talent.

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BNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index - August 2025

New Zealand’s manufacturing sector fell back into contraction during August, according to the latest BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI). The seasonally adjusted PMI for August was 49.9 (a PMI reading above 50.0 indicates that manufacturing is generally expanding; below 50.0 that it is declining). This was down...

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