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Franchise New Zealand Summer 2025 Year 33 Issue 04
FANZ dream team with awards gala MC: Birke Karl, Susan Mott,
Wendy Petrie, Robyn Pickerill, Lexi Fletcher, Stevie Wheatley
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As all the fun and fanfare of the
Westpac New Zealand Franchise
Awards 2024 morphs into festive
fever, we reflect on a year well
worked here at the Franchise
Association of New Zealand.
REFLECTIONS ON THE
YEAR, RECHARGING
FOR 2025
rom visa advocacy to sector survey research, provision of a world
class franchising conference to a collective franchising excellence
celebration, 2024 has seen us putting our hearts and souls into
supporting the sector. Like all of you, we’re ready for a summer break
but before we do, let’s recap on the 2024 highlights and take a peek
forward to 2025...
Accredited Employer Work Visa summary
FANZ worked hard over an extended period of time to advocate for
members and the sector in this area, and was delighted with the
changes that came into effect in April 2024. It was pleasing to report that
franchisees are now on an even playing field with all other employers,
after changes to the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme this year.
FANZ continued to seek further changes through a recent submission to
highlight ongoing issues for business sales and are delighted to see a
result, with changes effective from 6 November.
In summary, the latest changes will assist with the issue of business
sales where the potential or new owner has not yet achieved
Accreditation and therefore has been unable to retain employees who
may have been working in the business under an AEW Visa.
Franchising New Zealand 2024 Survey
The 2024 survey follows previous reports from 2010, 2012, 2017 and
2021. FANZ were pleased to continue the collaboration by engaging
Massey University to conduct the Franchising New Zealand 2024 Survey.
This is a significant piece of research, which provides important data for
the understanding and future development of franchising as a business
model in the New Zealand environment. In October, the results of the
2024 Franchising New Zealand survey showed that franchising in this
country is in solid shape. Despite global economic challenges, the New
Zealand franchise sector has demonstrated strong growth over the three
years since the last survey.
It found the total turnover of the sector has increased from $36.8 billion
2021 to $47.2 billion in 2024 (excluding motor vehicle sales and fuel
retail), representing a substantial 22% growth in the sector. The total
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