Auckland's Major Employers
Here are links to Auckland's biggest employers.All have more than one thousand employees, often in locations throughout New Zealand.
Abano Healthcare Group Ltd
Abano Healthcare Group Limited is New Zealand's leading listed healthcare and medical services provider which incorporates established businesses, each with their own identities, brands and specialist operations. The Group operates businesses in four key sectors of the healthcare and medical services industry: aged care, rehabilitation, diagnostics, dental.
Air New Zealand Engineering Services
Air New Zealand Engineering Services is a major supplier of aircraft, airmotive and component MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) services with customers in New Zealand, Australia, Asia, the Americas and Europe.
Air New Zealand Limited
Air New Zealand is an international and domestic airline group which provides air passenger and cargo transport services within New Zealand, as well as to and from Australia, the South West Pacific, Asia, North America and the United Kingdom.
APN News & Media
APN News & Media is one of the region's most broadly-based and successful media companies. APN publishes New Zealand's leading metropolitan newspaper, The New Zealand Herald, and is the largest operator of regional newspapers, radio broadcasting and outdoor advertising in Australasia.
Areva T & D New Zealand Ltd
Our products and systems serve to transmit and distribute electricity, ensure the reliability, quality and safety of energy flows, as well as operate efficient networks through information management. We are present at all stages of the supply power chain, from the generator to the large end-user, backed by a comprehensive services portfolio.
Armourguard Security Ltd
Armourguard was formed in 1958, providing cash transport, guards and patrol services, under the name Armoured Freightways. Over the subsequent years the range of security related services provided by the company has been progressively extended.
ASB Bank Limited
Major banking group.
Auckland City Council
To carry out its functions Auckland City employs about 1,800 staff representing a wide range of professional and occupational skills.
Auckland District Health Board
The Auckland District Health Board aims to promote, improve and protect the health of our people and communities. It will promote the inclusion and participation in society, and independence of, people with disabilities. Helping patients with their health need is the priority of more than 7,500 staff.
AUT
Auckland University of Technology with faculties of Applied Humanities, Business, Design of Creative Technologies, Health and Environmental Sciences.
Blue Star Print Group Limited
Blue Star Print Group is a multi-disciplined print and marketing communications provider operating throughout Australia and New Zealand. The Group, a privately owned company with a substantial management shareholding, is headquartered in Auckland.
Carter Holt Harvey Limited
Carter Holt Harvey is Australasia's leading forest products company, with significant interests in wood products, pulp, paper and packaging, supported by forests. Carter Holt Harvey employs approximately 10,500 people across New Zealand, Australia and Asia.
Carters
Building supplies with stores throughout New Zealand.
Chubb New Zealand Limited
Chubb New Zealand offer security, fire and building service solutions.
Counties-Manukau District Health Board
Counties Manukau District Health Board provides health services to the people of Manukau City, Papakura and Franklin districts.
Datacom Group Ltd
Datacom Group Ltd, New Zealand's largest locally owned information technology company, has had another successful year with revenues, profits and staff-numbers all up on the previous year
Eurest New Zealand Ltd
Eurest New Zealand employs around 1,800 people and operates more than 280 sites including work place dining, schools, special events, hospitals, leisure centres and tourist services and city cafes.
Farmers
Farmers currently operates over 55 modern department stores plus 9 Home-centres in major metropolitan areas located throughout the country. Farmers employs over 3,600 team members of which over 2,800 are full time employees.
Fisher and Paykel Appliances Holdings Limited
Manufacturer of kitchen appliances.
Fletcher Building Limited
Building materials manufacturer and distributor with operations in concrete, steel, fibreglass insulation, aluminium extrusion, roofing, access flooring systems, sinkware, laminates and panels and is involved in residential and commercial construction. Fletcher Building employs over 14,000 people - 8,000 based in New Zealand, 4,500 in Australia, about 1,200 in the Pacific Islands and 600 in North and South America.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited
Fonterra is co-operatively owned by more than 12,000 dairy farmers. It has more than 19,000 employees. One of the top ten dairy companies in the world, Fonterra is responsible for a third of international dairy trade. Fonterra's global supply chain stretches from farms in New Zealand to customers and consumers in 140 countries, with some of the best known dairy brands, world leading manufacturing sites, quality and cost marketing and distribution with seamless integration from cow to customer.
Freightways Limited
Freightways businesses provide services to the business community.
Goodman Fielder New Zealand Ltd
Goodman Fielder is Australasia's largest food manufacturer, producing many of Australia and New Zealand's most popular and well - known brands as well as products and ingredients for the food service, commercial and industrial sectors.
Gullivers Pacific
Travel agents.
Harcourts Group
Real estate agents.
Heinz Watties Limited
The New Zealand business employs almost 600 people, plus up to 1,000 seasonal staff each year, producing food for New Zealand and export markets. Three production centres in New Zealand. Two are in Hastings - Tomoana for jams, dressings, pet food, soups, sauces and burgers, and King Street (site of Wattie's original factory) , producing about 140 000 tonnes of fruit, vegetables, baked beans, spaghetti, soups and sauces each year. A production centre in Christchurch focuses on frozen and dry vegetables.
IAG (New Zealand) Ltd
A wholly owned subsidiary of Insurance Australia Group (IAG), Australasia's largest general insurer. Trades under the State and NZI insurance brands in New Zealand and underwrites general insurance business for some of the country's leading financial institutions. More than 1900 staff servicing a nationwide network of eight call centres, 31 sales centres, 10 branches, and seven district offices.
Independent Timber Merchants Co-operative Ltd
ITM is New Zealand's largest group of independent Timber, Hardware and Building Supplies Merchants. Owned by independent operators ITM has over 80 stores nationwide.
Juken New Zealand Ltd
By making a major commitment to the New Zealand forestry and wood-processing industries, Juken Niew Zealand has become an important part of the community in Northland, creating employment for more than 1000 New Zealanders.
Mainfreight Ltd
Freight Forwarding, Metro deliveries, Wharf Cartage, Full Truck Loads and specialised Hazardous Goods transportation, supply chain management, raw materials sourcing, warehousing and distribution of product through to the end user, global imports and exports by sea and air, customs clearance services.
McDonald's Restaurants (New Zealand) Limited
Nufarm New Zealand
Nufarm NZ is New Zealands leading manufacturer and supplier of crop protection products. Nufarm has manufacturing and marketing operations in New Zealand, Australia, Asia, China, France, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and North America.
OCS New Zealand
New Zealand 's largest privately-owned cleaning company.
Owens Global Logistics
Transportation and logistics provided in the Trans-Tasman trade. Serving Australasian based organizations through a range of customized freight solutions.
Pacific Retail Group
Pacific Retail Group Limited (PRG) is focused on the consumer sector. It has a portfolio of operating companies in New Zealand and the UK, including a specialist consumer Finance Group and leading lingerie designer and marketer Bendon Limited.
Placemakers
Suppliers of timber, wallboard, paint, appliances, hardware, tools, powertools, kitchens, bathrooms, concrete and steel.
Progressive Enterprises
Progressive Enterprises Limited holds approximately 45% of the New Zealand grocery market and operates the Foodtown, Woolworths and Countdown supermarket banner groups. Progressive employs some 20,000 people nationwide within 150 supermarkets
Promina Group New Zealand Ltd
Promina Group Limited's individual businesses provide general insurance and financial services to many people, customers and government organisations in Australia and New Zealand.
Radius Health Group
From medical centres and pharmacies to residential rest homes and community care facilities, home care and maintenance to security, members of the Radius Group provide the widest range of health and lifecare services designed to meet the needs of all sectors of the community.
Restaurant Brands New Zealand Limited
Operating the KFC, Pizza Hut and Starbucks Coffee franchises in New Zealand.
Sanford Ltd
Sanford Limited is a fishing company devoted to the harvesting, farming, processing, storage and marketing of seafoods and aquaculture products.
SkyCity Entertainment Group
Casino and entertainment operator.
Southern Cross Healthcare
More than 800,000 Kiwis have Southern Cross Health Insurance and more have surgery in Southern Cross Hospitals than any other private hospital network.
Spotless Services (NZ) Limited
Spotless Services Limited (Spotless) provides a wide range of support services to more than 20,000 organisations throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Tegel Foods Ltd
Tegel Foods is New Zealand's leading producer and supplier of poultry products. Tegel Foods employs approximately 1700 people at its sites throughout New Zealand.
TelstraClear Ltd
TelstraClear Limited is New Zealand's second largest full service telecommunications company, providing products, services and customer focus to the business, government, wholesale and residential sectors.
The Fletcher Construction Company Limited
The Fletcher Construction Company is the pre-eminent general contractor in New Zealand and the South Pacific. It has experience across all facets of the construction industry.
The University of Auckland
The University is situated in the heart of the city of Auckland and provides an exciting and educates over 32,000 students.
The Warehouse Group Limited
Leading retailer with a business based on offering value for money to our customers in New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand's fastest growing non-food retailer over the past 21 years.
Toll NZ Limited
New Zealand's largest freight transportation company. Toll Rail transports containerised freight and bulk cargo such as forest products, coal, and milk nationwide over 2,400 miles (3,900 km) of track.
Tyco New Zealand Ltd
Expertise in material science, product design and process engineering. Development, manufacture and sales of high electronics products.
Vero Insurance New Zealand Ltd
Vero Insurance New Zealand is made up of a number of specialist insurance and risk management businesses servicing both businesses and individuals.
Vodafone New Zealand Ltd
Mobile telecoms.
Waitemata District Health Board
The Waitemata District Health Board is the largest secondary healthcare provider in New Zealand, serving a population of about 450,000 people. Covers North Shore City, Waitakere City and the Rodney District.
Westpac Banking Corporation
Westpac has over 6,000 staff, 200 branches and nearly 500 ATMs nationwide, as well as phone assist call centres and 24-hour phone banking services.
Works Infrastructure Limited
Works Infrastructure (Works) is a division of Downer EDI Limited, an Australian listed company which provides comprehensive engineering and infrastructure management services to the public and private rail, road, power, telecommunications, mining and resource sectors in Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, Hong Kong and the Pacific.