We are a consulting and communications agency.
We are experienced facilitators, collaborators, communicators, strategists and analysts applying the sharpest thinking to co-create expertly-crafted strategies and programmes. We work with regional, district and city councils, primary industry, tourism, sectors, Government departments, Government agencies, private sector clients and communities.
Turning opposition into engagement.
Turning conflict into consensus.
Turning talk into action.
The HenleyHutchings Difference
We care.
We see things through to the end. We have a genuine commitment to the outcomes of the work we do – be it supporting regional development strategies, implementing strategic communications programmes or developing business cases for investment. To every situation, we bring our top-level thinking, energy for new challenges and intellectual rigour.
We co-create.
We collaboratively develop solutions, often in environments where there is a wide range of stakeholders with differing perspectives or polarised positions. The combination of our experience, specialist skills and sector knowledge enables us to gain the respect of both public and private sector parties to unlock gridlock and facilitate change.
We relate.
Relationships are at the heart of what we do. Finding collaborative solutions between polarised positions is our one of our key skills. We enjoy working in varied places with different people – be it with Government, industry, our rural heartland or private enterprise. We often say we have ‘one foot in the regions and one foot in Wellington’.
Our team
Our projects
Manawatu-Whanganui: Accelerate25
Horizons Regional Council and Central Government agreed to collaborate to develop an economic development strategy which would enable the Manawatū-Whanganui region to realise its full potential in economic growth. HenleyHutchings was appointed to facilitate this.
Taranaki: Tapuae Roa
The four local authorities in the Taranaki region sought a new regional economic development strategy, action plan and investment strategy to help prioritise economic development investment and resources. HenleyHutchings partnered with MartinJenkins to deliver a whole-of-region Strategy and Action Plan.
Ruapehu: Our Greater Outdoors
Ruapehu District Council and Visit Ruapehu tasked HenleyHutchings with developing a unique and compelling destination strategy and visitor development plan for the region, which would maximise the opportunity provided by the region’s stunning natural landscape.
“HenleyHutchings see their work through. ‘They are not spray and walk away’”
Regional Economic Development through a Resilience Prism
In May 2021, HenleyHutchings Partners Geoff Henley, John Hutchings and Krystal Black were joined by Professor Paul Spoonley (College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University) and Girol Karacaoglu (Head of School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington and architect of Treasury’s Living Standards Framework) at the 2021 EDNZ Conference where they presented a workshop titled: Issues de Jour: Regional Economic Development through a Resilience Prism.
All of Government (AOG)
HenleyHutchings is an AOG (all of Government) provider in the Policy, Research and Development and Marketing and Public Relations categories.
