Taranaki is open for business and actively welcoming investors and innovators.
With one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing populations over the last ten years and a strong, resilient economy, the region offers a powerful platform for businesses to grow and succeed.
More than 125,000 people already call Taranaki home, with numbers rising as its exceptional lifestyle, affordable housing, and expanding opportunities attract new talent and enterprise.
What Makes Taranaki Great?
Taranaki offers a unique combination of natural advantages, industrial capability, and a supportive business environment that makes it an ideal place to start, grow, or scale a venture.
- Fertile soils and an established agricultural industry underpin a strong and diversified food and fibre sector, supporting both traditional production and emerging high-value crops.
- Deep-sea port access - home to the only deep-water port on the West Coast of New Zealand - enables efficient import/export activity and connects local businesses to global markets.
- Existing engineering, manufacturing, and technical capability, built from decades of energy and heavy-industry leadership, provides a highly skilled workforce and strong regional supply chain.
- Strong business support ecosystem, including Venture Taranaki’s Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Team, DOSO, and a wide network of partners who support startups, scale-ups, and established businesses.
- A transitioning economy actively seeking new opportunities, with regional focus and investment flowing into new energy, agri-food innovation, tourism development, and biotechnology.
Why Taranaki? There's Something for Everyone
With epic mountain trails, miles of coastline and surf, vibrant urban centres, a multitude of gardens and parks, and a major events calendar there’s something for everyone. It’s easy to achieve an enviable lifestyle, without having to compromise your career, interests or your daily coffee fix.
Add to that the minimal traffic, and clean air and water, and you'll soon see why this safe and stimulating community is the perfect place to call home - whether you're seeking a better lifestyle, starting a family, or simply looking for a change.
But don’t just take our word for it, check out the stories of those people who have already made the move and hear what they have to say below.
Read how others have made Taranaki home
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