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Chatham Islands Tourism Planning

Posted on August 10, 2016August 17, 2016 by GurdenConsulting

The Chatham Islands was presented with the opportunity to employ a tourism coordinator through Government funding. Gurden Consulting Ltd was commissioned to work with the tourism operators on the Island, prepare a Tourism Strategic Plan and the application for funding the position. This was undertaken in conjunction with the Enterprising Communities Fund within the Ministr...

Chatham Islands Broadband Planning

Posted on August 10, 2016August 19, 2016 by GurdenConsulting

The Chatham Islands are described by many as a Land Apart. The remote location 860 kilometres east of the mainland together with a population of just over 600 people present some unique challenges. One of these is in communications infrastructure. Gurden Consulting Ltd was commissioned to assist the Island in the quest for funding to improve broadband on the Island. A broa...

Fox Glacier Community Centre

Posted on August 10, 2016August 18, 2016 by GurdenConsulting

The Fox Glacier community has held a long standing need for a community centre with a meeting and indoor sports court space. This need was increased when the existing small hall space in the DOC Visitor Centre was declared structurally unsound. The Fox Glacier Community Development Society had undertaken a tremendous amount of work on planning the facility, commissioning plan...

Westurf Recreation Trust

Posted on August 10, 2016August 17, 2016 by GurdenConsulting

Gurden Consulting undertook fundraising for the new artificial turf including securing the $236,000 Lottery Community Facilities Grant. Client: Westurf Recreation Trust (2010 - 2011)

Heritage West Coast

Posted on August 10, 2016August 19, 2016 by GurdenConsulting

Heritage West Coast was established to facilitate regional coordination amongst the large number of heritage groups in the region. Forums are held twice a year with leading guest speakers. A regional heritage strategy has been produced, a very popular footprints tourism brochure has been produced and reproduced on many occasions and a website is under development. Jackie Gu...

Shantytown Redevelopment Project Manager

Posted on August 10, 2016August 17, 2016 by GurdenConsulting

Shantytown is the West Coast's most visited man-made tourism attraction. Visitor numbers began to decline and a major redevelopment was planned. Gurden Consulting acted as Project Manager for the redevelopment working in conjunction with the Board, staff and a range of specialists to create some new engaging attractions. New attractions include a state of the art hologram t...

Chatham Island War Memorial & Community Centre

Posted on August 10, 2016November 27, 2017 by GurdenConsulting

The Chatham Islands is embarking on a major project to replace their Council building, Museum and Centennial and War Memorial Hall with a new Council and Community Facility. Gurden Consulting Ltd prepared the Feasibility Study for the community component of this project. The proposed new facility will become a War Memorial and contain a War Memorial feature in the entrance fo...

West Coast Broadband Infrastructure Development

Posted on August 10, 2016August 17, 2016 by GurdenConsulting

Under the Venture West Coast contract, Gurden Consulting managed the Government's Project Probe that took broadband out to all schools and also worked with technical consultants, telecommunication companies and West Coast communities to develop successful business cases to government for the installation of broadband through new fibre installations and other technologies. B...

Venture West Coast – Regional Economic Development

Posted on August 10, 2016August 17, 2016 by GurdenConsulting

Venture West Coast - Project Manager Gurden Consulting Ltd prepared the successful application to Government that established Venture West Coast, the inaugural economic development agency for the region. The Company also managed the entity throughout its three year existence before it merged to what is now Development West Coast. Coupled with management of the entity, G...

Shantytown Archives Feasibility Study

Posted on August 8, 2016August 17, 2016 by GurdenConsulting

Shantytown Archive Facility Feasibility Study Shantytown has the need for an archive facility to enable the safe storage of various historical items and records. This project involved exploring archive facilities in other regions, identifying the storage needs of other entities on the West Coast, considering Shantytown's needs and drawing this information together into a fe...