How Eastern Bridge helped a regional New Zealand business build a 150,000-strong Chinese social media audience through live-streaming, Douyin content, and influencer marketing — turning Hawke’s Bay into a recognisable brand in China’s digital marketplace.
How Eastern Bridge helped Statistics New Zealand close the census participation gap — ensuring migrant communities across Hawke’s Bay were counted, represented, and served.
How Eastern Bridge bridged culture, language, and commerce to transform a dormant dairy site into a thriving export food manufacturing facility — generating over $5.85 million in annual regional economic impact and revitalising a community.
With borders closed and travel suspended, the Eastern Bay of Plenty–Jiangxi sister province relationship adapted — pivoting to online school exchanges, a cross-Pacific ecology programme, and a gesture of solidarity in the form of a PPE shipment from Jiangxi to the Eastern Bay.
A 19-person delegation from the Eastern Bay of Plenty travelled to Nanchang in June 2019, signing landmark friendship agreements with Jiangxi Province and returning home with a $190,000 scholarship fund, a new Bay of Plenty Promotion Centre, and a suite of business and education partnerships.
In December 2018, Eastern Bridge presented a strategic framework to the Eastern Bay of Plenty Joint Committee for a sister province relationship with Jiangxi, China. Aimed at boosting regional tourism, investment, and youth opportunities, the proposal won unanimous support from the mayors of Ōpōtiki
The first-ever New Zealand-China Mayoral Forum took place in Xiamen in September 2015, establishing a new platform for local government cooperation. Eastern Bridge played a key supporting role for its council clients, providing strategic advice and due diligence.
