Buying local keeps dollars circulating in your community

Published on 14 August 2024

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More than a purchase: A vote for your community

Our district is home to around 32,000 permanent residents, growing to more than 100,000 people during the busy summer season. While tourism provides a welcome boost, it's the support of locals that keeps our businesses going through the quieter winter months.

Our local businesses are the ones sponsoring local sports teams, donating raffle prizes, backing community events, supporting charities, employing local people and investing back into the place we all call home.

Our Council has been supporting the Coromandel's five business associations in their buy local campaigns - find out more.

A fictional story, but a very real lesson

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Sometimes the best lessons come from the most unexpected places. Whether you're a parent, grandparent, or simply a fan of the lovable blue heeler, you may have seen the TV series Bluey episode that delivers a surprisingly powerful lesson about supporting local businesses.

After receiving a $5 note from the Tooth Fairy, Bluey excitedly heads to the local fair with her friend. After carefully weighing up her options, she buys a toffee apple.

The story doesn't end there.

The episode follows that same $5 note as it changes hands throughout the fair — from the toffee apple seller to the German sausage vendor, passed on as change, then to the local band, and beyond.

It's a simple story, but it perfectly illustrates an important economic principle: the local multiplier effect.

That single $5 didn't just buy a toffee apple. It supported multiple local businesses. The money kept circulating creating local value far beyond the original purchase.

That's exactly what happens every time we choose to buy local.

Each purchase creates a ripple effect, helping local businesses thrive.


What’s happening in your town?

Tairua

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The Tairua Business Association's Buy Local Campaign is back, encouraging residents and visitors to support local businesses. Shop local and go in the draw to win up to $250 worth of vouchers

Running until 30 August 2026, every purchase of $30 or more at participating businesses earns an entry into the fortnightly prize draw for a chance to win up to $250. If the lucky purchase is between $30 and $60, it wins $150 worth of vouchers. Over $60 wins $250 worth of vouchers. Plus, all losing entries from the six fortnightly draws go into a grand prize draw to win $1,000 in vouchers!

Entering couldn't be easier. Simply write your name and mobile number on the back of your receipt and pop it into the entry box at any participating business where you see the poster above.

Buy Local in Tairua today and you could be one of Tairua's next Buy Local winners.

Any questions about this buy local campaign, please contact the Tairua Business Association: chairperson@tairua.biz

 

Whangamatā

Shopping local has never been more rewarding in Whangamatā.

Enterprise Whangamatā's Buy Local Campaign is encouraging residents and visitors to support local businesses throughout winter, with fantastic prizes up for grabs every fortnight.

Over the campaign, shoppers simply need to make a purchase at a participating local businesses, write their name and contact number on the back of their receipt, and place it in the entry box to go into the draw. Winners are selected every fortnight, giving plenty of chances to be rewarded for choosing to shop local.

If you need more information on this campaign, get in touch with enterprise Whangamata: ew@whangamata.org.nz or via our website www.whangamata.org.nz

 

Thames

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Every time you choose to spend your money in Thames, you're investing in the future of our community.

The Support Thames campaign celebrates the businesses, people and organisations that make our town a great place to live, work and visit. From retailers and cafés to tradespeople, professional services, manufacturers and local makers, we're shining a spotlight on the businesses that keep Thames moving.

Over the coming months, you'll see local businesses featured across social media, radio, print and in-store promotions, sharing their stories and showcasing the products, services and people behind their businesses.

When you support a local business, you're doing more than making a purchase. You're helping create local jobs, backing local families, strengthening our economy and contributing to a vibrant, resilient community.

Together, we can make a real difference.

Support Thames. Support Local. Support Our Community.

If you'd like to learn more about the campaign or find out how your business can get involved, we'd love to hear from you.

Email us at committee@thamesbusiness.co.nz

 

Coromandel-Colville

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Support any local Coromandel-Colville business this winter, and you could be rewarded! 

Every $10 spent at any local business earns an entry. Simply upload your receipt or invoice to www.CoromandelColville.nz/win, and you go into the draw to win your share of the $1,500 prize pool. 

There are 11 chances to win, with a fantastic prize pool including one $500 voucher and ten $100 vouchers, all redeemable from your choice of Coromandel-Colville Business Association members.

Every purchase helps support local businesses, strengthens our community, and gives you the chance to win while hopping close to home.

Want more info? Visit our win page at www.CoromandelColville.nz/win or Contact:
ccbachair@gmail.com

 

Mercury Bay

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Shopping local in Mercury Bay could see you rewarded while supporting the businesses that keep our community thriving.

Every participating business will determine what qualifies as a "valued transaction" for their industry. Examples include:

• a $20 purchase at a café

• a retail sale

• a booking or deposit

• a confirmed service enquiry (e.g. house build, trade job, design consultation).

Whether you‘re buying a coffee, making a retail purchase, booking a service or confirming a trade enquiry, eligible customers will receive an entry into the prize draw.

Simply visit participating businesses, complete a qualifying transaction, and they'll take care of the rest by recording your entry.

There are plenty of chances to win, with five individual prizes, a Local Legends Grand Prize, and a Business Winner Prize awarded to one participating local business.

Every qualifying purchase or booking is another way to back local businesses and help keep Mercury Bay thriving.

Want to get involved or learn more?

Email us at: mbba@whitianga.co.nz

Website:  Business Association - Mercury Bay, Whitianga

 

 

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