Your exclusive member benefits
Practical value. Collective strength.
Our member benefits combine commercial savings, capability development and shared sector infrastructure, ensuring individual organisations grow stronger while contributing to a more resilient cooperative economy.
Comprehensive membership benefits
We’d love you to join us. Your membership comes with a comprehensive membership benefits package.
Let’s work together and help co-ops and mutuals thrive for the next 100 years.
Full Member benefits
Full Member benefits
We’ve built a range of benefits especially for Full Members, and partnered with selected suppliers to benefit your bottom line and help develop your people.
Cooperative Business NZ champions your interests in government, regulatory and policy settings — through submissions, direct engagement and Public Affairs Forums where members shape the cooperative agenda and strengthen the sector’s collective voice.
Cooperative Business NZ Annual Awards celebrate excellence across the sector. Learn about member eligibility and entry criteria for organisational and individual categories.
The Emerging Leader of the Year Award winner joins the Cooperative Business NZ Board as a Board Observer the following year, gaining first-hand governance experience while strengthening the future of cooperative leadership.
Provisional Members receive a cooperative constitution template and guidance memorandum, reducing time, stress and cost when establishing a new co-op.
Every executive or board placement made through Brannigans contributes $1,000 to a scholarship fund supporting cooperative leadership development; turning recruitment into reinvestment across the co-op community.
Reduce energy costs with commission-free procurement and collective buying power. Cooperative Business NZ has partnered with NARTA to offer members access to energy management expertise from Termina.
Members receive discounted rates for all Cooperative Business NZ events, providing accessible governance development, sector insight and leadership connection throughout the year.
The Co-op Constitution Delver is a member-only searchable library of cooperative constitutions and Product Disclosure Statements, supporting governance benchmarking and capital design.
Full Members receive access to the BCCM member licence and accreditation discount for the Mutual Value Measurement Framework©, supporting impact and value reporting.
An invitation-only roundtable for senior leaders to discuss emerging policy issues, shape advocacy priorities and strengthen the cooperative sector’s collective influence.
Range of exclusive discount offers for Full Members with Brannigans for recruitment, human resources and health and safety services.
Range of discount offers for Full Members on the Sharesies Business platform designed to streamline complex share registries for cooperatives.
Learn about your voting rights within Cooperative Business NZ Annual General or Special General Meetings.
Cooperative Business NZ has partnered with NARTA to offer members access to waste management cost savings expertise from Total Utilities.
Corporate Associate Member benefits
Corporate Associate Member benefits
Our constitution defines our membership tiers. Our Corporate Associate Members are our partners and support the co-op economy up and down the country. We connect members and enquiries with you and look to you to help us with content and expertise to help New Zealand’s co-ops and mutuals thrive for the next 100 years.
This pre-application form provides us with the initial information required for approval. Once approved, you will then be able to complete a full application form, which will set your organisation up with everything you need to start taking advantage of our services.
Corporate Associate membership is $3,330 +GST p/a with flexible invoicing.
Cooperative Business NZ champions your interests in government, regulatory and policy settings — through submissions, direct engagement and Public Affairs Forums where members shape the cooperative agenda and strengthen the sector’s collective voice.
Cooperative Business NZ Annual Awards celebrate excellence across the sector. Learn about member eligibility and entry criteria for organisational and individual categories.
The Emerging Leader of the Year Award winner joins the Cooperative Business NZ Board as a Board Observer the following year, gaining first-hand governance experience while strengthening the future of cooperative leadership.
Members receive discounted rates for all Cooperative Business NZ events, providing accessible governance development, sector insight and leadership connection throughout the year.
The Co-op Constitution Delver is a member-only searchable library of cooperative constitutions and Product Disclosure Statements, supporting governance benchmarking and capital design.
Corporate Associate Members gain strategic visibility through event sponsorship, thought leadership and podcast participation, positioning their expertise with cooperative and mutual leaders.
Learn about your voting rights within Cooperative Business NZ Annual General or Special General Meetings.
Provisional Member benefits
Provisional Member benefits
Our constitution defines our membership tiers. Our Provisional Members are in the research, scoping or forming stage of becoming a member-owned business. You could be considering converting to a co-op from a company, becoming worker-owned, or you could be a founder or entrepreneur starting a new business and thinking about what company form offers you and your stakeholders mutual value.
This pre-application form provides us with the initial information required for approval. Once approved, you will then be able to complete a full application form, which will set your organisation up with everything you need to start taking advantage of our services for Provisional Members.
Provisional membership is $360 +GST p/a.
Cooperative Business NZ champions your interests in government, regulatory and policy settings — through submissions, direct engagement and Public Affairs Forums where members shape the cooperative agenda and strengthen the sector’s collective voice.
Cooperative Business NZ Annual Awards celebrate excellence across the sector. Learn about member eligibility and entry criteria for organisational and individual categories.
The Emerging Leader of the Year Award winner joins the Cooperative Business NZ Board as a Board Observer the following year, gaining first-hand governance experience while strengthening the future of cooperative leadership.
Provisional Members receive a cooperative constitution template and guidance memorandum, reducing time, stress and cost when establishing a new co-op.
Members receive discounted rates for all Cooperative Business NZ events, providing accessible governance development, sector insight and leadership connection throughout the year.
The Co-op Constitution Delver is a member-only searchable library of cooperative constitutions and Product Disclosure Statements, supporting governance benchmarking and capital design.
Learn about your voting rights within Cooperative Business NZ Annual General or Special General Meetings.
Individual Member benefits
Individual Member benefits
Our constitution defines our membership tiers. Our Individual Members are passionate advocates for the cooperative, mutual and member-ownership model. If you are an academic, researcher or business leader well-versed in cooperatives and all that it entails, Individual Membership is designed for you.
This pre-application form provides us with the initial information required for approval. Once approved, you will then be able to complete a full application form, which will set your organisation up with everything you need to start taking advantage of our services for Provisional Members.
Individual membership is $145 +GST p/a.
Please note Individual Membership doesn’t confer Full, Provisional or Corporate Associate Member rights on the organisation or organisations you are part of.
Cooperative Business NZ Annual Awards celebrate excellence across the sector. Learn about member eligibility and entry criteria for organisational and individual categories.
Members receive discounted rates for all Cooperative Business NZ events, providing accessible governance development, sector insight and leadership connection throughout the year.
Learn about your voting rights within Cooperative Business NZ Annual General or Special General Meetings.