We admire the work our Catch Partners do and are proud to work with all of them. Please visit this page again – we will be regularly updating the information about our partners and encourage you to come back and find out more about them.
One of New Zealand’s leading providers of outdoor education to secondary schools, OPC’s vision is to provide education using outdoor pursuits. OPC’s programmes cater to school students, special needs groups, corporates and organisations, as well as to individuals of all ages who want to learn new skills and have adventures.
2008 Genesis Energy Corporate Hillary Challenge For more information or to register your team visit the OPC website.
The Sir Peter Blake Trust aims to help New Zealanders make a positive difference for the planet through activities that encourage environmental awareness and action, and leadership development. The Trust wants to carry on Sir Peter's work and keep his spirit and values alive for future generations.
The Kids Help Foundation Trust is a registered charity that provides What’s Up, a free, professional telephone counselling service for all NZ’s children and young people aged 5 to 18. Callers can ring between noon and midnight, seven days a week from any telephone, including mobiles.
The Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch City Missions are organisations that all aim to improve the quality of life for members of their communities. Each City Mission runs different programmes to help families in need of housing or food, support the elderly or unemployed, help those with drug or alcohol addictions, or help people facing numerous other difficulties. But all the City Missions have the same goal: to provide support to people in need.
The Foundation for Youth Development (FYD) is the umbrella trust for established and proven child and youth development programmes such as Project K, Kiwi Can, and the Stars programme.
A Catch Programme partner since 1995, FYD’s three programmes develop the motivation, skills and confidence of young New Zealanders so they reach their full potential.
Life Flight is a charitable trust providing air rescue services to the Greater Wellington Region, Wairarapa and Marlborough and air ambulance services throughout New Zealand. Their mission is to save lives and reduce the effects of injury and illness by providing air rescue and air ambulance services.
The Organ Donation Awareness Trust was established in 2006 with the aim of creating awareness about organ & tissue donation in New Zealand. The trust encourages families, friends and communities to discuss giving the ‘gift of life’ with a view to:
educating the public so informed choices can be made
encouraging New Zealanders to discuss their organ donation wishes with their family
ultimately increasing the number of organ donors in New Zealand.
The Economic Development Association of New Zealand (EDANZ) is the national body which promotes economic development, business growth and export opportunities in New Zealand. It’s a member-based organisation that represents the interests of independent Economic Development Agencies and economic development units within local authorities, city and district councils. EDANZ partners with key government agencies and acts as a conduit for investment capital between investors and business.
AUT Technology Park is a collaborative venue for technological research and development, commercialisation and business incubation. The focus of the Technology Park is on assisting IT start-up companies to reach their potential by turning high-tech ideas into business. The Technology Park also aims to strengthen research capability within AUT and across New Zealand, facilitate the commercialisation of AUT’s Research and Development and provide practical support for entrepreneurial activity.
Motu is a non-profit research institute that aims to enhance the economic research and policy environment in New Zealand by carrying out high quality independent research. The Trust aims to promote well-informed and reasoned debate on public policy issues relevant to New Zealand decision making. The Trust believes objective research and analysis is critical for making informed policy decisions and are committed to wide dissemination of their work.
The NBR New Zealand Opera is New Zealand's largest professional opera company. Renowned for the quality of its world-class opera productions, the company presents a regular programme of mainstage, touring and semi-staged opera to audiences throughout New Zealand. Chapman Tripp's support comes in the form of our long running sponsorship of the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus.
Circa Theatre is one of New Zealand's most well known professional theatres. It opened in 1976 and is based in central Wellington. Our support of Circa Theatre comes in the form of the Theatre Artists Charitable Trust (TACT) which aims to provide grants to theatre practitioners to see them through the rehearsal periods until box office returns become available. Chapman Tripp has also sponsored the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards since 1992. Review our events page for Circa Theatre’s current programme.
Vector Wellington Orchestra is a part-time professional orchestra and is an essential part of the region’s musical infrastructure, performing to over 80,000 people last year. The Orchestra presents public concerts at affordable prices, educational and entertaining concerts to primary school children and provides orchestral services for opera, ballet, choral, film, musical theatre and civic organisations.
Arts Access Aotearoa is a Charitable Trust whose objective is to ensure that people and communities of New Zealand have unhindered access to the arts. Working through community organisations, Arts Access Aotearoa stimulate people to undertake arts projects, develop their own arts activities independently and develop partnerships with funding organisations and art groups.
The Christchurch Symphony is the South Island's only professional orchestra. Cantabrians consider it an artistic icon of Christchurch and has been described as "a modern miracle, boxing way above its weight". Soundly governed, managed and musically focussed, the Christchurch Symphony has recently made rapid strides in the quality of its performances, and is well received by critics, audiences, sponsors and funders alike.