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Responding to a weather event
Extreme weather events and natural hazards can happen throughout New Zealand, at any time. Make sure your business is prepared for the unexpected. Find out what to do during and after an emergency, and how to plan for future events.
Extreme weather information for businesses
Learn from experts on topics that will help your business start off well, grow and succeed. From AI tools that can help you, to tips for giving feedback to your employees, explore these learning resources when you want to build your business strengths.
Video
Understand your cash flow
Understanding how to manage and predict your cash flow can help you to plan for future growth, avoid financial troubles and handle unexpected situations. Learn about what you’ll need to manage your cash flow and how to create a cash flow forecast.
Video
How to price a job
Setting the right price is key for a successful business. Learn how to work out your yearly financial goal, set your markup and calculate your hourly rate. This will help you pay your bills, yourself and make a profit.
Video
Unlocking potential with the growth mindset
A growth mindset makes us mentally flexible. We see effort, challenges and feedback positively, and we aren’t threatened by someone else’s success. Performance coach Ged Robinson explains.
Video
Financial management and wellbeing
Reducing the stress of financial management is good for your mental health and wellbeing, good for your business and good for the people around you. Learn three practical ways to make financial management easier.
See all learning resources
Find funding to grow your business
Discover grants, tax incentives, and startup support to help you drive innovation in your business.
Innovation Services can help you find funding for future talent, research and development initiatives, or taking innovations to market.
Innovation funding
tool
Cash flow forecaster
Start your cash flow forecast with our tool. Forecasting will help you understand your business health.
tool
Employee cost calculator
The Employee Cost Calculator will help you gain the confidence you need to take that important next business step of employing staff.
tool
Choose business structure
There are different ways to structure your business, each with different legal and financial obligations. Most businesses are sole traders, companies, or partnerships.
tool
Employment agreement builder
Our tool helps you create contracts tailored to your business and to each person you employ.
Check your idea for a business name
Choosing the perfect name for your business takes time, energy and patience. Use the ONECheck tool to make your job easier.
It's a free tool that checks availability of business names, web domains and trade marks in one search.
ONECheck
Keep up to date with news from across government to help small businesses.
Article
April 16, 2026
Tax changes roundup
Make sure you are aware of changes to KiwiSaver and fringe benefit tax, as well as the benefits of Investment Boost and free tax seminars from Inland Revenue.
Article
March 16, 2026
Gift card rules have changed
Gift card rules changed on 16 March, 2026. If your business sells physical or digital gift cards or vouchers, check they have the right information on them.
Article
March 09, 2026
Minimum wages increase from 1 April 2026
Get ready for the minimum wage increases now so that you are paying your employees the correct rate next month. Find out more.
See all news
Business.govt.nz makes it easier for small businesses in New Zealand to understand and comply with government, and succeed. We do this by packaging content and advice from across government into tools and resources designed with small business in mind.
Learn more about us
Skip to main content
Skip to main navigation
Skip to search
Fuel situation
Information is available on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment website.
Fuel security
Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on the fuel situation.
Subscribe now
Select your business type to learn more
Sole trader
Company
Contractor
Partnership
Social enterprise (doing business for good)
Other type
Select your stage to learn more
Starting
Growing
Maintaining
Dealing with tough times
Selling, closing or stepping away
Responding to a weather event
Extreme weather events and natural hazards can happen throughout New Zealand, at any time. Make sure your business is prepared for the unexpected. Find out what to do during and after an emergency, and how to plan for future events.
Extreme weather information for businesses
Learn from experts on topics that will help your business start off well, grow and succeed. From AI tools that can help you, to tips for giving feedback to your employees, explore these learning resources when you want to build your business strengths.
Video
Understand your cash flow
Understanding how to manage and predict your cash flow can help you to plan for future growth, avoid financial troubles and handle unexpected situations. Learn about what you’ll need to manage your cash flow and how to create a cash flow forecast.
Video
How to price a job
Setting the right price is key for a successful business. Learn how to work out your yearly financial goal, set your markup and calculate your hourly rate. This will help you pay your bills, yourself and make a profit.
Video
Unlocking potential with the growth mindset
A growth mindset makes us mentally flexible. We see effort, challenges and feedback positively, and we aren’t threatened by someone else’s success. Performance coach Ged Robinson explains.
Video
Financial management and wellbeing
Reducing the stress of financial management is good for your mental health and wellbeing, good for your business and good for the people around you. Learn three practical ways to make financial management easier.
See all learning resources
Find funding to grow your business
Discover grants, tax incentives, and startup support to help you drive innovation in your business.
Innovation Services can help you find funding for future talent, research and development initiatives, or taking innovations to market.
Innovation funding
tool
Cash flow forecaster
Start your cash flow forecast with our tool. Forecasting will help you understand your business health.
tool
Employee cost calculator
The Employee Cost Calculator will help you gain the confidence you need to take that important next business step of employing staff.
tool
Choose business structure
There are different ways to structure your business, each with different legal and financial obligations. Most businesses are sole traders, companies, or partnerships.
tool
Employment agreement builder
Our tool helps you create contracts tailored to your business and to each person you employ.
Check your idea for a business name
Choosing the perfect name for your business takes time, energy and patience. Use the ONECheck tool to make your job easier.
It's a free tool that checks availability of business names, web domains and trade marks in one search.
ONECheck
Keep up to date with news from across government to help small businesses.
Article
April 16, 2026
Tax changes roundup
Make sure you are aware of changes to KiwiSaver and fringe benefit tax, as well as the benefits of Investment Boost and free tax seminars from Inland Revenue.
Article
March 16, 2026
Gift card rules have changed
Gift card rules changed on 16 March, 2026. If your business sells physical or digital gift cards or vouchers, check they have the right information on them.
Article
March 09, 2026
Minimum wages increase from 1 April 2026
Get ready for the minimum wage increases now so that you are paying your employees the correct rate next month. Find out more.
See all news
Business.govt.nz makes it easier for small businesses in New Zealand to understand and comply with government, and succeed. We do this by packaging content and advice from across government into tools and resources designed with small business in mind.
Learn more about us