The Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand (ACENZ) is

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

's main business association representing

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

s providing

consultancy A consultant (from la, consultare "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as ''expert'', ''specialist'', see variations of meaning below) who provides advice and other purposeful activities in an area of specialization. Consulting servic ...

services in a wide range of disciplines. It was founded in 1959 as the consulting division of

IPENZ Engineering New Zealand Te Ao Rangahau (ENZ; previously the New Zealand Institution of Engineers – NZIE and then Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand – IPENZ) is a not-for-profit professional body that promotes the integrity a ...

, though it has been a separate entity since 1970.About ACENZ – ''Innovate NZ'', Brochure of the '2007 ACENZ Awards of Excellence', Page 2 It has 176 corporate members with a total of around 8,500 staff (2007 data), up from about 5,800 in 2001.
Engineers forge ahead with $100m exports
' – ''

New Zealand Herald ''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation of all newspapers ...

'', Tuesday 18 December 2001 Apart from its functions as a representative of the interests of its member companies, it annually judges engineering awards for the most innovative and exceptional engineering projects of New Zealand.Innovate NZ 2007 Awards of Excellence – ''Innovate NZ'', Brochure of the '2007 ACENZ Awards of Excellence', Page 4
Beca Carter wins two Innovate NZ awards
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'', Monday 19 August 2002

References

External links

ACENZ Online
(official association website) {{authority control Consulting Engineering societies based in New Zealand 1959 establishments in New Zealand Organizations established in 1959