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“The new building has been under construction for the last 12 months and follows our decision in mid-2020 to construct a new office to accommodate our growing team in Gore,” he said
“Our staff have been working out of the new office since mid-October and are really enjoying the office environment which provides some great spaces for hosting our clients and other industry contacts.
“It’s an office our team in Gore can be really proud of and provides scope for further expansion of our Southland team in the years ahead.”
Mr Dunn said the bank’s support for its clients and the wider food and agri sector had been a key consideration in the fit out of the new office.
“Last year the bank kicked off a project which saw carpet for the new office made from wool sourced from three of our clients located across the country — including the Sutherland family who are located just up the road in South Otago,” he said.
“The new carpet has also been installed at the new Rabobank head office building in Hamilton as well as our new office in Blenheim, and we’re delighted to have something that has come from our clients featuring in our Gore Office.”
Mr Dunn said the office also included several wall murals featuring local food and agri landscapes.
“We wanted the new office to reflect the local area, so our team selected a range of images for the internal office walls which feature some spectacular scenery from across Eastern Southland.”
Mr Dunn said the bank was planning to hold an official opening event in early 2022 to celebrate the milestone with its clients and other industry contacts.
“We’d hoped to officially open the new office this year but, with current Covid restrictions limiting attendee numbers, we’ve now decided to push an opening function into the new year.”
“In the interim, I’d encourage any of our clients in the region to come and take a look at the office next time they’re in town.”
Rabobank Carpet Project video – You can view the carpet project video which includes interviews with the all participants in the carpet project below.
Rabobank New Zealand is a part of the global Rabobank Group, the world’s leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. Rabobank has nearly 120 years’ experience providing customised banking and finance solutions to businesses involved in all aspects of food and agribusiness. Rabobank is structured as a cooperative and operates in 40 countries, servicing the needs of about 8.6 million clients worldwide through a network of close to 1000 offices and branches. Rabobank New Zealand is one of the country's leading agricultural lenders and a significant provider of business and corporate banking and financial services to the New Zealand food and agribusiness sector. The bank has 32 branches throughout New Zealand.
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