Commerce teacher resources
Request 'Where can business take you?' posters
We are delighted to offer schools across Aotearoa New Zealand a poster highlighting a selection of the exciting and varied career pathways your students could explore by studying business.
As you will know, perceptions of career opportunities play a major role in determining what courses students choose to enrol in when entering tertiary study. However, the breadth of jobs available after completing a business degree aren’t always obvious, and this can result in students choosing not to pursue a subject they’re passionate in, because they’re uncertain of the employment opportunities on the other side.
Please fill out the form below to request printed copies of our 'Where can business take you?' posters in our next mail-out.
2026 Wellington School of Business and Government post-budget presentation
Students from secondary schools across the Wellington region recently attended the 2026 Post-Budget event, hosted by Professor Jane Bryson, Dean of the Wellington School of Business and Government.
The session featured economists Kerryn Fowlie, Assistant Secretary, Economic Strategy at The Treasury; Struan Little, Chief Strategist at The Treasury; and Killian Destremau, Deputy Chief Economist at BERL.
Together, they unpacked the key themes and priorities of this year's Budget, while Treasury representatives also provided students with valuable insights into how the Budget is developed, from setting government priorities and forecasting economic conditions to making spending decisions and balancing competing demands.
2025 Wellington School of Business and Government post-budget event
Around 200 students from Wellington schools came to the Beehive for this event hosted by Professor Jane Bryson, Dean, Wellington School of Business and Government, Hon. Barbara Edmonds, MP for Mana, and Rt Hon. Chris Hipkins, Leader of the Labour Party. Economists Craig Renney and Mark Cox spoke to secondary school students about the choices made by the government during the latest budget.
Minister of Finance presentation 2024
Dean of the Wellington School of Business and Government, Professor Jane Bryson, hosts Hon Nicolla Willis, New Zealand's Minister of Finance, to present an overview of the 2024 Budget. This is followed by a Q&A session, where the Minister answers questions submitted by secondary school students from across the Wellington region.
Minister of Finance presentation 2023
Dean of the Wellington School of Business and Government, Professor Jane Bryson, hosts Hon Grant Robertson, New Zealand's Minister of Finance, as he engages in a Q&A session with questions from secondary school students from across the Wellington region.
Minister of Finance presentation 2022
Dean of the Wellington School of Business and Government, Professor Jane Bryson, hosts Hon Grant Robertson, New Zealand's Minister of Finance, to present an overview of the 2022 Budget. This is followed by a Q&A session, where the Minister answers questions submitted by secondary school students from across the country.
Resource kit
- Resources for secondary commerce teachers—thanks to Jan Stewart from Student Learning Services for providing practical information and insight into preparing students for the university transition.
- How to create a study routine for university—A module to work through with your students when discussing time management.
- How students learn—Research commissioned by Wellington School of Business and Government examining the range of ways in which students learn.
- Academic writing skills booklet—Some of the basic skills needed to write at the university level, regardless of the type of assignment.
Professional development workshops
Wellington School of Business and Government hosts professional development workshops for secondary school commerce teachers, with sessions that cover a range of business disciplines and topics.
Below are some of the presentations from previous Commerce Teachers Professional Development Days.
2025 Presentations
- PDF 1.89 MB Barbara Allen—The route to deep learning AND a job - why studying Public Policy is good for everyone
- PDF 2.4 MB Cathal Doyle—GenAI is Pretty Good At Being Pretty Good
- PDF 1.87 MB Yinka Moses—Beyond the Count - Ac-counting for Sustainable Value in Business and Society
- PDF 234.17 KB Brad Olsen—Economics in Action
- PDF 1 MB Karen Smith—From Tertiary to Secondary - What We’re Learning About Student Success Across the Education System
- PDF 4.21 MB James Weston—Engaging Learners in Society Through Economics
- PDF 757.28 KB Amanda Wolf—Responding to the ‘Illusion of Learning’
Recording
WSBG Commerce Teachers' Professional Development Day 2022
2020 presentations
- PDF 1.19 MB Professor Alex Richter: How COVID-19 changed the way we work
- PDF 1.97 MB Associate Professor Jessica Lai: Potential legal barriers to getting a Covid-19 vaccine or treatment to New Zealanders
- PDF 823.78 KB Tim Ng: COVID-19 economic impacts, responses and outlook
- PDF 3.16 MB Vic Crone: Innovation—thrive or survive
- PDF 725.21 KB Professor Lisa Marriott: Taxes and society
- PDF 4.72 MB Professor Karen Smith: Corporate Social Responsiblity (CSR)—Who cares?
- PDF 858.9 KB Patrick Lindsay: The construction sector accord
- PDF 1021.12 KB Dr Kate Prickett: Family economic and social wellbeing during and after lockdown in Aotearoa NZ
- PDF 613.57 KB May Guise: Preparing for the future, in partnership
- PDF 1.01 MB Donna Purdue: Impacts, outlook, and resetting our future
- PDF 837.29 KB Tom Greally: Garage Project
- PDF 1.71 MB Andrew Grace, Ben Keall, Jonathan Ling - PowerBI Benchmarking
- PDF 569.97 KB Peter Gardiner: What's in store for the New Zealand economy?
- PDF 1.44 MB Associate Professor ThuPhuong Truong: Accounting and finance education in a digital age
Recordings
- Dr Kate Prickett—Family economic and social well-being during and after lockdown in Aotearoa NZ
- Associate Professor Markus Luczak-Roesch—Complex systems in our daily lives.
- Professor Ian Williamson and Hon Grant Robertson—2020 Budget
2019 presentations
- PDF 192.09 KB Associate Prof Dan Laufer: Communicating with the media during a crisis
- PDF 2.79 MB Professor Ian Ball: Public sector accounting—boring to the power of two?
- PDF 1.92 MB Professor Ian Williamson: Managing tomorrow's workforce
- PDF 1.77 MB Jane Fletcher: Pathways and employment trends
- PDF 808.88 KB Melissa van Rensburg: The economical and fiscal implications of an ageing population
- PDF 3.2 MB Neil Paviour-Smith: What can we make of the uncertain world we are in?
- PDF 4.34 MB Professor Karen Smith: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Who Cares?
- PDF 6.86 MB Brett Hoskin, Clemenger BBDO: Creatures of the creative economy
2018 presentations
- PDF 2.25 MB Prof Ian Williamson: Doing business in South East Asia and Latin America: leadership challenges and opportunities
- PDF 1.86 MB Grace Campbell-Macdonald: Living standards framework
- PDF 1.49 MB Dr Jan Feld: Modern empirical econometrics
- PDF 1.51 MB Prof Norman Gemmell: Are the poor getting poorer? (and the rich getting richer?)
- PDF 2.25 MB Associate Prof Todd Bridgman: Why we need new histories of management
- PDF 5.96 MB Dr Sendirella George: Contemporary accounting education—the universe of all possible accountings
- PDF 322.21 KB Dr Allan Sylvester: Using data science principles for developing business students' critical thinking skills
- PDF 1.32 MB Dr Noelle Donnelly: Progressing gender equity in the workplace—what needs to happen?
- PDF 1.55 MB Jessica Smith: The Māori economy
- PDF 4.73 MB Māori economy investor guide