Napier’s Wayne Norrie is a successful businessman, tech guru, and champion of New Zealand exports.
He co-founded a tech business, Revera, which took him around the globe, before “giving back” through New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), helping businesses improve their exports for the past two decades.
Norrie has now been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to business and governance.
“Having been exposed to a lot of companies that are exporting, I realised that they all make the same mistakes,” he said of his work with NZTE improving exports.
“I wrote quite a pivotal speech at one point [which I shared around the country] on why do New Zealand companies all make the same mistakes when they go overseas?