Supporting local is at the heart of everything we do. When you hold your event at any of our venues, you are supporting a local business, which in turn supports local procurement, resulting with the money staying in our region's eco-system.

Helping to form that almost natural ecosystem of supporting our local suppliers who in turn support us by attending corporate events, tradeshows, or concerts.

VŌ is the only venue and event management company in Australasia that delivers its food and beverage services in house with all other companies contracting this core part of the business to third party catering service providers. This is a unique point of difference for VŌ.

Our Local Procurement Strategy was established in 2020 to focus on culinary innovation, reduce cost and control where products were sourced.

This change had a significant impact on the business. It has underpinned the company’s ethos and has delivered significant regional economic, as well as cost and revenue benefits. 

Championing Ōtautahi and sourcing local underpins VŌ’s approach to all procurement with 80% of food across the venue portfolio and 70% of all contractors and service providers sourced from Canterbury. This is a direct contribution each year of around $13m to local suppliers, producers, contractors and service providers.

With the addition of One New Zealand Stadium in 2026, it is expected this direct contribution through sourcing locally will increase to $30m each year. 

Championing Ōtautahi will continue to underpin the way the company does business throughout the course of this Statement of Intent and beyond.