Services & Membership

Are you a book worm? Have you ever dreamt of working in publishing? Do your friends think your obsession with Excel is sad?  We are expanding our Product Management team, and we may just have the job for you.

Hachette New Zealand is part of the Hachette Group, one of the largest publishing houses in the world.  We represent a diverse range of authors such as Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Diana Gabaldon, Robert Ludlum and Sarah Waters.

The Product Management team is a small, highly efficient department that plays an integral part in the effective sales and marketing of Hachette titles. A Product Manager maintains title information, produces sales material, and manages stock levels.

Southern Cross health insurance helps to protect you and your immediate family against the high cost of unexpected medical expenses.

As a member of Booksellers New Zealand you'll pay less for health insurance because Booksellers New Zealand has a health scheme, which entitles you to reduced premiums.

If you are an employer it is important to know how to manage staff holiday and leave entitlements over the upcoming Christmas period.

To help you understand annual holidays, closedowns, and public holidays (including when the four public holidays are taken) the Department of Labour has a range of helpful information and tools to assist.

To find out more visit The Department of Labour's holidays website or open the attachment, which includes a series of frequently asked questions.

Very competitive Telecom plans and access to specialist business advice are among some of the benefits that Booksellers NZ Members will get as the result of a new agreement with the New Zealand Retailers Association.

Specialist Business Advice from the NZRA Advisory Team:

As a Bookseller’s member you’re entitled to less...

...Like a 12% prompt payment discount* on your electricity bills with Meridian. That’s 2% more than our standard discount. So if your business spends around $2,000 a month on electricity, you could save an additional $480 a year.

And because it doesn’t take long to switch, we’d like to offer you less time spent on the phone, too. Just call our dedicated – and we mean dedicated – Business Team on 0800 496 777 and enjoy paying less for your electricity.

As part of our continued commitment to our members, Booksellers NZ has been working with Westpac to bring a further reduction in the discounted Visa and MasterCard credit card rates offered to members, reflecting both our value and position as a group. As well as the benefit of more competitive rates for new members to Booksellers NZ, these new rates will also be passed on to existing Booksellers NZ members registered with Westpac for discounted credit card processing from 1st May 2010.

As part of Westpac’s Interchange settlement with the New Zealand Commerce Commission, Westpac are committed to offering new pricing options in relation to the Merchant Service Fees that are payable for credit card transactions accepted through merchant facility.

Our members are currently charged a single blended Merchant Service Fee for processing all Visa and MasterCard credit card transactions. This option may be well suited to your business requirements and will continue to be available.

However, Westpac will soon be offering two new Merchant Service Fee pricing options.

a) Unblended Merchant Service Fee

Electricity supply at a 12% discount will be available to BSNZ members throughout the country as the result of a new partnership deal with Meridian Energy .

Booksellers Membership Manager Cherie Arnott told The Read that the arrangement with Meridian Energy was the latest deal in the ongoing development of services to BSNZ Members.
“We are delighted to welcome Meridian Energy as our new business partner,” she said.

Great news from Westpac Bank now if you deposit or withdraw less than $75,000 in any charge month* (* A charge month starts on the last business day of the calendar month and finishes on the second to last business day of the following month), you'll pay no cash handling fees.