Welcome to the Hutchinson Group, I’m Richard Hutchinson, founder and CEO.
We believe the world deserves to be looked after better by all of us, and each of us has the power and a role to play in that. At The Hutchinson Group we seek opportunities to effect the greatest change for a better world.
I’m a proud New Zealander and am proud of my family heritage which has given me the inspiration to grow The Hutchinson Group of companies into something that I hope will inspire future generations and something they will be proud of.
With a strong focus on leaving the planet in a better state for future generations, our longest operating business, The Relocatable House Company was founded by my mother Chrissey and myself, with the vision of enabling more New Zealanders the opportunity to own their own homes. We strongly believe that more New Zealanders owning their own home, creates better family environments, better communities and better futures.
Chrissey has now retired but her passion of turning a house into a home, combined with my previous corporate property and business banking experience, enabled us to start The Relocatable House Company and grow it over the past 10 years into a business that stands firm to its values and moves in excess of 100 houses a year. Relocating these houses has also given us the opportunity to be able to divert building construction materials from ending up in landfill.
As well as a passion for housing, my father Bill has always had a strong passion to care for the land that he farmed as well as the animals. Goodwood Wood Waste Solutions was born out of this passion and the desire to build sustainable businesses that care for people’s lives, the land, the environment, and better utilize our natural resources.
Bill and I created Goodwood to recycle untreated timber wood waste, preventing it from going from landfill and creating value added wood products.
With hard work, dedication and help from both Local and Central Government monetary grants, Goodwood has been able to divert in excess of 30,000 tonne of untreated wood waste from landfill since its inception in 2015 and create products that support the agricultural, horticultural, landscaping and commercial infrastructure industries.
Across The Hutchinson Group of companies, we drive all our decisions by our core values:
- Seek & Effect Change
- Be Creative and Innovative
- Be Adventurous No Boundaries
- Be Resourceful – 100 Different Ways
- Keep the Fun Live Life!
It is these core values that will support our teams to achieve our vision of:
- 5,000 families in homes by 2030
- 1 million tonne of recycled materials by 2030
The Hutchinson Group vision will challenge our teams and extend all of us beyond what we believe to be possible. I am excited about the future for The Hutchinson Group.
To create and effect great change, a community effort across the private business and public sector is required. If you feel that our businesses and yours would align well on this goal, contact me here.
