Proud to service thousands of businesses throughout the Canterbury and Christchurch Region
At Big Blue, our premium product is our business-to-business water delivery available throughout the Canterbury region. Our delivery footprint covers the entire metropolitan area, including:
Christhchurch CBD & City Fringe and Lyttleton
We deliver into Northern Canterbury as far as Rangiora and as far south as Burnham including Rolleston and Lincoln.
Whether your business is a small office in Wigram, a busy warehouse in Phillipstown, or a corporate headquarters in Riccarton, our dedicated fleet ensures your water arrives on time, every time.
Our Canterbury and Christchurch business customers can choose from a range of solutions, including:
Bottled cooler deliveries – flexible volumes delivered on your schedule.
Plumbed-in point-of-use systems – mains-connected filtration for high-traffic workplaces.
Hot & cold dispensers – ideal for staffrooms and meeting spaces.
Fill Your Own units – a cost effective option for small businesses
Big Blue provides a local, dependable, and scalable service for our Canterbury Regional Customers. We make it easy for businesses across the region to keep their teams refreshed, productive, and hydrated all year round. From our Middleton headquarters, we operate across the South Island providing exceptional service to the Deep South, the West Coast and the top of the South.
We are a nationwide bottled water and water cooler company based on hard work, exceptional service and always making good on our customer promise. It's no surprise we’re New Zealand's leading Water Cooler Company!
We have a great range of water solutions including bottled water delivery, plumbed-in, fill your own and under bench systems.
Check out Big Blue’s range of industry leading water solutions.
Christchurch Water Plant
Our Christchurch water plant takes the already great canterbury water and makes it better through the quality filtration in our plant. By producing water right here in Christchurch, we guarantee freshness, consistency, and a reduced environmental footprint—making it the smart choice for local businesses.
Because our water is bottled and distributed within Christchurch, we’re able to provide fast, reliable, and sustainable delivery across the region. From the CBD to the outer business hubs, our plant ensures Christchurch companies have access to the highest-quality water, every single day.
A Big Blue Water Cooler is a Safe Water Cooler!
Big Blue customers tell us that hygiene tops the list of things they’re looking for when choosing a water cooler provider. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise to learn we provide the most hygienic water coolers in New Zealand. Learn more about our market leading 25-Step Envirosafe Water Sanitisation standard.
How Christchurch Water Delivery Works
- We can schedule your deliveries weekly, fortnightly or even monthly depending on the number of bottle you need (most customers are on fortnightly deliveries)
- Free Delivery! We do not charge delivery fees on our schedules
- We don’t have minimum delivery numbers, in fact if you dont need any fresh bottles when we drop in we just collect any empties and get on our way
- Our drivers see it as their responsibility to keep you happy and to make sure you never run out of water
- If you ever do run out just give us a call and we can arrange an extra delivery.
New Zealand's top water coolers. Here’s why.
Water coolers that are good for you.
Most people are now aware of the detrimental effects of dehydration and that staying fully hydrated is essential for good health. With a Big Blue water cooler, you'll find it easy to stay hydrated with great New Zealand water every day.
Unparalleled service
When it comes to great service, we're the market leaders in both water delivery and water cooler servicing. That's because at Big Blue, we don't rest on our laurels and we never stop striving to be Number One. We send monthly customer satisfaction surveys to the thousands of NZ businesses that hire our water coolers, and they've given us a rating of 97% satisfaction – 3% short of where we aim to be!
Our Three Core Values
We believe it's our three core values that really set us apart in the competitive New Zealand water cooler marketplace. Respect, Integrity and a focus on being Number One. These are our core values and we take them seriously, supporting our whole team to live up to them every single day.
Water Cooler FAQ's
We supply a range of coolers including:
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Bottled water coolers with options for water delivery or fill your own
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Mains-connected (plumbed-in) systems
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Hot & cold or ambient & cold options
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Floor-standing and benchtop models
- Underbench Systems including Underbench Chillers and Boiling and Chilled Water
Great question! Our long term average customer satisfaction is 97%, which is tested every month when we send out Monthly Servicing Survey with few questions, with the two most important being “Would you recommend Big Blue?” and “Are you happy you chose Big Blue?”.
We also have some wonderful google reviews from our customer which you can see on our website with the majority being 5 Stars (4.7 stars at time of writing!)
Big Blue provides key account services for some of the largest government and private organistions in New Zealand across alls type of industries and requirements including Health, Defence, Corrections, Education, Insurance, Professional Services, Dentists, Insurance and Banking as well as supporting thousands of SMB’s throughout New Zealand.
Simply contact us via our website or give us a call on 0800 244 258. We’ll assess your needs and recommend the right cooler type, then arrange installation—often within 5 business days. If you are with an existing supplier we make the transition process simple and easy.
Big Blue’s pricing is very competitive, and we tend to think we provide the best value as well. Our pricing is available on our website however please contact us by phone on 0800 244 258 or email us at enquiries@bigblue.co.nz or by completing a form on our website www.bigblue.co.nz so we can discuss your specific needs and tailor a solution that suits you.
Absolutely, we can cater to a wide range of events from large concert venues to a small gathering, just contact us via our website or call us on 0800 244 258 to discuss your needs.
Yes, Big Blue can provide services anywhere in New Zealand (except the Chatham Islands – sorry!!) we deliver, install and service throughout New Zealand, including Whangarei, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Rotorua, Taupo, Palmerston North, Masterton, Blanheim, Nelson, Dunedin, Queenstown, Invercargill, and all other regional areas.
Our Water Delivery footprint covers greater Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Wellington, Kapiti Coast, Levin, Palmerston North, Masterton, Christchurch, and wider Canterbury Region including Rolleston and Rangiora.
Most of our customers are on a fortnighly schedule, however we tailor our delivery cycle on your consumption needs—weekly, fortnightly, or monthly. We’ll work with you to create a delivery schedule that keeps you fully stocked.
Thats fine, there are no minimum delivery requirements with our delivery service, if you don’t need any we wont deliver any, we will just take away any empty bottles you have.
We offer a wide range of options for businesses including:
- Rental Options where for one monthly fee you can rent a water cooler and the fee includes all scheduled servicing and maintenance
- Purchase Options for those that want to own their water cooler
- Service Only options for customers who already have a water cooler and would like it kept healthy and hygenic
Give us a call or complete a form on our website and one of our friendly team can take you through which option suits you.

