About Us
Your Waihi Beach Chartered Accountants — Empowering Your Business to Succeed.
At our boutique Waihi Beach practice, we deliver more than standard accounting. We provide the partnership and insight you need to thrive.
Clients choose us for:
- Stress-Free Compliance: Flawless management of GST, tax returns, payroll, and all IRD obligations, explained in simple terms.
- Strategic Business Advisory: Forward-thinking advice on growth, structuring, and profitability to help you reach your business goals.
- Actionable Insights: Customised management reports that translate your financial data into clear, strategic actions for improvement.
- Year-Round Support: A dedicated local partner available for everything from day-to-day questions to long-term planning.
- Local Expertise: Specialised knowledge of the challenges and opportunities for businesses in our community, from trades and hospitality to agriculture and property investment.
Who is Camille?
Camille Betham (nee Camille Parker) – a chartered accountant with a Bachelor of Management Studies degree, 1st class honours, years of experience in chartered accounting practices and as a financial controller.
Camille has a strong desire to utilise her skillset to assist other businesses survive and thrive through the knowledge and experience she has.
Camille loves to empower and train others on their financial situation and leads with empathy, which enables her to be well liked and work with people easily.
Camille lives in Athenree Gorge with her husband on their avocado orchard. Camille loves Waihi Beach – it’s the reason for setting up Camille Betham & Associates accounting practice here – although she meets with clients throughout New Zealand using online meeting channels.
Associates
An integral part of Camille’s team are:
Carol Palmer, Chartered Accountant and business mentor, she can also help bring together your business plan.
Melanie Kestle, our book-keeper of choice, specialises in online transactions through Stripe and Afterpay (NZ and overseas), along with Unleashed inventory.
Caelin Parker, our administration & onboarding specialist.
Contact
Compliance
Fast, accurate, IRD-ready accounting compliance, tax returns, rental statements, and full Xero bookkeeping tailored for your business.
Advisory & Consulting
We turn complex financials into clear cashflow forecasts, expert tax strategies, and actionable advice to help your business thrive.
Growth Roadmap
Empower your business growth with expert advisory, robust financial systems, and clear, actionable reporting tailored to your goals.
Virtual Financial Controller
Build a structured financial foundation and strategic roadmap with measurable KPIs to grow your business with confidence.
Ready to stop guessing and start growing?
Let’s chat about:
The current stage of your business (Startup vs. Established)
Your biggest bottleneck right now
What success looks like to you in 12 months
We can help you build a customised proposal or a step-by-step timeline for our first strategy session. Where should we start?
Get in touch
Testimonials
Camille has been with us since our second year in business, and over that time she’s become so much more than an accountant, she’s been a business mentor, a guiding voice, and a friend.
She’s always shown a genuine interest in seeing us succeed and has helped us build a strong, trusting relationship along the way. Camille is incredibly reliable, ensuring our tax, cash flow, and all financial aspects of the business run smoothly and efficiently.
What truly sets Camille apart is how much she values her clients. She always works with our best interests at heart and isn’t afraid to tell us when to pull the reins in and refocus on what really matters. Her honesty, motivation, and expertise have helped keep us grounded and growing in the right direction.
Camille has been a huge asset to our team, and we couldn’t recommend her enough to other businesses looking for an accountant who genuinely cares about their success.
Amazing service by Camille – nothing is too much trouble and happy to help us investigate new methods of payments by clients as the world moves on Camille is happy help us keep up to date with all matters!
I’ve been working with Camille Betham since starting my business, and she’s been excellent from day one. She keeps my accounts perfectly organised, offers great advice, and makes everything easy to understand. I truly value her professionalism and reliability—highly recommended!
I have no problem recommending Camille Betham Services to intending clients. We have always found Camille very approachable and available when needed.
Camille helped me with my tax return after returning to NZ from working overseas on superyachts.
She was knowledgeable, personable and professional.
I really enjoyed working with Camille and was extremely happy with the outcome too.
I highly recommend Camille and will be using her services again in the future!
I would like to say that Camille has been immensely helpful in teaching me the use of Xero ( new to me) and all the additional questions I have had for her as my new accountant. She always answers her phone and gets on to sorting whatever issues I have . I can strongly recommend her to others
Camille and her team are genuinely incredible. They have taken on the accounts for our Trust and Incorporated Society pro bono – something that is not always straightforward or simple, yet every piece of work is delivered with professionalism, precision, and tenacity.
Because of their support, we are now able to provide clear financial reporting, meet our return deadlines, produce performance reports for funders, and offer fundholding services to our wider community here in Waihī Beach. This has opened doors for projects and initiatives that simply wouldn’t have been possible without them.
On a personal level, Camille is a wonderful human being, and someone we are truly grateful to have supporting our community.
We cannot recommend her highly enough.
When I came to live permanently at Waihi Beach I was recommended to use Camille Betham & Associates as my Accountant. I cannot praise them enough. I visited Camille and found her to be super friendly, helpful and extremely knowledgeable about what she does. I signed up straight away and have not been disappointed since. I am so so bad with accountancy stuff but Camille and her staff make it very easy for me. I send them what they and organise this side of my life. Thank you for continuing to put up with me and answering my silly questions and making my life stress free, knowing that this work is done to the highest level.
Camille Betham has been an exceptional support to our organisation. Her calm, patient approach and unwavering kindness have made a genuine difference to how we operate. No matter the challenge, Camille is always there, responsive, reassuring, and ready to help.
One of Camille’s greatest strengths is her positivity. She brings clarity and confidence to complex financial matters, and her steady guidance makes us feel truly supported. We know we’re in safe hands with Camille and wholeheartedly recommend her accounting services to any organisation seeking expertise delivered with care.
Camille Betham became the accountant for our charitable trust two and a half years ago and has been very helpful in improving our systems as well as giving us good advice on some legal matters. We are very happy with her prompt preparation of our annual accounts and annual report for the Charities Commission. The standard and presentation of her work is excellent. Camille is very easy to work with, very willing and accommodating with her time.
Camille has been super helpful from the get go of our business relationship.
She has gone above and beyond to obtain the best results to suit the needs of my complicated business’s and her problem solving skills are impeccable.
She is personable, positive and professional and just a lovely person who genuinely strives to help you achieve your goals. (Within reason).
Let’s talk.
Whether you have a start-up business idea, buying an existing business, have a small business wanting to grow or a business already experiencing growth or simply just want a forecast for a business loan, I am here to help.
Book a time to discuss your needs further or ring me.
Phone
Address
Appointment only, Adviser Hub, Unit 6, 57 Wilson Road, Waihi Beach