Meet the Buyer Tāmaki - our biggest yet!
Kicking off Meet the Buyer Tāmaki with some buyer and supplier presentations
29 October 2025
Meet the Buyer Tāmaki concluded the Amotai events programme for 2025 with a bang earlier this month, it was our biggest Meet the Buyer yet and we were still bursting at the seams. We loved being in the Te Puna Creative Precinct.
Ngā mihi nui for your support this year across four Meet the Buyer events in Ōtautahi, Waikato, Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Tāmaki Makaurau. Ōtautahi really set the scene for the familiar series to have a bit of a shake up with supplier promotional tables for the first time and we have loved being able to showcase suppliers. Waikato sold out faster than ever before, we even heard of one supplier trying to buy tickets (even though it is free) on Trademe! Te Whanganui-a-Tara was all class and kōrero as we were hosted at Wharewaka by Amotai suppliers, Manaaki Management Ltd.
Check out some photos from Tāmaki and Te Whanganui-a-Tara below.
The RUN team
Moana Smith from Smith & Smith Design & Renovation
Gia's Grab and Go
Project Floors
Ground Pro
Paul Tukukino MC
Kila Haitana explains the whakapapa of Te Puna Creative Hub
Auckland Transport
Auckland Council
Challen Wilson from Auckland Council
Arrend Electrical
Scissorlift NZ and Arrend Electrical
Smith & Smith Design & Renovation
Matt from Active Safety giving away some work boots
Mathew Reihana of Ground Pro
Glen Ruma from Independent Traffic Control
Karalee Tangiau and Scissorlift NZ team
ATA team represents!
Karen from TPK, Victoria from MOJ with Francis from Amotai
Erin Baker, Stevo O'Rourke and Aaron Tait-Jones from Te Ara Hiranga
ATA team and Jade from Project Floors
Independent Traffic Control with Paul from Amotai
Mackenzie from AV Media with Paul from Amotai
Paul Retimanu from Manaaki Management (and chair of Pacific Business Trust) with Francis from Amotai
Laura Cibilich from RUN with Jenna from Amotai
Rich Manu from Streamliner and Mackenzie Hansen from AV Media with Paul from Amotai