What we do
We offer you 20+ years of communications, engagement, advocacy and research experience.
We have proven expertise in:
Setting communications strategies and implementing plans
Stakeholder and community engagement
Public consultation design and delivery
Conducting research, data analysis and reporting
Co-design practice and methodology
Government and media relations
Internal and change communications
Reputation management and crisis communications
Digital/social content production, channel and campaign management
Corporate communications
Marketing and events management
Sponsorship and fundraising
Project management.
Our work
We’ve worked on over 50 public consultations - meeting with and engaging communities, gathering feedback, reading and summarising tens of thousands of submissions and identifying key themes and trends. We ensure community voices count on decisions that directly affect them.
Check out some of the interesting and challenging projects we have worked on or are currently working on. Our clients have included Crown Research Institutes (CRIs), transport agencies, tertiary education providers, kaupapa Māori organisations, not-for-profits, and much more serving a wide range of communities and stakeholders on localised, regional, and national scales.
Resilience to Nature’s Challenges (MBIE National Science Challenge)
Set communications strategy and two-year communications plan approved by the Board
Internal communications to keep wider Challenge project teams informed on priorities, achievements, milestones, etc
Launched and managed social media platforms reaching professional, academic and public audiences
Made recommendations on communications resource and budgets to implement the communications plan ongoing
Inaugural RNC Annual Forum - event organisation, live social media coverage of the two-day event onsite at Te Papa (Wellington).
Hei Āhuru Mōwai Māori Cancer Leadership Aotearoa
Government, media and stakeholder relations, advocacy, partnership and membership development, internal communications, māngai (thought leadership) strategy and implementation.
Cervical cancer screening - successfully advocated for free HPV self-testing for wāhine Māori, Pacific and CSC cardholders alongside Te Tātai Hauora o Hine (National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa)
Developed and launched new website incorporating new branding and completely refreshed content; focus on bringing forward members’ rangahau (research), mātauranga and māngai (expertise) in the cancer control space and advocacy for cancer screening and health policy change.
Increased professional membership from 40 to 130 members from across Aotearoa within a year
Produced 2023 Annual Report
Helped prepare the successful bid to host the 2026 World Indigenous Cancer Conference (WICC) in Rotorua, New Zealand as the official Indigenous event partner (alongside Tourism New Zealand and Rotorua NZ) - check out our presence at WICC 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.
Auckland Light Rail
Public consultation, feedback analysis, reporting, and communications and OIA response support to the project team.
Onehunga/Māngere route options and Kingsland Junction/Dominion Rd stations public consultation, feedback analysis
Wrote feedback summary and supported design of the final external public feedback summary report.
Waka Kotahi - NZ Transport Agency
Public consultation, feedback analysis, reporting, and communications and OIA response support on projects of national significance.
National Interim Speed Management Plan 2023/24, Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2022
Auckland Northwest Rapid Transit, Waitematā Harbour Crossing, O Mahurangi – Penlink
Waikato/BOP Waikato Expressway speed limit review.
Auckland Transport
Public consultation, feedback analysis, reporting, and communications management on projects of Auckland regional significance.
Roads & Streets Framework & Transport Design Manual - led stakeholder engagement, gained sector-wide feedback on and support for design standards
Glen Innes Cycleways community engagement and public consultation (part of the GI to Tamaki Drive project)
Safer Communities programme public consultations x 3 (Papakura, Māngere, and Mt Roskill).