Amotai verifies that supplier members meet the below criteria. 

Māori and/or Pasifika-owned business are defined as enterprises where: 

• Limited Liability Companies: Individuals of Māori and/or Indigenous Pasifika descent either: 
• • Individually own at least 50% of the company’s shares, or 
  • Collectively hold a minimum of 50% of the company’s shares 
• Sole Traders: 100% ownership by a Māori and/or Indigenous Pasifika person. 
• Partnerships: At least 50% of each class of partnership interest is owned by Māori and/or Indigenous Pasifika person(s) and such ownership must be reflected in the partnership agreement. 
• Charitable Trusts: At least 50% of the listed trustees identify as Māori and/or Indigenous Pasifika descent. 

Māori are defined as people with Māori whakapapa (verifiable genealogical lineage). 

As defined by Statistics New Zealand's Ariā classifications, Pacific peoples are those who whakapapa to and are descendants of the Indigenous peoples of the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia (including Tahiti), Hawaiʻi, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.