Amotai provides Māori and Pasifika businesses with connections to Clients and Buyers who recognise the added social value buying from Māori and Pasifika businesses can create in our communities.
They want to buy from Amotai suppliers. Amotai gives your business a stage, with a captured audience. Amotai will also connect you with the necessary support so you’re able to maximise on sales opportunities, when they arise. Amotai does not win you the work, you do, through your products, pitch, pricing, compliance and ability to provide a high quality service.
It is free for Māori and/or Pasifika owned businesses to register with Amotai.
By becoming a Amotai supplier member you are able to:
What is a Māori and/or Pasifika-owned business
Amotai verifies that supplier members meet the below criteria.
Māori or/and Pasifika-owned business are defined as enterprises where:
* Partnerships: at least 50% of each class of partnership interest is owned by Māori and/or Pasifika person(s) and such ownership must be reflected in the partnership agreement; or
* Corporations/companies: Māori and/or Pasifika person(s) own at least 50% of each class of ordinary voting shares issued and at least 50% of each class of all other shares issued; or
* Trusts: at least 50% of owner(s) of securities or assets held in trust are Māori and/or Pasifika person(s); or
* Sole proprietorship/trader: 100% ownership by a Māori and/or Pasifika person.
Māori are defined as people with Māori whakapapa and who identify as Māori.
As defined by Statistics New Zealand, Pacific peoples are people who whakapapa to, and identify as, descendants of the indigenous Pacific ethnic groups of Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga, Niue, Fiji, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and the small island states of Micronesia.
Statistics New Zealand recognises people with Indigenous Fijian ancestry as being Pacific peoples, however this does not include people of Indo-Fijian descent.
Amotai also recognises people who whakapapa to Hawai’i and Tahiti as Pacific peoples.
Will my information as a Supplier Business be shared?
Yes. Your company details will be viewable by Buyer Members and other Supplier Businesses.
These details include company name, contact details, levels of insurance, health and safety prequalification and services offered. You will be able to edit your own profile before it is published to the register.
What does Amotai verify for business registration?
Amotai verifies that businesses meet the criteria of being Māori and/or Pasifika-owned business.
We also ask the businesses to provide information on insurances and health and safety prequalification where relevant. This information is published on the register, but Amotai makes no guarantees about this information.
What’s required to register my business?
To qualify, your businesses must have at least 50% ownership by someone who identifies as Māori and/or Pasifika, or hold 100% ownership if you are a sole trader.
Can I join from anywhere?
Yes, your business can be based anywhere within Aotearoa. We register Māori and Pasifika-owned businesses that sell goods, services and works to other businesses and organisations from across Aotearoa.
Will I be guaranteed contracts?
No. Firstly, you need to sell goods, services and works that Buyer Members want. Secondly, you will still need to be competitive on price and meet other requirements such as quality, health and safety, methodology, compliance etc. Amotai creates a platform for buyers to find and connect with Māori and Pasifika businesses that meet these needs.
Will there be any costs to join as a Supplier Business?
No, it is free for Māori and Pasifika-owned businesses to join.
How do I get help?
You can contact us at kiaora@amotai.nz for assistance.
What is B2B?
B2B, or business-to-business, is where the transaction is between businesses, rather than with individual consumers.
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