by Auaha | Feb 16, 2021 | Behind the Scenes, Conference Planning, Oh-Ah-Ha Live, Planning
In the 14th Episode of Oh-Ah-Ha Live, we’re very excited to have a kōrero with Michele A’Court; after dinner speaker, event MC and event Host. If you know Michele, you know that she’s a blast! Here’s a question that requires an honest answer. If we would put Michele...
by Auaha | Dec 21, 2020 | Behind the Scenes
The events 2020 calendar is drawing to a close. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to write about a subject as this one: Goodbye 2020. My gosh, it’s been the year! I have the vague suspicion it’s no different to you. The Promising Year of 2020 2020 was...
by Auaha | Nov 3, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, Oh-Ah-Ha Live, Top Tips
In the next episode of our Oh-Ah-Ha journey, we move north, to balmy Auckland. There we meet Meredith Drucker from The Events Group, a company specialising in Corporate Event Management. As always, her story is unique, and bursting with passion and purpose. Young...
by Auaha | Oct 7, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, Oh-Ah-Ha Live
It’s another episode in our Oh-Ah-Ha Live series, where we kōrero with people who dedicate themselves to the business event industry. Today we meet Sarah Searancke from Sarah Searancke Catering. Dedicated to uncompromised quality food, she dumfounded herself with her...
by Auaha | Sep 7, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, Oh-Ah-Ha Live
Another two weeks have gone by and we continue to explore the amazing world of the Business Event Industry and the talented patchwork of people that form the building blocks. Today’s episode is the unexpected story of a Professional Conference Organiser (PCO) brimming...
by Auaha | Aug 27, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, Oh-Ah-Ha Live, Planning
This week we chat with yet another talented person in the business events industry! Craig Murray is the Business Events Manager at Destination Rotorua. His journey leading up to this role has been amazing as you’ll soon read, and we’ve also discovered that he has a...
by Auaha | Jul 15, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, Oh-Ah-Ha Live
Welcome to Oh-Ah-Ha Live! After facing life changing moments, the business events industry is now on the road to recovery! It’s going to be tough, event budgets are smaller. However, one thing that hasn’t changed is people and connecting with one another! When...
by Auaha | Jul 2, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, Oh-Ah-Ha Live
Welcome to our first Oh-Ah-Ha Live! Oh-Ah-Ha Live was born out of many conversations with peers and colleagues in the business events industry during lock-down. We were looking for creative was to create a profile for the business events industry, so we’re...
by Auaha | May 19, 2020 | Behind the Scenes
It has been about two months since we were in our cozy little office in Kilbirnie Wellington, before Aotearoa went into lockdown. The structure of our working day didn’t change as we transitioned to working from home. What had contributed to our smooth transition...
by Auaha | Dec 17, 2019 | Behind the Scenes
Well, what a year! 2019 has certainly been eventful (pun intended), challenging, exciting, enlightening and most importantly successful for us all at Auaha. We have seen squad members move on to new adventures, and in the new year, we will recruit two new squadrons!...
by Auaha | Dec 3, 2019 | Behind the Scenes
Many New Zealanders look forward to celebrating Christmas every year. And even if the holiday itself isn’t your cup of tea, we hope you still get a bit of time off. Whether you use the holiday season to rest, relax, be with family, be alone, partake in traditions, or...
by Auaha | Jan 26, 2019 | Behind the Scenes
January 1st is always a good time to reset for the coming year. It’s also the last quarter of the financial year, so a good time to get focused on hitting those financial goals before 31 March 2019. I don’t think of it so much as a time to set some new...