Tohunga o te aho Matariki

Details

Tender Closed
RFx ID :	32162002
Tender Name :	Tohunga o te aho Matariki
Reference # :
Open Date :	Friday, 9 May 2025 9:00 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Close Date  :	Monday, 9 June 2025 5:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Tender Type :	Award Notice (AN)
Tender Coverage :	Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :	86132100 - Training planning, facilitation and delivery services
Regions:	New Zealand
Exemption Reason :	14.9.c Only one supplier
Required Pre-qualifications :	None
Contact :	Keely McCann keely.mccann@mch.govt.nz
Agency Address :

Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage is contracting five providers that will support the regeneration of Matariki practice and knowledge within communities and assist the Chief Advisor, Mātauranga Matariki with the work of informing New Zealanders and promoting the public holiday. The procurement seeks to ensure the sustainability and spread of Matariki knowledge across New Zealand regions, fields of Matariki practice and generations.

Providers will:

• develop tools, documentation, and/or other materials as resources for sharing mātauranga Matariki within the context of their community of practice
• develop and utilise distribution networks for these resources, to assist their communities of practice to engage with Matariki
• consider accessible forms of communication with various audiences, including ensuring communication is culturally appropriate, and inclusive of/recognises the different needs of peoples of New Zealand
• develop strategies and planning towards further regional connection through Matariki knowledge and practice

Type of procurement process used

The Ministry determined that a closed competitive process was the most fair, reasonable, and effective procurement method due to:
a. the standard of essential, highly specialised expertise, technology, and skills required to deliver on this procurement is so high, and
b. the pool of potential Providers is correspondingly very limited.

This procurement is exempt from open advertising under Rule 14.9(c)(i), which applies when goods or services can only be supplied by one provider due to technical reasons and lack of real competition.

Contracts were awarded on 18 June 2025 to the following providers:
• Naia Limited (NZBN: 9429042072652) – 38 Rose Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024
• Te Puna I Rangiriri Trust (NZBN: 9429043044146) – PO Box 4462, Mount Maunganui South, Tauranga
• Te Toki Voyaging Trust (NZBN: 9429042929512) – PO Box 6, Whatawhata 3162
• Tūmai Communications (NZBN: 9429049098914) – 120 Easther Crescent, Kew, Dunedin 9012
• Turuturu ā Uta Turuturu ā Tai Trust – 70 Ohuri Road, RD3, Hokianga, Kaikohe 0473

Contract value: The total expected spend across all contracts is $249,700 (excluding GST) for a term of up to six months, ending 30 December 2025.

This tender has been awarded to:

• Naia Limited - 38, Rose Street, Somerfield, Christchurch, 8024, NEW ZEALAND
• Te Puna I Rangiriri Trust - C/o Jackson Reeves, Solicitors Unicorn House 14 Willow Street Tauranga 3110, Tauranga, 3110, NEW ZEALAND
• Te Toki Voyaging Trust - 1372a, State Highway 23 Whatawhata Hamilton, Whatawhata, 9999, NEW ZEALAND
• Turuturu ā Uta Turuturu ā Tai Trust - 70, Ohuri Road, RD3 Hokianga, Kaikohe, 0473, NEW ZEALAND
• Tūmai Communications Limited - 487, Blackhead Road, Waldronville, Dunedin, 9018, NEW ZEALAND

Award Date: Monday, 30 June 2025 (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Date RFx was completed/updated: Wednesday, 30 July 2025 2:47 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)