Jazz Singh on Amotai working with Auckland Council.
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Voice: Supplier diversity is here to stay
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Voice: Good procurement is about delivering multiple outcomes.
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Voice: By using a Māori or Pasifika supplier we know that money gets recycled back into the community, and the flow on effects are that the community thrives because we are spending money in the right places.
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Voice: Amotai are the intermediary. They really understand what it takes to work for an organisation like Auckland Council and, in fact, to work for government.
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Voice: They help us do the difficult stuff, which is how do we identify a Māori or a Pasifika business, what qualifies somebody to be called a Māori or Pasifika business.
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Voice: Amotai takes the hassle out of that for us because they register these suppliers.
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Voice: My hope is that it just becomes the norm.
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Voice: It's really important for us to make sure that the suppliers we have reflect the people that are in our community, and it's taken an intermediary like Amotai to say, "We can make this easier".
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