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OUR WORK / MAHI
If you're asking these questions, we can help.
How do I protect and grow income, especially during economic uncertainty?
We conduct in-depth Commercial & Marketing Reviews to assess organisational performance across all revenue streams. We define a practical income generation model tailored directly to you.
This identifies new and missed opportunities, sets strategies for each income type, clarifies roles and responsibilities, recommends tools and systems, and defines a plan with timelines and KPIs.
How do I generate new income when I have limited capacity or internal resource?
You own the relationships. We provide the engine behind you.
Our commercial research team builds a targeted pipeline of qualified leads across partnerships, sponsorship, philanthropy, and grants. Each is tailored to your organisation, with key contacts identified, risks assessed, and positioning developed. We prepare outreach materials and support you through your negotiations, strengthening proposals and applications as they progress.
How do I deliver my strategic outcomes while keeping costs under control?
We embed into your organisation as a flexible, shared-services style commercial and marketing function. You access experienced specialists without hiring or a long-term budget commitment.
Commercially, we deliver strategies, workplans, coordination, reporting, and pitch and application development. Marketing side, its campaigns, content (copy, video, social), PR, and design.
How do I build internal capability and an income culture that lasts?
External support should strengthen your people, not replace them.
We build capability across your organisation through tools, templates, systems, and training, enabling your team to generate income, deliver campaigns, and manage partnerships confidently.
With us, your team becomes fully equipped to sustain performance and deliver revenue and impact well beyond our tenure.
Find out more about us and see our credentials.
OUR WAY / Tikanga
We turn purpose into progress.
CASE STUDY
EVENT COMMERCIALISATION
Triathlon New Zealand (Tri NZ) leads the sport nationwide, from grassroots to high performance. Away We Go ~ Matike Mai is driving its commercial growth forward, focussing on partnerships for the 2028 World Triathlon Grand Final - Tauranga. Partners announced include Port of Tauranga, ASICS, and Barfoot & Thompson. We are also helping build funding for the inaugural Auckland Triathlon Festival, bringing elite Para events to Aotearoa for the first time. Learn more.
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systems & CAPABILITY
Surf Life Saving New Zealand is the national charity dedicated to saving lives through volunteer lifeguard services and community education. Away We Go ~ Matike Mai partnered with SLSNZ and Piha Surf Life Saving Club to create a nationwide strategy and training programme to enable the 74 clubs to increase income through sponsors, fundraising, and grants. This delivered practical tools and frameworks to strengthen capability and sustainability. Learn more.
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revenue architecture
New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) unites sport and community, growing rugby league from grassroots to the Kiwis, Kiwi Ferns and Wheel Kiwis, while driving social impact via its More Than a Game initiative. Away We Go ~ Matike Mai is driving NZRL’s commercial partner lead generation, and also delivering diversified income growth through grants and philanthropy. With the Rugby League World Cup coming in late 2026, it is shaping up to be a very significant year! Learn more.
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venue commercialisation
AUT Millennium (AUTM) is an independent, world class national centre for sport, training, wellbeing, and community. Away We Go ~ Matike Mai is leading its commercial growth and major partnership strategy, including new naming rights and premium partner opportunities. We also conceived and launched The Champions Initiative, a platform enabling brands to connect with more than 100,000 unique visitors live and in-venue, to drive engagement and sales. Learn more.
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sponsorship platforms
Surfing New Zealand leads and grows the sport nationwide, supporting more than 330k surfers across Aotearoa. Away We Go ~ Matike Mai partnered to design and launch Epic Break. A national marketing and commercial platform, it transforms the Kiwi summer into a scalable proposition spanning events, digital, ambassadors, and storytelling. Launched and still live for Summer 25/26, it has already delivered 50%+ rise in reach and growing partner momentum. Learn more.
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brand TRANSFORMATION
Asthma New Zealand is a national health charity dedicated to helping Kiwis thrive despite asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Away We Go ~ Matike Mai partnered to redevelop its commercial model and reposition its brand for growth. We created a diversified income strategy, new partnership framework, and new marketing approach. We also conceived and launched a national Asthma Awareness Week to grow profile and impact. Learn more.
OUR WORLD / Whātoro
If your work goes global, we can too.
We have partnered with our friends at LAM, a global sports agency based in Los Angeles. LAM leads a network across the USA & Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, helping clients navigate, stand out, and thrive during major sport and cultural events - including the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Summer Games.
Through this partnership, Pacific clients gain direct access to our experienced teams in the USA & Canada and worldwide, while global clients benefit from knowledge and trusted capability in the Pacific.
Together, our international team provides seamless, end-to-end support for organisations focussed on Pacific outcomes. See more.
Direct access to local expertise, backed by global market capability
Delivery of events and experiences across the USA, Canada, and Pacific
Local knowledge and cultural insight in every market we operate in
Access to investment through business and government networks
Support navigating legal and regulatory environments internationally
Cross-border content, PR, marketing, and influencer campaigns
Talk to us about your plans in the USA & Canada, and the Pacific now.
