Mike Tamaki
Mike entered the Tourism Industry in 1985 as a tour coach driver with Road Services NZ and became permanent tour guide/driver for Intercity Travel in 1987. He started Tamaki Tours Ltd in 1989 with money made from the sale of his brother's Harley Davidson motorcycle – and has just kept on developing tourism projects.
Tamaki Maori Village is a family owned business that now employs over 120 staff in their Rotorua project and turns over in excess of $10 million. A major $8.0 million expansion of a Cultural Heritage theme park in Christchurch opened in 2003.
The company is regularly used and recognized throughout New Zealand as a role model for indigenous tourism business development. The Tamaki Rotorua Village has won several awards including the prestigious Overall Supreme Tourism Award Winner at the N.Z Tourism Awards (1998), the same year Mike was a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, the NZTB Maori Tourism Award (1999) and an Award of Distinction for Contribution to New Zealand Tourism (also in 1999).
He delivers keynote presentations related to his business success, marketing, leadership, motivating people, tourism and much more!
Mike's presentations have been described as inspirational, motivational, entertaining and thought provoking.
Testimonials
Mike entertained the group well and spent a lot of time with them following the event. They were alert the whole way through and totally inspired afterwards. It [the presentation] was great!—HQ NZ Ltd
Mike is passionate about what he does and it spills over to the audience. Reminded them that the customer remembers the 'experience' and the brand/product is secondary.—Allied Workforce
Refreshing, energetic, positive, entertaining.—NZ Institute of Quantity Surveyors
Needed a high impact session to close the conference and that's what we got.... Re-awakening of the "Kiwi spirit" within us; thought provoking both for business and personal lives.—Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand
Favourite quotes
Spend your money and you can always make more; spend your time and it's gone forever.
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