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WHAT WE DO

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  • We work with you to deliver strategies designed to build relationships, educate, advocate and influence decision makers, thought leaders and the public.

    We’re also there to anticipate and prepare for the communications risks and challenges all organisations and leaders encounter.

Strategy

  • We do the things that help you tell your story in ways that resonate with the audiences that matter most to your cause.

    We work with you to deliver strong messaging that brings your story to life, and utilise the right tools and tactics to connect with the people and organisations you want to reach and influence.

Communications

  • We believe that quality engagement revolves around understanding the ‘why’. Why you want to engage with stakeholders, and why they would want to engage with you.

    With this as our starting point, we shape engagement frameworks that inform, educate, activate and empower, having done so for some of the country’s largest and most complex projects.

Engagement

We provide both strategic guidance and hands-on help to help achieve your goals.

Our clients

  • Developed ‘way of working’ for optimal communications and engagement to support on the ground projects and programmes. Provide strategic counsel on key initiatives.

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    Strategy development and implementation of best practice stakeholder and community engagement, helping to enable the transformational change required to address Auckland and Porirua’s housing shortage.

  • Developed and implemented a structured approach towards localised infrastructure project communications and engagement, keeping communities informed and minimising disruption.

  • Pairing policy insight with clear, audience-led storytelling, we positioned Smith&Smith as both a trusted voice and a thought leader on vehicle safety - aligning commercial credibility with a public-good agenda.

  • Led strategic communications, media relations and content creation for Infrastructure New Zealand, building public engagement and support for infrastructure needs post 2023 Auckland floods.