What We Do

Zest Consulting is a boutique business consultancy with over 20 years experience supporting businesses in a range of specialities.

Our specialties include

  • Communications
  • Community engagement
  • Project management
  • Sustainability
  • Strategic plans and action plans
  • Event management
  • Facilitation

Our clients include

  • Local government
  • Business advisory services
  • Previous health boards
  • Tertiary sector
  • Not for profit organisations

Why Zest Consulting?

We have extensive experience with a range of central government, local government, tangata whenua, businesses and small and large communities in the Bay of Plenty.

We can help you deliver a project on time and on budget and communicate important messages.  We can help with understanding who your key audiences are, most affected by the change and/or most influential in the community and how to get them to engage with you.

Project management

We can help with:

  • helping to define the project's objectives,
  • managing the timeline,
  • controlling the budget,
  • allocating resources,
  • identifying potential risks,
  • identifying and engaging stakeholders and developing key messages,
  • ensuring quality standards,
  • maintaining open communication throughout the project lifecycle
  • developing a Communications and Engagement Plan (with your communications team if desired)

Communications and Community Engagement

We can help with developing a Communications and Engagement Plan, and can work with your communications team if desired.

We have considerable experience with infrastructure projects, helping you to communicate and engage with affected communities to ensure best project outcomes and no project delivery holdups.

Event Management

We can help with managing the conception, booking, marketing and running of your next community event.

We can work with you to develop a concept of the event, create required planning documentation, organise venue and catering bookings within your budget, promote the event through media and physical signage and manage the attendee list prior to and on the day.