Our Story

About Us

Two Kiwis, one conviction: that New Zealand's finest products deserve a place on shelves around the world — and that the world's best deserves a place here too.

How It Started

It Began With A Simple Frustration

It began in 2019 with something small and personal. We'd travel, fall for products we couldn't imagine living without, then land back in New Zealand and find there was no way to buy them here. Our favourites simply weren't on the shelves. So we gave ourselves a mission: bring them home, and get them to Kiwis through every channel we could reach.

The deeper we went, the more we saw the very same wall standing in the other direction. A small producer with a genuinely world-class product — a jar of honey, a skincare range, a specialty food — and no realistic way to get it in front of a buyer in Tokyo, Dubai, or Los Angeles. Not because the product wasn't good enough, but because the pathway simply didn't exist for them.

So we built the pathway we kept wishing existed — one that runs in both directions.

At A Glance

A New Zealand business built on partnership.

2019
Founded In New Zealand
5+
Global Markets
2
Directions Of Trade
Our Purpose

Trade That Runs Both Ways

We never saw ourselves as an export company alone. The vision was always a two-way bridge.

Taking New Zealand Out

Helping Kiwi-owned brands reach international buyers and consumers — with the strategy, partnerships, and compliance support to make it stick.

Bringing The World In

Sourcing exceptional products from overseas markets and introducing them to New Zealand consumers through trusted local channels.

What Drives Us

Why We Do What We Do

Our passion is opening pathways that shouldn't be this hard to find. A Kiwi founder with a great product shouldn't have to guess their way through market selection, certification, and distribution — or hand their brand to someone who treats it as freight. And a New Zealander shouldn't have to fly overseas just to buy something they've come to love.

So we work in genuine partnership on both sides of the journey: helping founders shape a strategy and positioning their story so it lands overseas, and bringing the world's best to Kiwis through channels we'd happily use ourselves. When something succeeds because of that work, the success belongs to the people who made the product.

Great products deserve to travel — in both directions. Our job is to carry them there, and to stay with them once they arrive.

What We Believe

The Values We Trade On

Partnership

We back brands for the long term, not the single transaction.

Authenticity

A brand's story should travel intact, not get rewritten for a new market.

Sustainability

We favour products and practices that leave New Zealand better than we found it.

Quality

The standard that earned New Zealand its reputation is the one we hold to.

Where We're Headed

The Next Chapter

We started small, and deliberately so — close enough to each product and each brand to know exactly why it's worth backing. That hasn't changed as our network has grown across Asia, North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

  • More Kiwi brands on international shelves
  • More of the world's favourites reaching New Zealand
  • Deeper distributor relationships in the markets that matter
  • A clearer, faster pathway for anyone moving product in either direction
Become A Partner

Got A Product Worth Sharing?

Whether you're a Kiwi brand ready for the world, a first-time exporter, or bringing a global favourite to New Zealand, we'd like to hear from you.

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Let's Grow Together

Have A Product Worth Moving — In Either Direction?

Whether you're a Kiwi brand ready for the world, or bringing a global favourite to New Zealand, we'd love to hear your story.

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