Te Radar MC/Entertainer Profile

CRV Awards 2022

For a night of celebration Te Radar was the perfect host. He was funny, engaging and best of all, helped bring out the best in us by encouraging audience participation. We’re a smallish organisation without the luxury of an events team and Te Radar’s advice around the agenda etc was welcome and he gave us confidence that the night was going to be a success … which it was. What a professional … he arrived early to check sound, make sure the other speakers were prepped and also managing the smaller details like slides moving along at the right time – I am sure this is all beyond the scope of being an MC but he did it anyway. And of course, his passion for agriculture is contagious – he makes us all proud to be part of such an awesome industry.

Hayley Gavan | Marketing and Brand Manager

CRV NZ

Resolve Group 20th Anniversary 2022

Te Radar was professional, friendly, funny, helpful, humble, thoughtful and used his initiative to help me with things I hadn’t even thought of, and ensured that our presentations ran smoothly – it was such a relief to me to work with someone so down to earth and friendly especially in his capacity. His content was funny and interesting for our audience and we cannot fault anything he did – he was wonderful on all accounts the whole night long! We cant thank him enough and will definitely recommend him and remember him fondly for years to come.

Lauren Johnson-Pene | Executive Assistant

Resolve Group

Government Economics Network Conference 2022

Thank you again for being such an awesome MC and panel host at our recent conference on new economic thinking. You took our conference to the next level. Your ability to make connections and linkages to literature, events and curiosities was classy. Your involvement from the get go was impressive, and thanks for shaping the panel conversations in advance.

Nicholas Smith | Government Economics Network Board, Conference Committee Chair.

Government Economics Network

Kiwi FinTech Accelerator Oct 2019

I have nothing but good feedback for Te Radar, he was exceptional to work with. He was very open to edits to the original script, worked with each team to make sure their intros were the way they wanted them and brought such an upbeat mood that he made the whole experience better for everyone.

James Swope - Creative HQ

Momentum Conference Feb 2020

Radar was a pleasure to work with and I was so impressed with how well he worked with Kate having not worked together before. Right from our first phone call Radar put me a ease and I knew that he would do an amazing job. He was engaging, funny, topical and has an incredible ability to sum up what has been said in a session.

Radar was easy to brief and digested information quickly and left me with the confidence that he had everything under control.

As an event manager with lots on her mind I really appreciated being able to pop up to Radar at a moment’s notice and ask him to do things or to give him an update and nothing was a problem!

He was amazing at the roving reporter role and really knows how to engage with people and see an opportunity and grab the moment!

The Hayward Medal Dinner and office opening was a great success and Radar MC’s the awards dinner in a friendly, engaging and thoughtful manner – bringing value to the event with his words and actions throughout the night.

Radar was such a pleasure to work with and I really look forward to working with him again in the future.

Wendy Taylor - Tours and Events Manager

Zespri International Ltd

Reset 2022

We engaged Te Radar to entertain our farming clients at our annual dinner. The way he captivated the audience with his wit and general knowledge of farming was exceptional. It was a great night had by all and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. I can not recommend him highly enough.

Jeff Riordan | General Manger

Rural Service Centre

Dr Mike Hopkins | CEO - EMANZ - Energy Management

The conference was a huge success, thanks, and Te Radar was a big part of that. We couldn’t have made a better choice than Te Radar for our conference MC. The audience loved him, he was great to work with and was the epitome of professionalism in his preparation and attitude. Big thanks and full marks from us.

Pye Group Staff Function June 2019

Te Radar was the MC and guest speaker at our annual work party – one of the best decisions I’ve made!! He was so engaging with our entire team and kept us well entertained during his presentation. Nothing was a problem for Te Radar and he was more than willing to fit into our plans. We would have him back anytime and would definitely recommend him to anyone wanting a good laugh.

Michelle Pye, Director, Pye Group Limited

Water NZ Conference Sept 2019

As usual Te Radar was great, very knowledgeable in regards to the Conference kaupapa, never gets flustered under pressure and is a professional through and through!! Pleasure to work with.

Frank Stevens, Avenues Limited

Steve Sheppard. Engagement & Communications Manage

We had the pleasure of hiring Te Radar as our Awards Dinner MC and speaker for the Potatoes New Zealand biennial conference in Pukekohe in July.

Radar is the consummate professional, easy to deal with and well researched. He did a brilliant job linking the various parts of the Awards Dinner together, in doing so holding the audience’s interest for the duration.

His dinner speech about the historical farm machinery was informative, entertaining and witty. Our delegates had nothing but praise for Te Radar… “easily one of the best dinner speakers I’ve ever heard.”

Radar’s passion for the primary industries was reflected in his knowledge and ability to captivate a varied audience from potato growers to processors to agronomists to farm mangers to equip suppliers to crisp manufacturers and chip shops alike.

The organising committee felt that Radar was an pleasure to work with, so would thoroughly recommend him to any organisation looking for an MC and/or dinner speaker.

Natasha Galloway| Events and Sponsorship Director

Te Radar was fantastic as our MC.The consummate – and the prefect mix of funny, smart, onto it, free-flowing, on script and on point. Loved him

HRNZ Virtual HR Summit – HR Managing the Crisis Ap

We had the pleasure of working with Te Radar on our first Virtual Summit. With the country in lockdown many events flocked online, with varying degrees of success. Our aim was to produce a top quality, world class online, half day event. This was the first time HRNZ had produced a half day Summit virtually and we needed someone to be the glue that pieced it all together. Te Radar was our glue, helping us achieve a high level of engagement and interaction, keeping the sessions moving and on time, facilitating the Q&A with ease and ensuring the sessions threaded together seamlessly. Te Radar is incredibly quick on his feet and was very well prepared with a clear understanding of the topic and the technology. Together with his professionalism and superb MC skills (both live and online), along with Injecting his own wonderful wit and style, helped to ensure the Summit was heralded a success. We were so pleased with our choice of Te Radar as MC that we have hired him again to MC our second Virtual Summit.

Tina Berry

Regional Events Manager

Human Resources New Zealand

Callaghan Innovation - November 2020

Radar was a fabulous MC, naturally taking the audience on the journey and filling the gaps well, and usually with laughter.

Tara Sellers

Callaghan Innovation

REAWARDS - April 2021

We’ve worked with Te Radar for several of our awards events over the years and he has always been fantastic to work with. This year was no exception and his experience, flexibility and unflappability was invaluable as we shifted to a new format for the event. Our venue provided several challenges which resulted in Te Radar having to be the central focus for the entire event. He kept the crowd focussed, rolled through the evening at perfect pace and ensured all sponsors and recipients received the recognition they deserved.

Thank you Te Radar. You are awesome.

Ian Mills | Board Member

Research Association of New Zealand

Waipa Speed Dating - April 2021

We recently booked Te Radar to host our first ever Councillor Speed Dating evening in Waipā. He made the evening so much fun for everyone who participated and I’ve had nothing but positive feedback. We’d love to book him again for events in the future and really appreciate his support to kick start an engaging new way to connect with our community.

Charlotte FitzPatrick | Communications Manager

Waipa District Council

Stuff One Year Ownership Anniversary

Te Radar was fantastic to work with. Not only did he light up the room with his stage presence and humour but he helped make the event run better with a few suggestions prior. He is truly an experienced professional that we would be very happy to work with in the future.

Todd Hurley | Senior Event Operations Executive

Stuff

ExportNZ Awards 2021

Radar is a rare breed. He combines utter professionalism with hilarious anecdotes and somehow manages to weave it all into a well-run show which everyone can enjoy. He particularly resonates with the regional New Zealand and is well informed of local issues. Thoroughly recommend him, he is an absolute delight to work with.

Amanda Liddle | Executive Officer

ExportNZ

Holiday Parks NZ Conference 2021

Te Radar wrapped up our conference in impeccable fashion. He entertained, educated, and even provided our delegates with relevant business ideas. He has a wonderful personality and the ability to put a smile on everyone’s face without resorting to profanities or smutty jokes.

Te Radar spoke for an enjoyable 45 minutes and provided the perfect ending to conference.

Fergus Brown | Chief Executive

Holiday Parks New Zealand

iSANZ Awards 2021

We knew with Te Radar he would contribute to a tight, well run and humerous online awards, but as most people are burnout from virtual events, we were not expecting the final live production and the amazing engagement from our community here and internationally. It was slick, face paced, funny and Te Radar has now new fans far and wide. I can’t overstate Te Radar’s contribute to the success of these awards, he gave us the best advice several months out that helped shape our event and was the overarching reason these awards exceeded our finalists, sponsors and our expectations.

Kendra Ross |Chair

iSANZ

Water NZ Conference 2022

Te Radar is a true professional and a fantastic Conference and Dinner MC – he makes my life a lot easier and would highly recommend using him for your event.

Charlotte Carr | Event Manager

Avenues Event Management

Nicky Remkes - Tom Dick & Harry Event Management M

Te Radar was an outstanding MC for my client’s recent awards dinner. He took the time to prepare his notes against my briefing, research the company to ensure he knew who they were and checked annunciation of particular names. Te Radar rolled with the changes on the night like the true professional he is. Delivery was amazing, the audience loved him and the event was a massive hit.

An absolute dream for event managers!

XEROCON CONFERENCE -

"Te Radar was awesome. Quick, clever, lots of energy, professional, and funny. Such a great fit for our event and audience. He worked really hard for us, got involved with the delegates, and was super attentive and friendly with the Xero staff."

ANZICS19 Conference Dinner April

Te Radar was fabulous - not only as a great drawcard for guests to come along to dinner, but he delivered above and beyond expectation. With the perfect mix of humour, philosophy, stories and common sense (which ironically is not very common!), guests were not only rollicking with giggles but also contemplating the ways of the world and their place in it. An inspiring, down to earth and all round good guy. Thanks!

Donna Clapham

Workz4U Conference Management

Trustpower Awards March 2019

Radar recently MC’d our awards night and was an absolute superstar. His energy, compassion, and authenticity shone through, and he made our guests feel really special and valued which is all we could have hoped for. We wouldn’t hesitate to have him MC one of our events again in future.

Alice Boyd - Community & Communications Advisor

Trustpower

Virtual Excellence Security Awards

Te Radar was brilliant as ever - his TV and streaming experience is critical - he also worked really well with the DJ Lo Key bringing a nice vibe to the whole thing. He also included some really nice impromptu pieces, giving depth to the script.

Grant Whitehouse,

Skeme Design and Consulting

BCITO March 2019

We have used Te Radar as our MC for a number of our BCITO events. He is always extremely well prepared and brought his own natural presentation flair to our events. I was in the unfortunate position of having a major disruption happen at one of our recent events and Te Radar was able to adapt quickly, handle the evolving situation with professionalism, diplomacy and humour.

I have the total confidence that any of my events are in safe hands with him and he will always be the first one that we consider with our MC work.

Andrea Woollard - Marketing and Events Advisor

Ballance Agri-Nutrients Series 2018 - 2019

We initially engaged the services of Te Radar to emcee nine customer dinners throughout the country over a three month period at the end of 2018.

The dinners were a series of thought leadership events focused on leading-edge, future agricultural themes, and Te Radar could not have been a more perfect fit.

Not only is he very well-schooled on the industry, he is a curious mind with knowledge on many subjects (obscure and otherwise), not to mention a well-prepared, very quick-witted and consummate professional – what a combo!

Radar was able to keep our most forward thinking audience members interested and our most cynical well-engaged with his ability to keep things moving, funny, interesting and to time.

Our senior management were so impressed with the dinner series, we were asked to host another three internal events for our staff in early 2019 which Te Radar was a key element in.

We look forward to working together again some day.

Electricity Networks Association Dinner Oct 2018

Te Radar delivered a hugely entertaining and well-researched presentation to our annual conference, giving a potted history of infrastructure development in New Zealand in general, and the electricity sector specifically. It was pitched perfectly for the audience and really lifted the event. What’s more, he was a joy to work with, very friendly, and always accommodating.

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Angie Rawlinson - Many Hats Ltd August 2018

Romeo Bragato Conference Dinner - August 2018

"Radar was amazing, I just wish that I’d worked with him before now, and he will definitely be on my future lists. I love the way he’s happy to roll with it, and even change the brief or timing with you if he can see that there will be gaps! Such a great guy - and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him."

Angie Rawlinson

Waipa Business Awards August 2018 Charlotte Toller

"Te Radar was a consummate professional, he was extremely well prepared, very personable and he had the audience captivated.

As always with live events we had some curved balls, but he handled each one with ease and humor, our event felt totally safe in his hands."

CAANZ

"A superb MC and so the mediator. He was extremely professional and got really involved learning about the audience and putting his industry experience into the show"

TVNZ NZ Marketing Awards - Sept 2018

Radar was awesome, as usual. He really adds so much to the night – with his amazing comedy talent in the intro videos, entrances to stage, and additions to our script. He doesn’t just turn up and read (like some MCs we’ve worked with), he really thinks about the event and industry as a whole and how he can bring it to life on stage. Radar’s got a quick wit and keeps our, often rowdy, audience in check (tongue in cheek of course). We love working with him!

Emily Ansell - Event Producer

Marketing Association

Maori Land Court

"Te Radar was fantastic, totally lived up to my expectations. He is very entertaining. Having seen him as a guest speaker at another occasion I was once again totally impressed with his knowledge, delivery and straight shooting humour. I believe a few years were added to my life span from the laughter"

BOP ExportNZ Awards June 2018

Radar was PERFECT as the mad hatter. I honestly couldn’t speak highly enough of his work, wish we could have him every year!

He knew the context and the audience, played to the crowd and managed to keep all our speakers in line.

Altus Conference August 2018

Te Radar was the Quiz Master at our conference dinner. His professionalism and ease to work with in the lead up to the event and on the night was outstanding. Te Radar was able adjust to timing changes on the night and mixed well with the guests, adding his humor along the way. A pleasure to work with and highly recommended to event planners.

Jeanette Lewis

Kiwi Property Services Conference - Dec 2018

Te Radar was a fantastic speaker who hit all our messages in a very natural way. He came early for lunch, stayed to listen to another speaker, stayed for afternoon tea and mingled with our team. He was very authentic and relatable with a relaxed manner which suited our day completely. We couldn’t have asked for a more professional speaker!

IPENZ Forum Dinner 2018 - Jan Macandrew

Thanks so much for helping to make the Fellowship Dinner such a big success! You were a fabulous host and entertainer.

We’ve had lots of positive feedback – people had a lovely time.