Aoraki is a grassroots construction company in Wellington

Our Story

Formed in 2019 by two experienced local construction professionals motivated to dig in, get back to basics, and build great buildings in the greater Wellington region.

We’ve stuck to the basic principles that we set out back in April 2019 – being on site practical and smart building skills being at the core of what we do, partnering with positively motivated people, beating challenges as a team through collaboration and working with an underlying ethos that success is only truly achieved if all parties succeed together.

For us, commercial construction is our core skill base, its what we love doing and its what we do best!

Our Approach

We bring a fresh practical & collaborative approach, the right expertise, and a drive for shared success.

We partner with our clients to provide development planning, feasibility, concept and management.
Project planning, programming, monitoring & reporting.
Estimating, pricing and cost management.
Construction services as Main Contractor.

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The golden rules

Our key strengths, strategies and points of difference

Aoraki’s site management and skilled labour team have some of the best experience in Wellington with backgrounds from the city’s historically biggest and most successful Main Contractor companies.

Most importantly, we give our team the trust and autonomy they need to effectively manage construction risk through a practical lens and deliver great buildings.

No complicated bureaucracy, no unnecessary overheads, quick decision making.

Our practical construction & people focus sees the team physically based on project sites, where Aoraki people are visibly the driving force on the workface, every day.

This is the region we know & love, and a local construction market we are deeply embedded in. This means that you get the benefit of the strength of our long relationships with top tier subcontractors; as well as our drive to form a lasting relationship with you.

We love building, and our vision is to see Aoraki delivering great buildings with great people long into the future. For us, an important part of this includes operating according to our carefully considered Te Tikanga o Aoraki Construction and showing respect for Mana Whenua.

To achieve best commercial outcomes and better outcomes for all we take social responsibility, cultural respect, diversity and inclusion seriously.

Our Tikanga was developed in October 2021, and sets out our guidelines with respect to Manawhenua, Mana-Ake, Whakawhanaungatanga, Karakia, Kawa, Manaaki, Mihi Whakatau, Waiata, Tangi/Kawamate and Orangatanga.

Connection, mentoring & pastoral care. We have people in our business, especially, Hani Kopetschny, Kirk Sutton and Gazelle Moinfar, who have naturally taken mentorship and care roles for our Aoraki team and subcontractors.

Ngā rautaki o Aoraki is our strategy team, which was set up in 2021 to guide the Aoraki whānau to deliver on our purpose and values.

The Aoraki team connect with each other through regular company provided wellbeing activities such as hiking, mountain biking, Round the Bays fun run, Corporate Challenge run, and events like the Motatapu mountain biking and running event in Queenstown.

Since Aoraki’s inception, our founding values (our ‘Golden Rules’, of which there are five) include: “We love building, and our vision is to see Aoraki delivering great buildings with great people long into the future. For us, an important part of this includes operating according to our carefully considered Te Tikanga o Aoraki Construction and showing respect for Mana Whenua.”

We are staunch supporters of NAWIC (National Association of Women in Construction), supporting women of Aoraki as members.

We are engaged with MATES in construction , who have completed talks and presentations on all of our construction sites.

We have provided Te Reo classes for the Aoraki team, who took up these lessons with great pride and enthusiasm.

Supplier diversity. We have a standing relationship with Rāranga, whom Aoraki have partnered with since Rāranga began in April 2022. We engage with Amotai registered subcontractors (e.g. Highrise Group Ltd), our key carpentry partners (Vertbuild and NK Henderson) have a high number of Maori and Pasifika carpenters and apprentices.

We are Living Wage accredited and all of the Aoraki team are paid at least 5% higher than Living Wage.

Commitment to the success of each project and the best interests of the client...

“Throughout our collaborations, Aoraki has consistently demonstrated a strong commitment to the success of each project and the best interests of the client. Their approach is collaborative and proactive, with a clear focus on keeping projects moving efficiently, where their forward-thinking coordination and scheduling has helped maintain momentum on site.”

– Andrea Tucker, Director, TEAM Architects

Aoraki Construction demonstrated a high level of professionalism and expertise...

“From the outset, Aoraki Construction demonstrated a high level of professionalism and expertise. Their team was dedicated, efficient, and consistently communicated with us throughout the project. They adhered to what were very tight timeframes to ensure that our campus’ were ready for the new Semester start dates. The pressure to deliver on time however did not compromise their commitment to ensuring we received a quality finish.”

– Michelle Murphy, Senior Property Advisor, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa