# Essential Talent

Source: https://speakersbureaus.directory/new-zealand/bureaus/essential-talent/
Last verified: 2026-09-20
Publisher: Speakers Bureaus Directory, an independent directory. This is not a page run by Essential Talent.

One of New Zealand's leading keynote agencies, founded by Shaun O'Neill, booking speakers, MCs and comedians across New Zealand and Australia.

## At a glance

- What it is: speaker bureau
- Based: No address published on its own site
- Coverage: national, plus Australia and international
- Roster: Not published
- Publishes fees: No
- Takes new speakers via: general enquiry, no public speaker application form
- Website: https://essentialtalent.co.nz/
- Contact: https://essentialtalent.co.nz/

## What Essential Talent covers

Essential Talent lists 15 speaker categories:

- Leadership
- Business
- Motivational
- Mental Health & Wellbeing
- AI & Innovation
- Sport
- Women in Leadership
- Resilience
- High Performance
- Keynote Speakers
- Conference MC
- Comedians
- Workshop Facilitators
- After Dinner Speakers
- Panel Moderators

## How to get on the roster

There is no public application form. Essential Talent takes new speakers through direct contact.

## What it charges

Essential Talent does not publish fees. Every quote is negotiated.

## Alternatives

New Zealand has 4 organisations of this type. Others include:

- Celebrity Speakers: https://speakersbureaus.directory/new-zealand/bureaus/celebrity-speakers/
- Speakers New Zealand: https://speakersbureaus.directory/new-zealand/bureaus/speakers-new-zealand/
- turnerspeaks: https://speakersbureaus.directory/new-zealand/bureaus/turnerspeaks/

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