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New Zealand speaker bureau

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.

Essential Talent at a glance

What it is
Speaker bureau
Based
No address published on its own site
Coverage
National, plus australia and international
Publishes fees
No
Website
essentialtalent.co.nz
Last verified
20 September 2026

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What Essential Talent covers

Essential Talent lists 15 speaker categories on its own site:

  • 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

What Essential Talent charges

Essential Talent does not publish fees. Every quote is a conversation, so set your budget before you enquire and ask early whether travel and accommodation sit inside or outside the figure.

Alternatives to Essential Talent

New Zealand has 4 organisations of this type. These are the others:

In summary

Essential Talent is a speaker bureau that publishes no address on its own site. Coverage: national, plus Australia and international. It lists 15 speaker categories. Essential Talent does not publish fees. Verified on its own website on 20 September 2026. This entry appears in the New Zealand section of Speakers Bureaus Directory, an independent directory where nobody pays to be listed.

This is an independent directory listing, not a page run by Essential Talent. Checked on its own website on 20 September 2026. Something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.