The Apprentice Aotearoa

The Apprentice Aotearoa is a New Zealand reality television series currently airing on TVNZ 1 started on 10 May 2021. It featured Mike Pero as the CEO. The winner received NZ$50,000 and one-on-one mentoring with Pero.^[2] The advisors are Cassie Roma and Justin Tomlinson.^[3]

The Apprentice Aotearoa
Genre	Reality
Starring	Mike Pero Cassie Roma Justin Tomlinson
Narrated by	Kara Rickard
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producer	Great Southern Television[1]
Running time	60 minutes (including advertisements)
Original release
Network	TVNZ 1
Release	10 May (2021-05-10) – 20 July 2021 (2021-07-20)
Related
The Apprentice The Apprentice New Zealand

The series initially aired in 2010 under the title The Apprentice New Zealand.

Candidates

Candidate	Background	Age	Hometown	Result
Vanessa Goodson	Event Agency Owner and Creative Director[4]	30	Auckland	Winner
Stephen McDowell	Social media content creator and advisor[5]	28	Invercargill	Runner-up
Michael Wilson	Auctioneer[6]	33	Auckland	Fired in Week 11
Erna Basson	Beauty Brand Founder - Erabella Beauty [7]	33	Auckland	Fired in Week 10
Kennedy Anderson	Social media agency Founder and Creative Director[8]	23	Auckland	Fired in Week 9
Gabriel El-khishin	Mental Health Clinician[9]	22	Auckland	Fired in Week 8
Tony Collins	Social media agency Managing Director[10]	24	Auckland	Fired in Week 7
Megan Fernandes	Marketing Specialist and sneaker customiser[11]	24	Auckland	Fired in Week 7
Olivia Rogers	Tourism agency GM and Marketing Specialist[12]	31	Auckland	Fired in Week 6
Kyria Warren	Founder of luxury tourism business[13]	43	Auckland	Fired in Week 5
Shardae Mitha	Personal Trainer, Boxing Coach and Event Planner[14]	35	Auckland	Fired in Week 4
Nicola Spicer	Luxury swimwear founder[15]	36	Auckland / Perth / Bali	Fired in Week 3
Bari Samadi	Beverage Company Managing Director[16]	40	Auckland	Fired in Week 2
Ish Ryklief	Car Salesman[17]	24	Sydney	Fired in Week 1

Weekly results

Candidate	Original team	Week 3 team	Week 8 team	Week 10 team	Application Result	Record as Project Manager
Vanessa Goodson	Tahi	Mana	Mana	Mana	Winner	1-1 (Win in week 4, Loss in week 9)
Stephen McDowell	Mana	Tahi	Tahi	Mana	Runner-up	1-1 (Win in week 10, Loss in week 7)
Michael Wilson	Mana	Mana	Mana	Tahi	Fired in Week 11	2-2 (Win in weeks 7 & 8, Loss in weeks 1 & 10)
Erna Basson	Tahi	Tahi	Tahi	Tahi	Fired in Week 10	2-0 (Win in weeks 5 & 9)
Kennedy Anderson	Mana	Mana	Mana		Fired in Week 9	0-1 (Loss in week 3)
Gabriel El-khishin	Mana	Mana	Tahi		Fired in Week 8	1-1 (Win in week 6, Loss in week 8)
Tony Collins	Mana	Tahi			Fired in Week 7	1-0 (Win in week 3)
Megan Fernandes	Tahi	Tahi			Fired in Week 7
Olivia Rogers	Tahi	Tahi			Fired in Week 6	0-1 (Loss in week 6)
Kyria Warren	Tahi	Mana			Fired in Week 5	1-1 (Win in week 1, Loss in week 5)
Shardae Mitha	Tahi	Tahi			Fired in Week 4	0-1 (Loss in week 4)
Nicola Spicer	Tahi	Mana			Fired in Week 3	1-0 (Win in week 2)
Bari Samadi	Mana				Fired in Week 2	0-1 (Loss in week 2)
Ish Ryklief	Mana				Fired in Week 1

No.	Candidate	Elimination chart
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Vanessa Goodson	IN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN	LOSE	IN	IN	HIRED
2	Stephen McDowell	IN	BR	IN	BR	IN	IN	LOSE	IN	IN	WIN	IN	LOSE
3	Michael Wilson	LOSE	IN	IN	IN	BR	IN	WIN	WIN	IN	LOSE	FIRED
4	Erna Basson	IN	IN	IN	BR	WIN	BR	IN	BR	WIN	FIRED
5	Kennedy Anderson	IN	IN	LOSE	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
6	Gabriel Elkhishin	IN	BR	IN	IN	BR	WIN	IN	FIRED
7	Tony Collins	BR	IN	WIN	IN	IN	BR	FIRED
8	Megan Fernandes	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
9	Olivia Rogers	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
10	Kyria Warren	WIN	IN	BR	IN	FIRED
11	Shardae Mitha	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
12	Nicola Spicer	IN	WIN	FIRED
13	Bari Samadi	IN	FIRED
14	Ish Ryklief	FIRED

  The candidate was hired and won the competition.

  The candidate was on the losing team.

  The candidate won as project manager on his/her team.

  The candidate lost as project manager on his/her team.

  The candidate was brought to the final boardroom.

  The candidate was fired.

  The candidate lost as project manager and was fired.