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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]
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| The Apprentice Aotearoa | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Starring |
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| 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 – 20 July 2021 |
| Related | |
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.
Challenges
External links
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