Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 2:41 pm
Press Release: Payper
Payper
co-founders Lewis Hampton (left) and Adrien Taylor (right)
[Photo/Supplied]
First Table, New
Zealand’s number one restaurant booking app, has appointed
Payper as its PR agency
across Australia and New Zealand.
The partnership will
see Payper manage First Table’s earned media strategy as
the Queenstown-founded platform accelerates international
growth and builds its profile as a leading voice in the
hospitality sector in New Zealand and around the
world.
First Table connects more than 3.5 million
diners with over 4,300 restaurants across New Zealand,
Australia and the United Kingdom. The platform rewards
diners for booking the first table of the night with 50% off
the food bill, while helping restaurants fill off-peak
tables at no cost.
“We love hospitality and we know
the First Table story well – having worked with Mat in the
very early days of the business, landing coverage as the
platform launched across New Zealand,” said Adrien Taylor,
Payper co-founder.
“We’re thrilled to be teaming
up with Mat and the First Table team again. There’s
nothing we love more than backing ambitious New Zealanders
who are taking on the world, and First Table is exactly that
– a Kiwi startup that’s built something genuinely
world-class.”
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Weir said the partnership is a natural
fit.
“We’ve been really impressed with Payper –
not just with the results they’ve delivered for other
startups and tech companies, but with how quickly they’ve
understood our business and what we’re
building.
“Hospitality is a fast-moving industry and
we’ve got some ambitious growth plans ahead, so having a
team that genuinely gets our brand and moves quickly with us
is important. They already feel like a natural extension of
the First Table team.”
Payper is a results-based PR
agency with offices in Auckland and Christchurch. The agency
works with a portfolio of New Zealand brands including
Southbase Construction, Mons Royale, Coffee Supreme, Abe’s
Bagels, Evnex, Scapegrace and Contented.
About
Payper:
With offices in Auckland and Christchurch,
Payper is New Zealand’s most accountable and transparent
PR agency. Its unique pay-per-success model ensures clients
pay for the positive news coverage they get, rather than the
effort Payper puts in to get it. Payper is passionate about
making great public relations fair and transparent for all
New Zealanders.
Founded by a team of former
journalists, the agency has partnered with some of New
Zealand’s most iconic brands, including Mons Royale,
Abe’s Bagels, Evnex, and Coffee Supreme. Payper combines
storytelling expertise with precision strategy to deliver
results-driven, media-friendly communications that get real
results.
About First Table:
First Table is a
restaurant discovery platform that rewards diners for
booking the first table of the night with 50% off the food
bill. Founded in Queenstown, New Zealand in 2014 by Mat
Weir, the platform has grown into a community of more than
3.3 million diners and over 4,100 restaurant partners across
New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.
First
Table is the number one restaurant booking app on both the
App Store and Google Play in New Zealand. The platform’s
model is free for restaurants to join, helping venues fill
off-peak tables and create early buzz, while giving food
lovers the incentive to try new restaurants, cuisines and
experiences.
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