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Romeo NZ Marketplace.

A safe, school-scoped marketplace where students, families, and teachers list, bid, and trade for real, on mobile and web, powered by the MT Whare engine and grounded in tikanga Māori.

Powered by MT Whare
Built on the MT Whare engine →

The same secure, real-time, culturally-grounded platform that powers the game powers every trade in Romeo.

What it offers

A marketplace built for school whānau.

School-only marketplace

A closed marketplace where only verified members of the same school trade together. Students never see another school’s listings or data.

List & browse

List an item in a few taps, then browse with search, categories, a wishlist, and a recently-viewed rail to find what you need.

Bids & item-for-item trades

Place a cash-free bid or offer one of your own items as a swap. Sellers review every offer and accept the one they want.

On-campus handover

Meet-ups are scheduled into real school periods (before school, breaks, kai time, or after the bell) so trades happen safely, in person.

Private per-trade chat

Every accepted trade gets its own moderated thread with read receipts, so buyer and seller can sort the details without sharing personal contacts.

Reputation & trader levels

Two-way star reviews and gamified trader levels (Bronze to Platinum) reward good manaaki and build trust trade after trade.

Family accounts

Verified one-time-code linking lets a parent or caregiver take part safely alongside their student, with up to five family members per student.

Safety & moderation

Reporting, no-show disputes, blocking, bans with appeals, and an admin moderation console keep the marketplace a safe place to be.

Available on

Wherever your whānau are.

One marketplace, two front doors, with the same trades, listings, and reputation across both.

Native mobile app

iOS & Android, built with Expo and React Native: push notifications, secure sign-in, and the full trade flow in your pocket.

Responsive web app

A full feature-parity marketplace on the web, built with Next.js: every listing, bid, and handover, in the browser.

LiveTrade-only todayReal-time chat rolling outStaging live · app-store launch pendingSchool-trading mode · April 2026
The trade journey

From bid to handover.

Five simple steps: fair, safe, and face to face.

  1. 1

    Place a bid

    Find an item, then place a cash-free bid or offer one of your own items as a swap.

  2. 2

    Seller accepts

    The seller picks the offer they want. The trade is locked to just the two of you.

  3. 3

    Schedule a handover

    Choose a school period that suits: before school, a break, lunch, or after the bell.

  4. 4

    Meet & hand over

    Trade in person, on campus: safe, simple, and face to face.

  5. 5

    Rate each other

    Two-way reviews build everyone’s reputation, and strengthen the whanaungatanga for next time.

Powered by MT Whare

The engine behind every trade.

Romeo runs on the MT Whare engine, the same secure, real-time rails that power the game, hardened for a real-world, school-safe marketplace.

Per-school isolation
Every request is locked to the user’s school: complete data separation, by design.
Real-time coordination
Live trade-state and chat keep both sides in sync the instant anything changes.
Race-safe handovers
A server-authoritative state machine guarantees one clean outcome for every trade.
Trust & reputation
Two-way reviews and ratings, with moderation and dispute tooling built in.
Privacy by design
Built for an under-18 audience, with a full NZ Privacy Act programme behind it.
Payments-ready
Trade-only today, with secure payments engineered and ready to switch on.

Bring fair trade to your kura.

Romeo NZ Marketplace is rolling out school by school. Talk to us about bringing it to yours.

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