The EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association) and Poutama continue to deliver the FREE ‘Poutama Tangata’ group HR coaching programme to small & medium sized Māori businesses across Aotearoa. The programme has an open door policy where you can join at any time. It is best suited to business owners, managers, and staff responsible for: workplace [...]
Looking for guidance and support with your business resilience and continuity planning? HTK Group are facilitating workshops in Te Matau-a-Māui - Hawkes Bay. These workshops include refreshments, kai and networking opportunities with other Pakihi Māori. The last 4 workshops in the Hawkes Bay are scheduled in Napier (29 June) and Wairoa (30 June). Spaces are [...]
In a first in advancing the interests of wāhine in trade, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Aotearoa have published a review on trade and gender in this country. The ‘Trade and Gender Review’ sheds light on the outcomes of trade for Aotearoa wāhine in three economic roles: as workers, business leaders, [...]
Poutama is supporting The Ka Hao I te Ao programme – an e-commerce training programme offered to Māori business owners. Poutama is offerring a $10k grant to the business that excels in the programme. This funding is to be used to purchase products/services that will help take the business to another level. Last year, several [...]
Poutama is proud to support Māori owned and operated Waikato Dental. Poutama met-up with husband and wife owners Dr Hyrum Martin (Ko Ngāti Kahungunu & Ngāti Porou) and Shea Martin (Waikato Tainui & Ngāpuhi) to check-in on progress with Poutama’s investment in the business and ask a couple of questions. Tell us a little bit [...]
Kōkiri is a Māori business acceleration programme, based on kaupapa Māori values, focused on accelerating early-stage Māori-led start-ups who have bold ambitions, are impact positive and technology based. Poutama is proud to sponsor the 2022 programme which has seen 10 Māori-led start-ups from a wide range of industries such as fintech, edutech, food & beverage, [...]
This high-powered summit will feature some of the best Māori Tech Innovators and Entrepreneurs from around the motu. The aim is to inspire Rangatahi into pathways in technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. There are two summits, one was held in Rotorua (8 June 2022) and the next one is coming up in Tāmaki Makaurau (16 June [...]
Looking for guidance and support with your business resilience and continuity planning? Our partners from the HTK Group are facilitating workshops in both Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Matau-a-Māui. These workshops include refreshments, kai and networking opportunities with other Pakihi Māori. Workshops in: Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland are being held across the city between 8 to 15 [...]
ANZ invites Māori business owners, start-ups and SMEs to their third webinar called ‘Kia Whai Rawa - How to make a profit and maintain cash flow’. Running a successful business is about managing your pūtea well. This workshop will help show you how to generate sustainable profits over the long term, while keeping the cash [...]
Newsroom created a six-part video series on the Māori economy – stories looking at the Māori economy, now a $70 billion sector. This documentary takes a look into how the Māori Economy works, what drives it and makes it and the businesses that operate within it. The series is presented by Māori business analyst Joshua [...]
