The Kāhui Legal team celebrated their 20th anniversary last month at Te Wharewaka o Pōneke. Wow what an awesome achievement and celebration of being Māori! Poutama was proud to be there to acknowledge the many years of mahi and achievements of their team and alumni. Kāhui Legal is a specialist law firm working at the [...]
The Tompkins Wake Rotorua Business Awards are delivered annually by the Rotorua Business Chamber. These high-profile business awards celebrate innovation and creativity in the business sector and have been a highlight of Rotorua’s business calendar for well over 20 years. If your business is a proud Māori bilingual business, we encourage you to enter the [...]
Registrations are OPEN for the upcoming Tipu Pakihi Māori Business Symposium, a premier event dedicated to empowering and advancing Māori entrepreneurship. The conference, scheduled for 6th & 7th July, will provide valuable insights, networking opportunities, and practical strategies for success in the business world. Tipu Pakihi aims to foster collaboration, innovation, and growth within the [...]
Froth Technologies is disrupting the brewing supplies industry in Aotearoa by localising the supply of brewing yeast available to brewers. Co-founders Simon Cooke of Ngāi Tahu descent and his business partner Ryan Carville, both passionate brewers, were looking for ways to offer something unique to the NZ craft brewing industry. In 2018 they took a [...]
Brittany Teei (Te Rarawa & Kuki Airani) was born and raised in Tāmaki Makaurau, she has joined our whānau as our new Business Advisor covering Te Tai Tokerau & Tāmaki Makaurau. She is an ex-professional tennis player, and entrepreneur who works in the international education, tech, beauty and sports industries. Brittany has previously worked as [...]
Poutama was proud to co-sponsor with Callaghan Innovation the HI-TECH Kamupene Māori o te Tau / 2023 Māori HI-TECH Company of the Year Award. Māori entrepreneur Aaron Ward's (Ngāti Maru) software company AskNicely won the Award at the recent New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards in Ōtautahi. With teams in the US and Europe, AskNicely serves millions of [...]
