NTKMADE LTD

2023-11-07T09:44:52+13:00November 7th, 2023|Business, Fashion, Innovation, Lifestyle|

Nichola Te Kiri - Ngāi Tūhoe NTKMADE LTD is an emblematic company known for its innovative and artistic approach to Māori design.  Nichola Te Kiri of Ngāi Tūhoe and Pākeha heritage, founded the company in 2016.  It is a dynamic creative enterprise that encompasses multiple product lines and offers a range of design services. Embodying [...]

MWDI Māori Businesswomen’s Awards 2023

2023-11-07T10:15:12+13:00November 7th, 2023|Business, Creative, Digital, Fashion, Innovation, Investment, Lifestyle|

Poutama was proud to support the MWDI Business Awards with our sponsorship of the Te Pōiketanga (Emerging Business) Category. Alongside MWDI, we’ve a solid reputation of supporting Wāhine Māori-led economic development.  Across Aotearoa, we see the contribution that this economic development has for wāhine, whānau and hapori whānui. Te Pōiketanga is about acknowledging a new [...]

Tupuānuku

2023-10-03T01:59:32+13:00October 3rd, 2023|Business, Cuisine, Digital, Education, Innovation, Lifestyle|

Raniera Rewiri - Whakatōhea, Te Arawa Raniera was born and bred in his slice of paradise of Whakatane and currently lives in Ōhope with his beautiful wife and their baby boy.  He is hugely passionate about personal development, health and wellbeing, business, and his identity as Māori. ​ His company Tupuānuku started in 2018 in the [...]

Te Ara Pōtiki

2023-10-03T01:59:09+13:00October 3rd, 2023|Agriculture, Business, Education, Innovation, Science, Technology|

An indigenous global knowledge exchange programme in the agri-food sector Arama Kukutai (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui, Te Aupōuri) is a venture capitalist and CEO of vertical farming company, Plenty, based in California. He is a US-based business leader who is championing more Māori to get into the science and technology sector by offering internships in America for [...]

Natures Therapeutics

2023-10-03T01:59:22+13:00October 3rd, 2023|Business, Health, Innovation, Lifestyle, Retail|

Gordon Little-Tito - Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi Natures Therapeutics Limited™ is a Māori owned manufacturer of health and personal products based in Whangārei, New Zealand. They manufacture for wholesale and retail, a range of natural remedial products that contain plant extracts traditionally used by Māori – Kawakawa, Kūmarahou, Mānuka and Kānuka.  Additionally, they have a range [...]

Land Design HQ

2023-10-03T01:59:42+13:00October 3rd, 2023|Business, Construction, Innovation, Lifestyle|

Shaun Eckhoff - Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi Land Design HQ was started in 2022 by Shaun Eckhoff from his home in Ōmokoroa in the Bay of Plenty, servicing bay wide including Rotorua and parts of Waikato. The company is a landscape design and build business specialising in outdoor spaces, green space, hardscape, softscapes, swimming pools [...]

Rautaki Bookkeeping

2023-10-03T01:59:52+13:00October 3rd, 2023|Business, Innovation, Lifestyle, Service|

Indiyah Giles - Ngāti Torehina, Te Arawa Rautaki Bookkeeping was founded in August 2019 by Indiyah and her husband Jeremy Giles.  They thrive from the challenge of operating three growing small businesses from their home in Mangawhai, Northland. They are extremely grateful to continue operating after 4-years of global economic challenges including the Covid-19 pandemic [...]

KUMA – 2023 Southern Māori Business Network Awards

2023-10-03T02:00:01+13:00October 3rd, 2023|Business, Innovation, Investment, Lifestyle, Service|

A celebration of southern Māori success in Tāhuna, Queenstown this week, culminated in acknowledging businesses and leaders from around the region at the KUMA Southern Māori Business Awards on Saturday night. The awards gala dinner concluded five days of shining the spotlight on mātauranga Māori, with businesses from Otago, Southland and the Queenstown Lakes District [...]

NZ Fashion Week – Kahuria

2023-09-08T11:31:27+12:00September 8th, 2023|Business, Creative, Fashion, Innovation, Lifestyle|

Last week our Poutama team were fortunate enough to celebrate and enjoy Māori excellence on the fashion runway at New Zealand Fashion Week: Kahuria. NZ Fashion Week has returned in 2023 after a four-year hiatus, with a focus on local Māori talent.  We were proud to tautoko Kiri Nathan, and attend her show which opened the [...]

Xero are backing beautiful business

2023-09-08T11:30:29+12:00September 8th, 2023|Business, Innovation, Investment|

The Xero Beautiful Business Fund is now open! If you are a Xero small business customer, you can apply now for your share of over NZD$750,000 funding to support the future aspirations of small businesses globally. Customers across Australia, Canada (excluding Quebec), New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the UK and the US, are all eligible [...]

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