Poutama is proud to support Māori owned businesses across Aotearoa. Recently, we had the opportunity to support fitness and wellbeing business - The HIIT Squad – owned by Matt Bateman (Ngāi Tahu) and Whitney Bateman. Based in Ōtautahi/Christchurch, the business has been operating since 2016. The HIIT Squad’s mission is to provide the most unique [...]
Manawa Honey NZ joins 200 companies in Aotearoa New Zealand that have achieved the B Corp Certification. The Ruatāhuna-based business is only one of the very few Māori businesses, as well as a handful of honey producers to have achieved the accreditation. B Corp seeks to foster a new kind of business thinking that balances [...]
On 1 November, Māori fashion designer Kiri Nathan (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Hau) launched Te Āhuru Mōwai. The Creative Community space will house the brand's collections alongside the Kāhui Collective and other community projects led by Kiri. Located in Kiri's home area of Glen Innes in East Auckland, Te Āhuru Mōwai (meaning shelter [...]
Māori Women’s Development Inc (MWDI) provide loans to wāhine Māori and their whānau. The loans enable and assist them to enter into and commence business and/or to expand and restructure their existing businesses. The loans are OPEN and applications must be submitted no later than Monday 7 November 2022. If you are looking to apply, [...]
Kōkiri is a Māori business accelerator wānanga, based on kaupapa Māori values and focused on accelerating early-stage Māori led technology start-ups who have bold ambitions. Registrations for the Pre-accelerator 1-day wānanga are now open. Have you got a great idea but would like to receive validation around the concept? The 1-day wānanga is the perfect [...]
The NZ SME & Entrepreneur Festival is coming to the Vodafone Events Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau from 8-9 November 2022. This Festival is where you'll find inspiration, meet exceptional like-minded people, and leave with actionable skills. It is a business event for anyone curious about new strategies and tactics to help grow and move your [...]
The Ākina Impact Investment Readiness Programme is back for a sixth year of supporting impact businesses across Aotearoa New Zealand. It is quick and easy to apply online through an Expression of Interest. Successful applicants receive up to $30,000 to spend on whatever professional support is needed to get ready to secure investment. In particular, [...]
Harper Co is an Enterprise Level Sales Coaching business that specialises in working with Māori Business owners. Harper Co’s founder Kristin Harper (Ngāi Tahu), says it focuses on helping review, develop, and enhance their client’s sales strategies and plans so they can spend less time worrying and have more time to focus on the things [...]
Māori fashion designer and Poutama client, Nichola Te Kiri - founder and proud owner of Nichola - Designs of Aotearoa was the main creative behind the Women's Rugby World Cup Player of the Match Trophy. Earlier this year, she was approached by the Mastercard team about this project. Nichola says she was honoured to craft [...]
During Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, and as part of the Auckland Fringe Festival, Poutama was proud to support the Wāhine Māori Comedy Event called ‘Shoes Off At The Door’. Over five nights, the event featured five wāhine Māori comedians, with Jayne Henry joined by Courtney Dawson (Ngāti Kuri, Waikato-Tainui), Kura Turuwhenua (Ngāti Porou, [...]
