Last week’s budget announcements, saw more than $1 billion in budget commitments made towards Māori development initiatives. These commitments cover several areas, including: whānau, wāhine & rangatahi resilience, media, whenua, protection of mātauranga Māori and taonga, support for Māori arts as well as cadetships and progressive procurement. A useful summary covering these specific initiative, budget [...]
In February, Newsroom began a six-part video series on the Māori economy – a series of video 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 [...]
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 O-Studio. O-Studio is Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest modern Wellness Space, founded by Tim Bateman, Jess Smith & Sam Thomas to provide their community with tools & practices to support mental and physical health & well-being. Based in Central Christchurch, the space opened in November 2019. Tim [...]
Applications to become a SheEO Venture opened on 10 May. Are you tackling the World’s To-Do List? You don’t have to do it alone. SheEO Venture applications are open once a year — and in Australia and New Zealand, they are now open until 10 June! As a selected Venture you’ll receive support, connections from [...]
Comprised of 20 Māori land trusts/incorporations and totalling 24,000 hectares of land, the Māori Agribusiness Sheep Milk Collective is to receive $700,000 from the Government as part of its Fit for a Better World roadmap. The funds are to assist in examining the feasibility of sustainable sheep milk at scale and job creation. In 2020, [...]
Te Kawa a Māui / School of Māori Studies at Te Herenga Waka / Victoria University of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, are helping investigate new pest management tools for the control of varroa mite. They’re conducting a new survey for Māori beekeepers (past and present) and hope to reach as many Māori beekeepers as possible. Currently there [...]
Our partner BERL provides further insights about the Māori economy - this time focusing on the performance of Māori authorities - during COVID-19. As of December 2021, there were over 1,450 economically significant Māori authorities and subsidiaries. A quarter of these operate in the primary and goods producing (manufacturing, construction, and electricity, gas, water and [...]
Cheyenne Wilson (Tūhoe and Ngāti Awa) has been named as the Network's first chair. The Network was established in June 2021 to enable young people across the primary sector to raise industry issues and provide input into critical decisions to shape the future of Aotearoa’s food and fibre sector. Having been involved in the dairy [...]
The EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association) and Poutama continues to deliver the 12-month ‘Poutama Tangata’ group coaching programme to small & medium sized Māori businesses across Aotearoa. This HR coaching programme has an open door policy where businesses can join at any time. It is suited to business owners, managers, and staff responsible for: workplace [...]
