Poutama is proud to support to Silvicom - a silviculture business operating in the forestry industry and based in Te Tai Tokerau. Owned and operated by Keita and Will Edmonds, the business provides its services from Kaitaia to Silverdale. Will worked within the industry for a number of years before gaining enough experience to start [...]
Aotearoa’s largest exporters conference ‘Go Global’ is back and bigger than ever! Join for a day of networking, connecting, and hearing the bold and daring stories of like-minded exporters, importers and manufacturers as they take their products and services global. To pre-register your interest ahead of the official launch, please click here. [...]
The Icehouse delivered programme is a residential programme specially created for high-calibre business owners. The businesses should have more than 15 full-time employees and $3million+ in revenue. The programme is for those who want to develop a better awareness of what drives business growth, and understand how analysis and fine-tuning can solve business problems. More [...]
A new research report from Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NZ’s Maori Research Centre of Research Excellence), about the impacts of climate change on Māori has been released. The report He huringa āhuarangi, he huringa ao: a changing climate, a changing world, shows how climate change is affecting Māori communities. Produced with Manaaki Whenua – [...]
You can have your say on this proposed Income Insurance Scheme. The Government, Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions are proposing a new way of better protecting workers and the economy: a New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme. It will support workers with 80 percent of their income for up to [...]
Poutama is proud to support Ruatoria Pies, a pie manufacturing business based in the Waiapu Valley of the Gisborne region. Ruatoria Pies are a whānau oriented business, owned and operated by Bobbie Morice and Pakanui Webb. Almost all of their employees have a whānau connection to Bobbie or Pakanui. The business has been in Bobbie’s [...]
Are you a Māori Professional interested in expanding your professional networks into Canada? If so, enrol in Indigi-X, a free 6-week virtual indigenous professional exchange. The first intake runs from 18 February to 1 April 2022 for two hours each Friday. There are 8 spots remaining for Māori participants. Find out more and register here. [...]
Do you want to grow your business, quickly? Are you keen to develop your team and build on your capabilities as founders? Kōkiri could be the right kaupapa for you and your start-up team. Kōkiri is a 10-week kaupapa Māori programme that supports and accelerates the development of early-stage impact positive start-ups into investment-ready ventures. [...]
The EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association) and Poutama continue to deliver the 12-month ‘Poutama Tangata’ group coaching programme to small & medium sized Māori businesses across Aotearoa. The programme is FREE and available to Māori SMEs seeking guidance with their ‘people’ needs and requirements: Focusing on tools and techniques to help lead your people Creating [...]
Managed and operated by Kawhata & Amy Williams, Niche Design & Construction is a residential, architectural and commercial building business based in Wanaka. Poutama proudly supported Niche last year with funding to purchase tools and machinery. Last year, Niche won the employment & growth category at the 2021 Te Kupeka Umaka Māori Ki Araiteuru Otago [...]
