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E Tipu – The Boma Agri Summit

2024-05-17T11:08:18+12:00May 17th, 2024|Business, Cuisine, Education, Forestry, Health, Honey, Lifestyle|

Aotearoa’s favourite food and fibre sector summit is headed to Manawatū next month. E Tipu: The Boma Agri Summit brings together remarkable speakers and changemakers to share mind-blowing insights, ignite vital conversations, and help shape the future of Aotearoa’s primary industries. E Tipu is a truly hybrid event that walks its talk — offering a [...]

Kia hiwa rā – Māori creative (digital) business delegation to China 2024

2024-05-17T11:08:29+12:00May 17th, 2024|Business, Creative, Digital, Education, Innovation, Lifestyle, Technology|

Te Whītau Tūhono - The Asia New Zealand Foundation is offering up to eight places for emerging Māori creative business leaders to be part of a funded delegation to China in July 2024. Te Whītau Tūhono have committed to another Pakihi Māori delegation, this time it will be a creative business study tour to China [...]

Little People, Big Emotions

2024-05-17T11:08:42+12:00May 17th, 2024|Business, Creative, Digital, Education, Innovation, Lifestyle|

Renee White - Rangitāne, Ngāti Kahungunu Little People, Big Emotions is an E-commerce business selling high quality rauemi (resources) to help build emotional intelligence (EI) within tamariki (children).  They offer rauemi to support parents, caregivers, teachers, schools, and health professionals in raising emotionally intelligent tamariki. Their rauemi come in the form of posters and cards [...]

Aesthetics Collective

2024-05-17T11:08:55+12:00May 17th, 2024|Business, Creative, Digital, Education, Innovation, Lifestyle|

Jarnah Snee, Ngāti Kahungunu Aesthetics Collective is an Appearance Medicine provider based in Havelock North, Hawkes Bay specialising in Cosmetic Injectables and the Emsella Treatment owned and operated by Jarnah Snee. Their range of services include Anti-Wrinkle Treatments, Dermal Fillers & Bio-Remodellers, Hair Loss Treatment for both men and women, Radio Frequency Microneedling, and the [...]

Five tech trends for small businesses in 2024

2024-04-03T13:40:49+13:00April 3rd, 2024|Business, Digital, Innovation, Technology|

Xero reports on the latest trends that could help small businesses, they've separated the hype from reality to uncover the top five technology trends that may impact the small business landscape in 2024. Trend #1: The AI-augmented creativity boom Trend #2: The rise of the augmented, conversational UI Trend #3: The metaverse finds a new [...]

FREE business webinar: How to protect your business against ransomware

2024-04-03T13:41:02+13:00April 3rd, 2024|Business, Digital, Education, Innovation, Technology|

Last month CERT NZ launched a new series of interactive business webinars with the first covering Online Security Basics for Business – it can be watched here. The next one, taking place at 10.30am Tuesday 30 April will look at one of the most disruptive types of cyber-attacks for any sized business - ransomware. Register [...]

The Matihiko Awards

2024-04-03T13:41:36+13:00April 3rd, 2024|Business, Digital, Innovation, Technology|

The Matihiko Awards - Celebrating Māori Excellence in Digital and Technology The annual Ngā Tohu Matihiko | Matihiko Awards provides recognition for Māori leaders and emerging leaders to celebrate their contributions in te ao matihiko, digital and tech. The Matihiko Awards is set to take place on 22 June in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.  These awards [...]

Ārohia Trailblazer Grant

2024-04-03T13:41:56+13:00April 3rd, 2024|Business, Innovation, Investment, Technology|

The Ārohia Trailblazer Grant is back for its second round of funding. This contestable grant aims to give a maximum of $4m in co-funding, to up to 10 Pakihi that are both creating ground-breaking, world-leading innovations, and creating new opportunities for other innovators in Aotearoa. If you know an innovator that’s the best of the [...]

South Waikato Investment Fund Trust

2024-04-03T13:42:10+13:00April 3rd, 2024|Business, Finance, Innovation, Investment|

South Waikato Investment Fund Trust (SWIFT) is a community-owned economic development fund dedicated to the growth and development of South Waikato. Established in 2014, the Trust was tasked with managing the investment fund by approving funding for economic development proposals.  In 2021 the Trust formed an operations team of 3 to further support and expand [...]

Te Kāinga Wāhine

2024-04-03T13:42:27+13:00April 3rd, 2024|Business, Education, Innovation, Lifestyle, Service|

Amy McLean - Ngāti Māhanga, Waikato Amy is an experienced Professional Coach and Facilitator, a māmā, and the founder of Te Kāinga Wāhine, a support organisation for wāhine Māori in business and leadership. Over the past six years she has used her coaching practice and experience working with Pakihi Māori across various levels, to build [...]

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