The Poutama team managed in the latter part of January to sneak away for a two day retreat to map out our activities for the year ahead. Nothing is for certain though and no doubt there will be a few surprises along with unplanned occurrences that can cause the best laid plans to go awry. [...]
Just before Xmas two Directors from Rangitāne o Tamaki nui a Rua & Rangitāne o Wairarapa asset holding company, Tū Mai Rā Investments (TMRI) made a very quick visit to Vietnam. One of the Directors is originally from Vietnam. While there they had a number of meetings including one with a supermarket chain (Saigon Co-op) [...]
A Māori business collective will work with scientists to develop a diabetic friendly snack food for New Zealand and export to China. Nuku ki te Puku is a group of Māori owned food and beverage businesses that will team with the High Value Nutrition National Science Challenge. The $1 million project will look at how [...]
Just before Xmas the Kawerau dairy project took another step forward with the signing of a Limited Liability Partnership agreement (LLP) between 11 whanau, hapu and iwi organisations, and their offshore partner. Sign up time! This step though was the culmination of a lot of other steps. These included the completion of the project feasibility [...]
HOW IT ALL STARTED Our story began when The True Honey Co. founder Jim McMillan spotted hills blanketed with Manuka flowers while exploring New Zealand’s breathtaking, remote back country. It gave him an idea – to harvest, bottle and sell Manuka honey that’s deliciously good, looking after everybody (and every bee) at every step. Jim [...]
Māori Fashion Designers, first Kiwis to show at Guangzhou Fashion Week China thanks to the support of Poutama Trust. Designer Kiri Nathan created an initiative to take Māori fashion designers to China. This first of its kind idea was to share all her industry contacts and resources with selected Māori Fashion designers and create an [...]
Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years. Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world. Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world, although they don't own any properties. Artificial Intelligence: Computers become exponentially better in [...]
Hayden Stowell, Ngāti Awa The Mānuka honey business is worth an estimated $1 billion to New Zealand, with much of that value held within the Māori economy. But as with any high-value product, Mānuka honey is at high risk of counterfeiting. A new traceability software system called ApiTrak has been designed to protect the integrity [...]
My name is Nita Maaka, I was born in Wellington and my whanau are from Nuhaka, East Coast - Ngāti Kahungunu. I started Raw Pawz in November 2010, leaving my full paid employment to offer other pet owners a selection of raw meats where they could also purchase on-line and have it delivered to their [...]
Harbour Investment Hui We would like to invite you and your colleagues to attend the third annual Harbour Investment Hui. Please feel free to forward this invitation on to anyone you feel may be interested in attending. Date: Tuesday 29th November Time: 10.30am, for 11am start (finishing with drinks and canapes at 4pm) Venue: Wellington, exact [...]
