The indigenous reimagining of wine in Aotearoa New Zealand In a recent article on the International Wine and Spirit Competition Club Oenologique's website, there is a thoughtful piece written by Chris Howard on how the Aotearoa New Zealand's wine industry is recognising Māori, our language and culture, and how it is changing the industry and [...]
Nick Smith - Ngāti Kahungunu Chur Bol BBQ was started by Nick Smith in 2022 initially as a food cart business. They provide catering for special occasions and they attend festivals and concerts selling their low and slow food products. Within a short period of time, they moved into the retail market and have recently [...]
Raniera Rewiri - Whakatōhea, Te Arawa Raniera was born and bred in his slice of paradise of Whakatane and currently lives in Ōhope with his beautiful wife and their baby boy. He is hugely passionate about personal development, health and wellbeing, business, and his identity as Māori. His company Tupuānuku started in 2018 in the [...]
Froth Technologies is disrupting the brewing supplies industry in Aotearoa by localising the supply of brewing yeast available to brewers. Co-founders Simon Cooke of Ngāi Tahu descent and his business partner Ryan Carville, both passionate brewers, were looking for ways to offer something unique to the NZ craft brewing industry. In 2018 they took a [...]
The Asia New Zealand Foundation - Te Whītau Tūhono is offering up to 10 places for emerging Māori business leaders to be part of a bespoke Māori Food & Beverage business delegation travelling to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand from 18-28 May 2023. This is an opportunity to join a Foundation-led delegation to learn about the [...]
In August, Poutama was able to support Kirikiriroa-based Gumdrops Desserts, a whānau business owned by a mother, son and daughter combo who are all active in the business operations. Donna & Dillon Williams & Stevie Tkachuk all whakapapa to Ngāti Tūrangitukua (Ngāti Tūwharetoa). The business makes and sells fresh kiwi desserts like Pavlova, Steam Pudding, [...]
2035 Oceania Summit is the AgriFood Tech Sector Networking Event of the Year! It will take place in Tāmaki Makaurau next week. Attracting both local and international delegates, the 2035 Oceania Summit provides agribusinesses, agritech companies, researchers, corporate leaders, investors, policy-makers, regulators, and producers with the opportunity to meet and network across two days of [...]
Ngāti Rakaipaaka, Ngāti Rangi, Tāne-nui-a-Rangi Ngā Tamariki 60 is a whānau owned business which is jointly owned by the Bryant whānau members including Mum (Pani), Dad (Mike) and son (Sam), along with cousin Antonia Brell. Each member plays an important part in the success of the business. Pani is the face of the business, and [...]
Reni Wereta-Gargiulo (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru Kītahi, Te Āti Awa) from Kiwi Kai Nelson won the Supreme Award at this year’s MWDI Māori Businesswoman Awards 2022. Reni has a diverse background in marketing, promotion, business administration and tourism. Entrepreneurial skills inherited from ancestors on her mother’s side (O’Carroll) coupled with her Māori values and heritage [...]
Earlier this month, the Prime Minister led a trade mission including over 30 Aotearoa New Zealand businesses to Melbourne and Sydney. A couple of the Māori businesses on the mission are clients that Poutama has proudly supported to help grow their business. We had the chance to catch-up with one of these businesses on the [...]
