Lanice & Pene Waitai - Te Rarawa Taniwha Oysters is a small whānau business established in 2015 based out of Awanui (Te Tai Tokerau). They recently launched their new flat-bottomed oyster barge named ‘Poutama’. Poutama is proud to support Taniwha Oysters with the fabrication of this vessel, through the Provincial Growth Fund Programme. This programme [...]
Hinerangi Edwards - new Trustee Ngāruahine, Taranaki, Tāngahoe, Te Pakakohi, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Arawa, Hāmoa & Tonga Hinerangi was appointed as a Trustee to the Poutama Trust Board on 2 June. Born and raised in South Taranaki, Hinerangi has an extensive background in employment, youth and workforce development. Her board experience spans agriculture, education, iwi [...]
Richard Te Hurinui Jones – more than 20 years at the helm Ngāti Maniapoto, Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao & Tuhourangi After 20 years leading Poutama Trust, Richard stepped down as Chief Executive Officer in March 2021. Over this time, Richard has been the face of Poutama. He has been the chief [...]
Koroninia Dickinson - new Chief Executive Ngāti Kahungunu, Kāi Tahu & Kuki Airani Ka pū te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi - when the old net is cast aside, the new net goes fishing. This whakatuaki symbolises not only the old making way for the new but also embracing progress and the future. Koro joined [...]
Poutama & AgResearch whānau - pictured An important new partnership between AgResearch and Poutama will maximise the skills, networks, and capabilities of both organisations to help whenua-based (land-based) businesses and communities flourish. Poutama is an independent charitable trust established to provide business development services to Māori, and shares with AgResearch the value of kotahitanga (unity) and [...]
He tono: An invitation to Te Tai Tokerau marae growers and food producers Pā to Plate is a recently established social enterprise that connects descendants to whenua via kai and kõrero. Our initial focus is in Te Tai Tokerau, working with rural marae communities in restoring māra and growing kai. It is the first multi-marae, [...]
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) are partnering with the manufacturing and food and beverage sectors to develop an Industry Transformation Plan that seeks to help improve these sector’s productivity, employment opportunities, job quality, wages, and international competitiveness. The programmes of work will identify, and progress, [...]
Tēnā koutou and greetings, We are delighted to let you know that we are staging an invitation-only Virtual Indigenous Trade and Connections Event under the auspices of the Indigenous Business Sector Group which is part of the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF). We encourage you to register your interest to attend. The purpose of [...]
Poutama Trust: Collaboration key to success for Māori businesses Attending the Te Hono Stanford Bootcamp IV in 2015 confirmed what Poutama Trust CE Richard Jones had known about the benefits of collaboration. “We were collaborating before bootcamp, but [going to bootcamp] helped validate that this was a good path for us to go down, simply [...]
What started out in early 2018 as a discussion with Waiū Dairy on the possibility of producing a plant based beverage has now morphed into one of Poutama’s largest collaborative groupings, MIHI (Movers In Hemp Innovation). MIHI recently held its third annual hui at the Riddet Institute, Palmerston North with 45 people turning up for the [...]
