Written by Missy Armstrong Understanding the ‘Business Support Eco-System’ can be confusing as leadership, budgets and company objectives change year-on-year. There is no secret pool of money for start up initiatives and there is also no secret directory of support agencies. Those that survive the first 2 years have backed their dreams with their own [...]
Waiū Dairy is pleased to announce the appointment of Sam Mikaere (Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Kahungunu) as CEO. Ngā puke ki Hauraki ka tarehū E mihi ana ki te whenua E tangi ana ki te tangata Ko Moehau kei waho Ko Te Aroha kei uta Ko Tīkapakapa te moana Ko Hauraki te whenua Ko [...]
Another year has ambled by and as we look back on it the ever presence of change has moved almost imperceptibly among us. Actually, it’s not until we do look back that the realisation dawns that for a small whānau, Poutama has experienced a myriad of activities involving Māori enterprise. Among all of this we’ve [...]
Date: Friday 29 November 2019 Location: Auckland Time: 8:30am – 4:00pm Cost: $40pp (includes lunch at Villa Maria) Register: missy@poutama.co.nz Registrations close 18 November. Get in quick as there are only a few more spaces left - limited to 10. This full day Food & Beverage hīkoi will inform, inspire and connect businesses that [...]
NZ Fashion Designer wins MWDI Māori Business Women Awards 2019 With a vision to deliver Māori fashion in cultural and business excellence, Kiri Nathan was announced the Māori Business Woman of the Year for 2019 at the MWDI Māori Business Women Awards last month in Rotorua. The Kiri Nathan label produces lifestyle and bespoke fashion, [...]
CL2IMB the brainchild of effervescent Poutama Business Development Manager, Missy Armstrong, recently held its final hui at Omapere, Hokianga. Started in 2017 the CL2IMB hui have been held throughout Aotearoa from Invercargill to Kaitaia and many places in between. A whānau of sponsors have pretty much come along with the CL2IMB programme during its entirety [...]
Iwi-run South Taranaki business working with BurgerFuel franchise - Jane Matthews A small South Taranaki iwi-run business is supplying its futuristic food to a nationwide boutique burger chain's new menu. Waverley-based Kaitahi - the Native Superfood Company is providing BurgerFuel with pūhā, a green leafy vegetable native to New Zealand, and nutrient-filled smoothie drops for two [...]
RIFF grows in its second year Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival organisers are blown away by the response to the festival in its second year. Piripi Curtis, one of the festival's three directors, said some of the events during the festival doubled or tripled in size compared with last year. The festival was created by award-winning [...]
Haumaru Kai Aotearoa (New Zealand Food Safety) envisions a future where there is a strong relationship with tangata whenua and Treaty partners – where opportunities for partnership thrive. Their vision is that New Zealand kai can be trusted by everyone, everywhere. Their strategy is their touchstone for communicating to all – about who they are, [...]
We’ve just come off a whirlwind road trip hosting our First Nation whānau, Josh Giesbrecht from the Ojibway Hempire and Chief Edward Roundpoint from the Akwesasne Mowhawks. Over the latter part of August, MIHI members throughout Te Ika o Māui extended their manaakitanga to our visitors, embracing them with openness and a strong desire to [...]
