Last week the 2022 Coralus (formerly SheEO) NZ Ventures were announced. Two of the five winning NZ businesses are wāhine Māori owned. Te Whenua Group’s Kushla Okano (Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Rangitāne, Tūwharetoa) and Banqer’s Kendall Flutey (Ngāi Tahu) are incredible entrepreneurs who are leaders and change makers who are transforming systems in [...]
Kōkiri is a Māori business accelerator wānanga, based on kaupapa Māori values and focused on accelerating early-stage Māori led technology start-ups who have bold ambitions. Registrations for the Pre-accelerator 1-day wānanga are now open. Have you got a great idea but would like to receive validation around the concept? The 1-day wānanga is the perfect [...]
The EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association) and Poutama continue to deliver the FREE ‘Poutama Tangata’ group HR coaching programme to small & medium sized Māori businesses across Aotearoa. Best suited to business owners, managers, and staff responsible for: workplace contracts, policies and procedures, remuneration, training and development, performance measures and wellbeing. The next session (Wish [...]
Te Mātātahi is an 8-week digital marketing scholarship developed for rangatahi Māori ready to grow into tomorrow’s digital industry leaders. The Whāriki Māori Business Network and Meta, are launching the pilot programme for rangatahi interested in a career pathway into the digital marketing, media and creative sectors. Starting on 29 August, the programme will support [...]
Picture: From left Rhonda Kite, Co.OfWomen founder Tara Lorigan, with the other inductees Frances Valintine and Maxine Simmons. Photo credit/One-image Photography Rhonda Kite (Te Aupōuri, Ngāi Tākoto, Ngāti Kuri) is a true entrepreneur who has focused her career on the future of creative labour, skills, and technologies. Her three-decade-long voyage of exploration into the realm [...]
The EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association) and Poutama continue to deliver the FREE ‘Poutama Tangata’ group HR coaching programme to small & medium sized Māori businesses across Aotearoa. The programme has an open door policy where you can join at any time. It is best suited to business owners, managers, and staff responsible for: workplace [...]
Looking for guidance and support with your business resilience and continuity planning? HTK Group are facilitating workshops in Te Matau-a-Māui - Hawkes Bay. These workshops include refreshments, kai and networking opportunities with other Pakihi Māori. The last 4 workshops in the Hawkes Bay are scheduled in Napier (29 June) and Wairoa (30 June). Spaces are [...]
Kōkiri is a Māori business acceleration programme, based on kaupapa Māori values, focused on accelerating early-stage Māori-led start-ups who have bold ambitions, are impact positive and technology based. Poutama is proud to sponsor the 2022 programme which has seen 10 Māori-led start-ups from a wide range of industries such as fintech, edutech, food & beverage, [...]
This high-powered summit will feature some of the best Māori Tech Innovators and Entrepreneurs from around the motu. The aim is to inspire Rangatahi into pathways in technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. There are two summits, one was held in Rotorua (8 June 2022) and the next one is coming up in Tāmaki Makaurau (16 June [...]
Looking for guidance and support with your business resilience and continuity planning? Our partners from the HTK Group are facilitating workshops in both Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Matau-a-Māui. These workshops include refreshments, kai and networking opportunities with other Pakihi Māori. Workshops in: Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland are being held across the city between 8 to 15 [...]
