Brett Rangitaawa & Jennie Waterson – Muaupoko, Te Atiawa The Heavy Metal Company is owned and operated by husband and wife team Brett Rangitaawa and Jennie Waterson. Heavy Metal is a traditional, handcrafted sand and lost wax metal casting foundry servicing New Zealand’s design, transport, defence, marine, art and architectural industries. Heavy Metal is an [...]
On the 5th July 2018 Poutama acknowledged its 30th year of operation. Don’t worry though, there will be a celebration!! The establishment of Poutama was one of the outcomes from the 1984 Hui Taumata. Poutama was formally established as a Charitable Trust with a capital base of $10m on 5th July 1988. A board of [...]
Dr Lance O’Sullivan - Ngati Maru, Te Rarawa, Nga Puhi Imagine if our ancestors had accelerated the adoption of the new technologies of the Europeans when they first arrived. It is true that they did so in some areas with examples of early adoption of trading and shipping practices and of course the use of [...]
Objective The Harbour Asset Management Iwi Scholarship is designed to support the investment education of iwi groups. It is targeted towards a commerce student with both a strong academic achievement and a proven commitment to contribute to their community and iwi. The objective of Harbour Asset Management is to support the development of the next generation [...]
Poutama recently met up with Bob Collier from Health & Safety1 NZ Ltd. He returned home to live permanently in Aotearoa, November 2014. Bob had spent the last 9 years of fly in – fly out work from Whakatane into large construction projects for the oil, gas and mining sectors in Australia. The projects were typically [...]
