Kim Hill - Rangitāne Kim Hill, owner and founder of Stratigi, discusses life as a sought-after business strategist and championing Māori in business. “I try not to use the phrase ‘business development’ with my clients because that implies that Māori entrepreneurs and leaders need developing. In reality, we’ve been successfully trading and capitalising on opportunity [...]
Know of any young Māori wanting to study abroad or kickstart a career in international business? Applications are now open for the Prime Minister's Scholarships. The scholarship supports New Zealanders on learning experiences in Asia and Latin America. Applications for individuals are open now from 18 July - 31 August 2022. More information can be [...]
MWDI’s HineBoss™ is a wānanga designed to support your pathway towards a successful business. At the end of this wānanga you will have gained new business skills, completed at least 80% of your business plan and gained a new network of like-minded wāhine entrepreneurs. Whether you are new to business or about to embark on [...]
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 [...]
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. Best suited to business owners, managers, and staff responsible for: workplace contracts, policies [...]
What’s a Business Mentor and how can they help your business? New Zealand Business Mentors has over 1800 Mentors nationwide with a wide range of expertise that supports business owners to grow and navigate challenges. If you’re looking to learn from someone who has walked in your shoes, download the eBook on getting support from a [...]
Released last week, this report looks at the makeup of more than 23,000 Māori businesses and 38,000 sole traders across Aotearoa. The report finds almost 40 percent of Māori-owned businesses have wāhine Māori as owners. From Poutama’s perspective, this report can help the government and other organisations like Poutama to better understand and support wāhine, [...]
Poutama is proud to be partnering with Māori Women’s Development Inc. to support the Awards. The Awards celebrate and recognise all wāhine Māori in business. There are several Business Awards, eight Regional Awards with one Premier Award. This year, we’re privileged to be sponsoring the Innovation Business Award. We’re proud to see several of our [...]
From 7-8 July, Poutama participated in the 14th Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF) in Sydney. The central theme was the great acceleration of trends arising from the pandemic and how Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand can emerge from global disruptions stronger together. The Forum, was attended by 15 Ministers and over 300 business leaders [...]
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 [...]
