On 1 June, and in partnership with Waikato Tainui, Amotai, and Te Hūmeka Waikato Māori Business Network, we reconnected kānohi-ki-te-kānohi over kōrero and kai with dozens of Waikato-based Māori businesses and Māori Service Providers. The event included a great line up of speakers including Kim Hill of Stratigi, Te Waka - Waikato Economic Development Agency, Waikato Tainui, Amotai as [...]
The EMA (Employers & Manufacturers Association) is also helping to deliver 3 more, one-hour online workshops into Māori businesses based in Tāmaki Makaurau during the last week of June 2022. The online workshops are FREE and designed to help business owners, executives, and managers be great employers and people leaders during times of business uncertainty. [...]
The EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association) and Poutama continue to deliver the 12-month ‘Poutama Tangata’ group 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 contracts, [...]
Applications to become a SheEO Venture opened on 10 May. Are you tackling the World’s To-Do List? You don’t have to do it alone. SheEO Venture applications are open once a year — and in Australia and New Zealand, they are now open until 10 June! As a selected Venture you’ll receive support, connections from [...]
Te Kawa a Māui / School of Māori Studies at Te Herenga Waka / Victoria University of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, are helping investigate new pest management tools for the control of varroa mite. They’re conducting a new survey for Māori beekeepers (past and present) and hope to reach as many Māori beekeepers as possible. Currently there [...]
Cheyenne Wilson (Tūhoe and Ngāti Awa) has been named as the Network's first chair. The Network was established in June 2021 to enable young people across the primary sector to raise industry issues and provide input into critical decisions to shape the future of Aotearoa’s food and fibre sector. Having been involved in the dairy [...]
The EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association) and Poutama continues to deliver the 12-month ‘Poutama Tangata’ group coaching programme to small & medium sized Māori businesses across Aotearoa. This HR coaching programme has an open door policy where businesses can join at any time. It is suited to business owners, managers, and staff responsible for: workplace [...]
Te Whare Hukahuka & Poutama Trust Are Proud To Join Forces Poutama is supporting The Ka Hao I te Ao programme – an e-commerce training programme offered to Māori business owners. Poutama will offer a $10k grant to the business that tops the programme. This funding is to be used to purchase products and/or services [...]
The EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association) and Poutama continues to deliver the 12-month ‘Poutama Tangata’ group coaching programme to small & medium sized Māori businesses across Aotearoa. The programme is FREE and available to Māori SMEs seeking guidance with their ‘people’ needs and requirements: Focusing on tools and techniques to help lead your people Creating [...]
On the back of the FTA announcement, Te Taumata board member Carrie Stoddart-Smith (Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua) highlights the benefits of engaging Indigenous peoples in international trade. The piece, presents a clear case for the wealth, wellbeing and knowledge that Indigenous peoples bring to international trade as the world rebuilds after COVID. Read more here. [...]
