Kōkiri – the Māori business acceleration programme held its recent showcase to celebrate the seven Māori-led teams that made it through the 2021 cohort programme. Poutama is proud to be a sponsor of this programme.  These start-ups have bold ambitions to be innovation leaders and deliver positive social, cultural and environmental outcomes for Aotearoa. More [...]

Some of the latest information and statistics on Pakihi Māori were released by Stats NZ last week. Tatauranga Umanga Māori - Statistics on Māori Businesses 2020 presents information on two subsets of Māori businesses – Māori authorities and Māori small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) – that contribute to Aotearoa’s economy.  The release also includes [...]

A range of financial support remain available that your business could be eligible for: Wage Subsidy Scheme Resurgence Support Payment Short-Term Absence Payment Leave Support Scheme Small Business Cashflow Scheme Support wellbeing in your workplace and help those who are feeling stressed or overwhelmed.  Check out the Mental Health Foundation's COVID-19 workplace wellbeing resources here. [...]

The current Regional Business Partner Network (RBP) services are under review, and changes with how RBP will be delivered across Aotearoa will be implemented from 1 January 2022. We hear that the number of Māori businesses utilising the RBP service is very low.  We’re keen to hear about your experience of using the current service.  [...]

Māori Employment during COVID One of the good news stories throughout 2020 was the resilience of New Zealand’s labour market. And one of the most surprising things is that unlike previous recessions, Māori have seen the smallest increase in unemployment compared to other groups. ANZ digs into the numbers to look at why Māori employment [...]

Abroad is providing 10 free places for Abroad’s 4-month Breakthrough Founder Wellbeing Programme to Māori founders and investors. To learn more about the Wellbeing programme, visit the site here and watch the Information Session recording with Justin Milano, Abroad’s Founder, CEO and author of the research study. If you are interested, please use the code ‘MAORI’ [...]

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 was proud to sponsor the 2021 programme which saw several Māori businesses supported with: access to a cash grant for the development of their product/innovation, [...]

Ruatāhuna rewarewa named best-tasting in the world Honey produced in Ruatāhuna in the middle of the Te Urewera forest has been named the tastiest in the world. Manawa Honey's rewarewa honey took out the grand prize in this year's Black Jar International Competition held in the US - a big feat that saw the small [...]

This year the Biennial Awards acknowledged resilience, collaboration and business success across the Otago, Southland and Queenstown Lakes District economies. Poutama was privileged to support the Awards and sponsor the Emerging Enterprise Category.  Reigning Downs Hauora Centre (Waihopai/Invercargill) won the category for its innovative approach to delivering health services that involves using unique therapeutic methods [...]