Native Nations - Tracing Indigenous Footsteps is a finalist this year in the New Zealand Tourism Awards under the category of "Industry Alignment & Collaboration". 6 months is all it took, for a couple of extremely passionate indigenous people from Australia and New Zealand to connect, develop, orchestrate and deliver an extraordinarily powerful Regenerative & [...]
Gareth Tipene - Ngāti Hine Eco Lawn specialises in the supply and installation of synthetic turf. They import products from abroad directly from a manufacturer and supply turf to trade and retail customers. Gareth was born and raised in Kawakawa, Bay of Islands. Growing up he spent much of his time in Mōtatau, either at [...]
Nichola Te Kiri - Ngāi Tūhoe NTKMADE LTD is an emblematic company known for its innovative and artistic approach to Māori design. Nichola Te Kiri of Ngāi Tūhoe and Pākeha heritage, founded the company in 2016. It is a dynamic creative enterprise that encompasses multiple product lines and offers a range of design services. Embodying [...]
Poutama was proud to support the MWDI Business Awards with our sponsorship of the Te Pōiketanga (Emerging Business) Category. Alongside MWDI, we’ve a solid reputation of supporting Wāhine Māori-led economic development. Across Aotearoa, we see the contribution that this economic development has for wāhine, whānau and hapori whānui. Te Pōiketanga is about acknowledging a new [...]
Raniera Rewiri - Whakatōhea, Te Arawa Raniera was born and bred in his slice of paradise of Whakatane and currently lives in Ōhope with his beautiful wife and their baby boy. He is hugely passionate about personal development, health and wellbeing, business, and his identity as Māori. His company Tupuānuku started in 2018 in the [...]
An indigenous global knowledge exchange programme in the agri-food sector Arama Kukutai (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui, Te Aupōuri) is a venture capitalist and CEO of vertical farming company, Plenty, based in California. He is a US-based business leader who is championing more Māori to get into the science and technology sector by offering internships in America for [...]
Gordon Little-Tito - Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi Natures Therapeutics Limited™ is a Māori owned manufacturer of health and personal products based in Whangārei, New Zealand. They manufacture for wholesale and retail, a range of natural remedial products that contain plant extracts traditionally used by Māori – Kawakawa, Kūmarahou, Mānuka and Kānuka. Additionally, they have a range [...]
Shaun Eckhoff - Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi Land Design HQ was started in 2022 by Shaun Eckhoff from his home in Ōmokoroa in the Bay of Plenty, servicing bay wide including Rotorua and parts of Waikato. The company is a landscape design and build business specialising in outdoor spaces, green space, hardscape, softscapes, swimming pools [...]
Indiyah Giles - Ngāti Torehina, Te Arawa Rautaki Bookkeeping was founded in August 2019 by Indiyah and her husband Jeremy Giles. They thrive from the challenge of operating three growing small businesses from their home in Mangawhai, Northland. They are extremely grateful to continue operating after 4-years of global economic challenges including the Covid-19 pandemic [...]
A celebration of southern Māori success in Tāhuna, Queenstown this week, culminated in acknowledging businesses and leaders from around the region at the KUMA Southern Māori Business Awards on Saturday night. The awards gala dinner concluded five days of shining the spotlight on mātauranga Māori, with businesses from Otago, Southland and the Queenstown Lakes District [...]
