The Ākina Impact Investment Readiness Programme is back for a sixth year of supporting impact businesses across Aotearoa New Zealand. It is quick and easy to apply online through an Expression of Interest. Successful applicants receive up to $30,000 to spend on whatever professional support is needed to get ready to secure investment. In particular, [...]
Harper Co is an Enterprise Level Sales Coaching business that specialises in working with Māori Business owners. Harper Co’s founder Kristin Harper (Ngāi Tahu), says it focuses on helping review, develop, and enhance their client’s sales strategies and plans so they can spend less time worrying and have more time to focus on the things [...]
Māori fashion designer and Poutama client, Nichola Te Kiri - founder and proud owner of Nichola - Designs of Aotearoa was the main creative behind the Women's Rugby World Cup Player of the Match Trophy. Earlier this year, she was approached by the Mastercard team about this project. Nichola says she was honoured to craft [...]
During Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, and as part of the Auckland Fringe Festival, Poutama was proud to support the Wāhine Māori Comedy Event called ‘Shoes Off At The Door’. Over five nights, the event featured five wāhine Māori comedians, with Jayne Henry joined by Courtney Dawson (Ngāti Kuri, Waikato-Tainui), Kura Turuwhenua (Ngāti Porou, [...]
Māori Women’s Development Inc (MWDI) provide loans to Wāhine Māori and their whānau, to enable and assist them to enter into and commence business and/or to expand and restructure their existing businesses. The loans are OPEN and applications must be submitted no later than Monday 7 November 2022. It is recommended you submit your application [...]
2035 Oceania Summit is the AgriFood Tech Sector Networking Event of the Year! It will take place in Tāmaki Makaurau next week. Attracting both local and international delegates, the 2035 Oceania Summit provides agribusinesses, agritech companies, researchers, corporate leaders, investors, policy-makers, regulators, and producers with the opportunity to meet and network across two days of [...]
The business activities of Māori Authorities and other Māori enterprises come under the spotlight in new data produced by Statistics NZ, contributing to a growing source of information about the Māori economy. The new data provides insights into Māori Authorities, that represent a large component of the Māori economy, and complements the recent Te Matapaeroa [...]
The Te Taumata-led Hui, hosted by Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Nanaia Mahuta will be held at Parliament next week. It is anticipated to be the largest hui ever held in Aotearoa on Global Trade and the interests of Māori exporters and whānau. The hui will bring together leaders of Government, heads of key ministries, international [...]
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. Best suited to business owners, managers, and staff responsible for: workplace contracts, policies and procedures, remuneration, training and development, performance measures and wellbeing. The next session (Wish [...]
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 [...]
