Ahikōmako and Waikato Tainui are proud to present Start-up Wānanga 2021. A Waikato based, annual three-day event where individuals, and teams are guided through the business start-up process. Participants will spend the event with other like-minded whānau and will be supported by Te Ahikōmako staff, local experts, and mentors to bring ideas to life. While [...]
BDO is running a couple more pakihi Māori workshops for Te Tai Tokerau/Northland businesses in early November. ‘Wāhine Mā’ workshops are focused on Māori women and whānau in business, and ‘Pātai Mai’ workshops are an opportunity for pakihi owners to network and engage with other pakihi. Make the most of this opportunity to learn, engage [...]
In partnership with the EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association), we present Poutama Tangata - a 12-month group coaching programme aimed at helping Māori enterprises, in particular small & medium sized businesses (SMEs) across Aotearoa with their ‘people’ needs and requirements by: Focusing on tools and techniques to help you lead your people while they are [...]
Poutama and PledgeMe have recognised that we both have the same goal. We both want to help fund pakihi Māori/Māori business. PledgeMe have set an impact goal to have 15% of their equity crowdfunding campaigns led by Māori, Pasifika or Torres Strait founders. With the goal of supporting indigenous business, PledgeMe partnered with Māori Women’s [...]
New funding to help businesses transition to the COVID-19 protection framework was announced covering: The Resurgence Support Payment: where the rate will be doubled and paid fortnightly, up to $43,000 per business. Wage subsidy will continue to be available to businesses anywhere in Aotearoa while any part of the country is in Alert Levels 3 [...]
A one-stop portal with daily updates for Māori about COVID-19 and the vaccine rollout, using trusted links to relevant support such as foodbanks, Whānau Ora, and support available for your business.
These latest COVID-19 lockdowns have demonstrated the potential for all of us to adopt digital solutions to support learning, working, connecting, and doing business in the face of a global pandemic. As we look ahead, one of the important steps to ensuring we reach our full potential in the digital age is to create a [...]
Inland Revenue is closing its system from 3pm Thursday 21 October until Thursday 28 October for its final ‘Business Transformation’ – IR’s upgrade of its system, processes and organisations. Due to this upgrade, the filing date has been extended to Thursday 4 November. Customers can file their returns before the IR systems shut down on [...]
BDO is running eight Māori business workshops for Te Tai Tokerau/Northland businesses during October and November. ‘Wāhine Mā’ workshops are focused on Māori women and whānau in business, and ‘Pātai Mai’ workshops are an opportunity for Māori business owners to network and engage with other pakihi. Make the most of this opportunity to learn, engage, [...]
Poutama’s partner AGMARDT (Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust) is looking for Aotearoa New Zealand’s future agribusiness leaders. AGMARDT’s passion is finding and empowering outstanding individuals who will use their skills and ideas to lead change and ensure our agribusiness sector remains vibrant and sustainable. So, AGMARDT is excited to invite applications for its [...]
