Our partner BERL provides further insights about the Māori economy - this time focusing on the performance of Māori authorities - during COVID-19. As of December 2021, there were over 1,450 economically significant Māori authorities and subsidiaries. A quarter of these operate in the primary and goods producing (manufacturing, construction, and electricity, gas, water and [...]
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 [...]
In February, Newsroom began a six-part video series on the Māori economy – a series of video stories looking at the Māori economy, now a $70 billion sector. This documentary takes a look into how the Māori Economy works, what drives it and makes it – and the businesses that operate within it. The series [...]
Poutama is proud to support Māori owned and operated Coastbound Construction. The construction and building services company is owned by Dylan McPhee (Director and Builder) and Kaea Williams (Partner and Accounts Manager). Based in Opotiki, Coastbound operates through the East Coast – as far as Cape Runaway and as North as Matatā. The business partners [...]
ANZ invites Māori business owners, start-ups, SMEs to their second webinar focused on how to create an effective business plan. A good business plan can make a huge difference to your mahi. In this workshop you’ll learn how to create an effective plan – and how to use it to make your business fly, including: [...]
Our partner, Findex has developed a performance improvement programme specifically targeted for tradies wanting to grow a profitable and sustainable business. At the moment, Findex is offering this programme on a 1-1 basis, and is looking to develop a 1-many workshop. There is a short three minute video that gives a brief overview of the [...]
In February, Newsroom begins a six-part video series on the Māori economy – a series of video stories looking at the Māori economy, now a $70 billion sector. This documentary takes a look into how the Māori Economy works, what drives it and makes it – and the businesses that operate within it. The series [...]
Our partner BERL, provides useful insights about the global and domestic economy, as well as the world we currently live in. Recently, they shared an article to help provide some context to the sharp and swift increase in food, transport and rental prices, and help us understand why this is happening in Aotearoa. You can [...]
Our partner, Pledge Me are offering crowdfunding workshops and online training courses to those who might be interested in preparing an equity/capital raising campaign. A number of Māori entities (community groups and businesses) have successfully used the Pledge Me platform to launch their respective campaigns. The CrowdfundingU Lite Programme can either be taken as a [...]
