Office Hours
Our Poutama office will be closed from 12pm, 23 December 2021 to 9 January 2022. We will reopen and be available to respond to all enquiries from Monday 10 January 2022.
Employment law changes relating to mandatory vaccination requirements
You are invited to a webinar about employment law changes relating to mandatory vaccination requirements for employees, under the COVID-19 Protection Framework (the traffic light system). You can register to attend one of the following webinars via the relevant link below. Each webinar covers the same content; you will only need to register for one: [...]
COVID-19: Information for businesses
A central resource for COVID-19 business information with updates and guidance to help businesses covering: Operating at Red, Omicron (testing and returning to work) and Wellbeing Support (tools, tips and resources) can be found here. Types of financial support still available to businesses include: Small Business Cashflow Loans Scheme Self-isolating & unable to work from [...]
Poutama Tangata – Free Online HR Coaching Session – 15 December 2021
A reminder, the EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association), and Poutama are delivering the 12-month ‘Poutama Tangata’ group coaching programme for small & medium sized Māori businesses (SMEs) across Aotearoa. COVID-19 has identified a growing need for Māori SMEs to have good access to quality ‘people’ expertise and advice. This HR coaching programme is suited for [...]
Activate Tāmaki Makaurau
Poutama is supporting Activate Tāmaki Makaurau (ATM). ATM connects Tāmaki Makaurau-based pakihi with relevant business support given the impact of the COVID-19 environment for pakihi based in these regions. Some of the support includes: Business Advice Grant (up to $3k) Implementation Grant Poutama is directly supporting this so pakihi Māori could potentially access more funding [...]
Angel Delivery – Food is love
Angel Delivery is a Maōri e-commerce business that delivers freshly prepared care packages of chilled meals and other customisable gourmet treats nation wide. Established in 2008 by owner and operator Rebecca Cass, Angel Delivery have been creating and delivering gourmet care packages across Aotearoa for well over 10 years – having pioneered the way for [...]
AgriSea NZ extending range into highly functional nutritious beverages
Seaweed (Rimurimu) is a highly nutritious food, rich in antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and bioactives that can provide functional health properties for many people. The High-Value Nutrition National Science Challenge has awarded $48,000 to AgriSea New Zealand Seaweed Ltd, which is a family-owned and operated Māori business, based in Paeroa in the Waikato region of Aotearoa [...]
Christmas Gift Ideas
This Christmas, we’re proud to support Māori-owned and operated pakihi and encourage everyone to buy Māori made gifts. We have collated a gift guide to help you with your Christmas gift shopping here. If you are interested in purchasing an item that’s not on a list, but in a gift category you think we may [...]
Māori Business Women’s Awards 2022
Our partner, Māori Women’s Development Inc, are excited to announce that nominations for the Awards have been extended till the end of January 2022. These awards are in celebration of Pakihi Māori/Māori business. Pakihi can be nominated for a rohe/regional award, as well as a business excellence award in one of the following categories: Business Collaboration [...]
Documentary – Preserving Mana
This timely documentary by Amotai features pakihi/business owners in Tāmaki Makaurau who talk about their challenges over the last three months and the resilience it’s taken to get this far. The Documentary was directed and produced by The Hood & Co, a Poutama supported business, and includes stories from several businesses that Poutama has supported, [...]
