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 [...]
The Xero Beautiful Business Fund is now open! If you are a Xero small business customer, you can apply now for your share of over NZD$750,000 funding to support the future aspirations of small businesses globally. Customers across Australia, Canada (excluding Quebec), New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the UK and the US, are all eligible [...]
Poutama proudly supports the highly anticipated MWDI Māori Businesswomen's Awards 2023, set to take place on Friday, 27 October 2023 in Tāmaki Makaurau. There are three new business categories: Pakihi Toi Ora (Creative Arts & Design), Te Ahumahi Hangarau (Technology), and Te Kaweake (Export) which now grows to 10 business awards and 8 regional awards. [...]
Amotai connects buyers to Māori and Pasifika-owned businesses and promotes supplier diversity and development in Aotearoa. Their experience is that Māori and Pasifika businesses are the untapped change agents in creating a more inclusive, and more sustainable, New Zealand economy. Entrepreneurship is one of the main ways Māori and Pasifika can build wealth for their [...]
MBIE want to hear from you! The Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment (MBIE) has recently released a discussion document on land agreements and how they create barriers to entry or otherwise reduce competition – it does not include Māori interests in land and taonga. However, MBIE want to hear from Māori businesses and leaders [...]
Te Kupeka Umaka Māori ki Āraiteuru proudly announces the KUMA Māori Business Awards 2023. Join them in celebrating Southern Māori business excellence and outstanding achievements. The categories for this year’s event are - Te Tohu Rangatira Whakahaere Leadership Award, Te Tohu Pito Mata Emerging Business Leadership Award, Te Tohu Manaakitanga Customer Excellence Award and Te [...]
iHemp Summit 2023: Taking action to move the iHemp industry forward The NZ Hemp Industries Association announces its sponsorship of the iHemp Summit 2023, Aotearoa New Zealand’s premier iHemp event, on August 24 and 25 2023. The iHemp Summit 2023 is an event dedicated to advancing the hemp industry and exploring its potential for improving [...]
The talking is done, the negotiations are done, the European and United Kingdom Free Trade Agreements have been signed…but now the hard mahi really begins. That was the overwhelming message across Te Taumata Regional Trade Hui at Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Marae in Tāmaki Makaurau last week. Attended by Māori businesses, global ambassadors, Government representatives and [...]
The Kāhui Legal team celebrated their 20th anniversary last month at Te Wharewaka o Pōneke. Wow what an awesome achievement and celebration of being Māori! Poutama was proud to be there to acknowledge the many years of mahi and achievements of their team and alumni. Kāhui Legal is a specialist law firm working at the [...]
This year, Poutama is partnering with Callaghan Innovation to co-sponsor the Hi-Tech Kamupene Māori o te Tau – Māori Company of the Year at the 2023 Hi-Tech Awards. Entering the NZ Hi-Tech Awards: Helps you analyse and articulate your core messaging and where your business sits Primes your business - entering other awards, responding to [...]
