The Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono is offering six places for emerging New Zealand (Environmental, Social & Governance) ESG/Cleantech business leaders to be part of a funded delegation to South Korea in May 2024. This delegation will be joining a New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) led ESG/Cleantech Visit Programme to South Korea. [...]
We’re proud of all the pakihi Māori we’ve engaged with and supported across Aotearoa during the current financial year. Unfortunately, due to the increase in demand for support and limited pūtea available, we have put a hold on approving any NEW grant applications for funding. Applicants are still able to apply but we won’t be [...]
MWDI BUSINESS LOANS Māori Women’s Development Inc provide loans to Māori women 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 accepting applications; with applications closing on Friday, 12 January 2023. MWDI Business Loan Application forms can be [...]
The new Coralus Venture cohort in Aotearoa were selected last month! These 7 Ventures are addressing everything from reimagining the design, beauty, and sustainability of our systems, exploring the healing potential of food, and uplifting Māori culture and leadership. Together they are working across 5 different sectors + on 5 different UN Sustainable Development Goals. Of [...]
Poutama was proud to support the MWDI Business Awards with our sponsorship of the Te Pōiketanga (Emerging Business) Category. Alongside MWDI, we’ve a solid reputation of supporting Wāhine Māori-led economic development. Across Aotearoa, we see the contribution that this economic development has for wāhine, whānau and hapori whānui. Te Pōiketanga is about acknowledging a new [...]
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 [...]
