On 1 June, and in partnership with Waikato Tainui, Amotai, and Te Hūmeka Waikato Māori Business Network, we reconnected kānohi-ki-te-kānohi over kōrero and kai with dozens of Waikato-based Māori businesses and Māori Service Providers. The event included a great line up of speakers including Kim Hill of Stratigi, Te Waka - Waikato Economic Development Agency, Waikato Tainui, Amotai as [...]
Poutama is proud to support Māori owned and operated Two Tides Bakery. Two Tides Bakery is a bold and busy little bakery managed and owned by Stacey Buchanan (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Kura & Waihua) and Jenniffer Kagaoan. It is based at the top of the township in Tairua on the east coast of the Coromandel [...]
Māori service providers are sought to help facilitate the delivery of the scheme at a regional level. The support via this scheme will then be made available to all small businesses to access. This support is to help businesses adopt and effectively use the Digital Boost platform to progress their business digitalisation hīkoi/journey. Suitable Māori [...]
The EMA (Employers & Manufacturers Association) is also helping to deliver 3 more, one-hour online workshops into Māori businesses based in Tāmaki Makaurau during the last week of June 2022. The online workshops are FREE and designed to help business owners, executives, and managers be great employers and people leaders during times of business uncertainty. [...]
The EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association) and Poutama continue to deliver the 12-month ‘Poutama Tangata’ group coaching programme to small & medium sized Māori businesses across Aotearoa. The programme has an open door policy where you can join at any time. It is best suited to business owners, managers, and staff responsible for workplace contracts, [...]
Last week’s budget announcements, saw more than $1 billion in budget commitments made towards Māori development initiatives. These commitments cover several areas, including: whānau, wāhine & rangatahi resilience, media, whenua, protection of mātauranga Māori and taonga, support for Māori arts as well as cadetships and progressive procurement. A useful summary covering these specific initiative, budget [...]
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 supporting The Ka Hao I te Ao programme – an e-commerce training programme offered to Māori business owners. Poutama is offerring a $10k grant to the business that excels in the programme. This funding is to be used to purchase products/services that will help take the business to another level. Last year, several [...]
Poutama is proud to support Māori owned and operated O-Studio. O-Studio is Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest modern Wellness Space, founded by Tim Bateman, Jess Smith & Sam Thomas to provide their community with tools & practices to support mental and physical health & well-being. Based in Central Christchurch, the space opened in November 2019. Tim [...]
Applications to become a SheEO Venture opened on 10 May. Are you tackling the World’s To-Do List? You don’t have to do it alone. SheEO Venture applications are open once a year — and in Australia and New Zealand, they are now open until 10 June! As a selected Venture you’ll receive support, connections from [...]
