Te Ara Pōtiki
An indigenous global knowledge exchange programme in the agri-food sector Arama Kukutai (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui, Te Aupōuri) is a venture capitalist and CEO of vertical farming company, Plenty, based in California. He is a US-based [...]
Natures Therapeutics
Gordon Little-Tito - Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi Natures Therapeutics Limited™ is a Māori owned manufacturer of health and personal products based in Whangārei, New Zealand. They manufacture for wholesale and retail, a range of natural [...]
Land Design HQ
Shaun Eckhoff - Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi Land Design HQ was started in 2022 by Shaun Eckhoff from his home in Ōmokoroa in the Bay of Plenty, servicing bay wide including Rotorua and parts [...]
Rautaki Bookkeeping
Indiyah Giles - Ngāti Torehina, Te Arawa Rautaki Bookkeeping was founded in August 2019 by Indiyah and her husband Jeremy Giles. They thrive from the challenge of operating three growing small businesses from their [...]
KUMA – 2023 Southern Māori Business Network Awards
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 [...]
NZ Fashion Week – Kahuria
Last week our Poutama team were fortunate enough to celebrate and enjoy Māori excellence on the fashion runway at New Zealand Fashion Week: Kahuria. NZ Fashion Week has returned in 2023 after a four-year [...]
Xero are backing beautiful business
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 [...]
AgResearch – Te Puāwaitanga internship
Te Puāwaitanga Summer Internships - The meaning behind Te Puāwaitanga is ‘to flourish’ or ‘come to fruition’. AgResearch’s Te Puāwaitanga internship was established to provide opportunities for fresh minds to explore, collaborate and contribute [...]
Hiwa Technology Ltd
Hoani Matenga - Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Rangitane Hoani was born in Ōtautahi and now living in Tauranga. He has been operating Hiwa Systems for 2 years, creating cutting edge GPS technology with the worlds first [...]