Kiwi Kai Nelson
Reni Wereta-Gargiulo (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru Kītahi, Te Āti Awa) from Kiwi Kai Nelson won the Supreme Award at this year’s MWDI Māori Businesswoman Awards 2022. Reni has a diverse background in marketing, promotion, [...]
Māori Women’s Development Inc. Awards 2022
Poutama was proud to partner with Māori Women’s Development Inc. and sponsor the recent MWDI Māori Businesswoman Awards held in Tāmaki Makaurau on Friday 29 July 2022. The annual Awards celebrate and recognise all [...]
Poutama Tangata – 17 August 2022
The EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association) and Poutama continue to deliver the FREE ‘Poutama Tangata’ group HR coaching programme to small & medium sized Māori businesses across Aotearoa. The programme has an open door [...]
Learn from a Business Mentor
What’s a Business Mentor and how can they help your business? New Zealand Business Mentors has over 1800 Mentors nationwide with a wide range of expertise that supports business owners to grow and navigate challenges. [...]
Te Matapaeroa 2020
Released last week, this report looks at the makeup of more than 23,000 Māori businesses and 38,000 sole traders across Aotearoa. The report finds almost 40 percent of Māori-owned businesses have wāhine Māori as [...]
New Zealand Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs
Picture: From left Rhonda Kite, Co.OfWomen founder Tara Lorigan, with the other inductees Frances Valintine and Maxine Simmons. Photo credit/One-image Photography Rhonda Kite (Te Aupōuri, Ngāi Tākoto, Ngāti Kuri) is a true entrepreneur who [...]
Kai Ora Honey on PM’s Trade Mission to Australia
Earlier this month, the Prime Minister led a trade mission including over 30 Aotearoa New Zealand businesses to Melbourne and Sydney. A couple of the Māori businesses on the mission are clients that Poutama [...]
Māori Women’s Development Inc. Awards 2022
Poutama is proud to be partnering with Māori Women’s Development Inc. to support the Awards. The Awards celebrate and recognise all wāhine Māori in business. There are several Business Awards, eight Regional Awards with [...]
Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum
From 7-8 July, Poutama participated in the 14th Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF) in Sydney. The central theme was the great acceleration of trends arising from the pandemic and how Australia and Aotearoa [...]
Māori to benefit substantially from NZ-EU FTA
On 30 June, a significant milestone was reached for Māori after Aotearoa New Zealand and the European Union concluded negotiations on a high quality, inclusive free trade agreement (FTA). The full FTA will be [...]
