Opportunity or Threat for Māori food producers?
While in San Francisco recently the Kai Rawa group got to experience the non-meat burger that looks like a burger, tastes like a burger, but isn’t. The burger produced by Impossible Foods is making [...]
Māori Wine Coalition
Poutama’s Beverage Cluster is made up of wine, beer, water and craft non-alcoholic beverage companies. A meeting last year identified opportunities for enhancing their collaboration through economies of scale in areas such as production, [...]
An icon of New Zealand Maori Tourism Passes
By Oscar Nathan, GM Destination Rotorua - ex. Poutama Business Advisor and CEO of Tamaki Tours New Zealand tourism shines that less brighter with the unexpected passing earlier this month of one of the [...]
ATP Fitness – Pele Aumua
Iwi – Kai Tahu ATP Fitness Club is a Health & Fitness company that has been running since 2013 in Palmerston North. Owned and operated by Pele Aumua, ATP Fitness Club is “About the [...]
Bakers Delight Rotorua – Kiri Carston
Iwi - Ngāti Rangiwewehi After 7 years of living in Victoria, Australia, with me looking after our two young boys and my husband working in the hospitality industry, we decided to come back to [...]
Shearing the Love – Mavis Mullins
Mavis Mullins - Inducted into the NZ Business Hall of Fame. I can’t remember when I first met Mavis but it was probably when we were kids and no doubt it was in a [...]
Being Innonative in Kawerau
In 2012, Te Manawa o Tūhoe, Ngati Awa and Poutama started brainstorming on the possibility of establishing a geothermal powered milk processing plant in Kawerau. Fast forward to 2017 and the Kawerau dairy project [...]
CL2IMB Kaitaia
Collaborative Leadership 2 Inspire Maori Business Northland is known for its tropical climate, white sandy beaches, ancient kauri, fishing, diving and kaimoana. What many don’t know is that it also has some of the [...]
DIGMYIDEA – Māori Innovation Challenge 2017
Innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit have always been a strong feature of Maoritanga (A Māori way of life). From our ancestors who harnessed the natural elements and looked to the stars to navigate and [...]
Pitopito kōrero
From the 'Gateway to the Far North' to the 'Adventure Capital' of New Zealand... Poutama is pleased to confirm the next CL2IMB (Collaborative Leadership 2 Inspire Maori Business) networking event to be held in [...]
