ESG / Cleantech Business Delegation to South Korea 2024
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 [...]
Ngahere Communities – Manawa Udy on sustaining Māori business through political noise
Ngahere Inc. is a group of Social Enterprises located in Manukau, South Auckland. Founded in May 2018, they cultivate communities that enhance creativity and innovation by using collaborative spaces, common values and co-designed programmes. [...]
Lifestyle Lawns
Hayley Petheram - Ngāti Porou, Tainui Lifestyle Lawns is owned and operated by husband and wife team Hayley and Matt Petheram. Based in Christchurch they formed the business in August 2021 as a bold [...]
Ako Academy
Natalia Wi - Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti Ako Academy is a proudly wāhine Māori owned and operated business that was established by Natalia in 2021. They were established to meet [...]
“Native Nations – Tracing Indigenous Footsteps” Wins New Zealand Tourism Award for Industry Collaboration & Alignment
Small family-owned indigenous tourism business on the outskirts of Murupara is recognised for Global Regenerative Tourism Project "Native Nations - Tracing Indigenous Footsteps" and expands into more international Cross-Cultural Exchanges next year. New Zealand [...]
Poutama Business Investment Grants
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 [...]
Buy Māori Made this Christmas
If you are still looking for Christmas gift ideas, consider buying gifts to support Māori businesses. In this edition of our pānui, we profile Paku with their range of cultural products for kids. Some [...]
MWDI – Māori Women’s Development Inc
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. [...]
LifeStone
Dain Guttenbell - Ngātiwai & Ngāpuhi LifeStone is a Social Enterprise that started as a dream in 2016. Dain is on a mission to create honourable memorials for loved ones, here in New Zealand [...]
Paku Limited
Paku is a New Zealand design studio dedicated to creating products uniquely of Aotearoa. They do this by combining mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) with the latest technologies to reimagine the objects around us in [...]
GO Media wins the MWDI Māori Businesswomen’s Overall Supreme Award 2023
GO Media, a leading Māori-owned media company, has been awarded Te Tohu Aorangi Overall Supreme Winner of the prestigious MWDI Māori Businesswomen's Awards 2023. This highly coveted accolade recognises outstanding achievements, innovation, and leadership [...]