Pipiri Waikato Business Event
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 [...]
Two Tides Bakery
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) [...]
Digital Facilitation Scheme
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 [...]
Ka Ora Ka Puawai – Survive & Thrive Workshops for Māori businesses
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 [...]
Poutama Tangata – Free Online HR Group Coaching Session – 15 June 2022
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 [...]
Budget 2022
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 [...]
The Māori Economy – Part 4
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 [...]
Ka Hao Business Profile – Free to Fly
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. [...]
O-Studio
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 [...]
SheEO – Venture applications open now
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 [...]
Support for Māori sheep farmers
Comprised of 20 Māori land trusts/incorporations and totalling 24,000 hectares of land, the Māori Agribusiness Sheep Milk Collective is to receive $700,000 from the Government as part of its Fit for a Better World [...]