AgriSea NZ extending range into highly functional nutritious beverages
Seaweed (Rimurimu) is a highly nutritious food, rich in antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and bioactives that can provide functional health properties for many people. The High-Value Nutrition National Science Challenge has awarded $48,000 to AgriSea [...]
Christmas Gift Ideas
This Christmas, we’re proud to support Māori-owned and operated pakihi and encourage everyone to buy Māori made gifts. We have collated a gift guide to help you with your Christmas gift shopping here. If [...]
Māori Business Women’s Awards 2022
Our partner, Māori Women’s Development Inc, are excited to announce that nominations for the Awards have been extended till the end of January 2022. These awards are in celebration of Pakihi Māori/Māori business. Pakihi can [...]
Documentary – Preserving Mana
This timely documentary by Amotai features pakihi/business owners in Tāmaki Makaurau who talk about their challenges over the last three months and the resilience it’s taken to get this far. The Documentary was directed [...]
Scholarships available for Māori Students
Our partner, the MacDiarmid Institute is offering scholarships via its Discovery Scholarship Programme to Māori wanting to study science at University – up to $12k is available per student for 2022 academic study. Applications [...]
Kōkiri Māori Accelerator Programme is back!
Poutama is a proud to sponsor Kōkiri - a Māori business Acceleratior Programme. This awesome programme is based on both kaupapa Māori values and accelerating early stage Māori led start-ups (specifically pakihi that are [...]
Poutama Tangata – Attract Me (Recruitment) Free Online HR Coaching Session
A reminder, the EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association), and Poutama are delivering the 12-month ‘Poutama Tangata’ group coaching programme for small & medium sized Māori businesses (SMEs) across Aotearoa. COVID-19 has identified a growing [...]
Activate Tāmaki Makaurau – launches 1 December 2021
Poutama is pleased to support Activate Tāmaki Makaurau (ATM). ATM connects existing Tāmaki Makaurau based pakihi with business support to help them navigate the current COVID-19 environment. Some of the support includes: Health and [...]
COVID-19 Updates
New COVID-19 Protection Framework guidance The COVID-19 Protection Framework, also known as the traffic light system, will replace the Alert Level system at 11.59 pm on Thursday 2 December 2021. Get ready for the [...]
SheEO NZ Announce 2021 Winning Ventures
Poutama is proud to support SheEO in its commitment to championing wāhine entrepreneurs across Aotearoa and the world. Most recently, the latest cohort of wāhine entrepreneurs were announced as the successful 2021 SheEO Aotearoa [...]
Scholarships available for Māori Students
Our partner, The MacDiarmid Institute is offering scholarships via its Discovery Scholarship Programme to Māori wanting to study science at University – up to $12k is available per student for 2022 academic study. Applications [...]