More than 20 years at the helm
Richard Te Hurinui Jones – more than 20 years at the helm Ngāti Maniapoto, Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao & Tuhourangi After 20 years leading Poutama Trust, Richard stepped down as [...]
Poutama’s new Chief Executive
Koroninia Dickinson - new Chief Executive Ngāti Kahungunu, Kāi Tahu & Kuki Airani Ka pū te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi - when the old net is cast aside, the new net goes fishing. [...]
Kotahitanga partnership forged between AgResearch and Poutama
Poutama & AgResearch whānau - pictured An important new partnership between AgResearch and Poutama will maximise the skills, networks, and capabilities of both organisations to help whenua-based (land-based) businesses and communities flourish. Poutama is an [...]
Pā to Plate
He tono: An invitation to Te Tai Tokerau marae growers and food producers Pā to Plate is a recently established social enterprise that connects descendants to whenua via kai and kõrero. Our initial focus [...]
The Rise of 3D-Printed Clothing
Peter Diamandis In 2010, Kevin Rustagi was frustrated. So were his friends Aman Advano, Kit Hickey, and Gihan Amarasiriwardena. These four recent MIT grads had been thrust into the working world, where they quickly [...]
Industry Transformation Plans: Tukua mai ōu whakaaro!
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) are partnering with the manufacturing and food and beverage sectors to develop an Industry Transformation Plan that seeks to [...]
Virtual Indigenous Trade and Connections Event
Tēnā koutou and greetings, We are delighted to let you know that we are staging an invitation-only Virtual Indigenous Trade and Connections Event under the auspices of the Indigenous Business Sector Group which is [...]
The MacDiarmid Institute Discovery Scholarships
The MacDiarmid Institute is delighted to announce the continued funding of the Discovery Scholarship Programme, for Māori and Pasifika students in tertiary science. This is an extension of their long running DiscoveryCamp programme, and is [...]
Kanorau Digital
Arataki Systems Partners with TWOA To Deliver - KANORAU DIGITAL Māori Tech company to support the delivery of basic digital skills programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa campuses around the country. Arataki Systems, a [...]
Matakohe Architecture & Urbanism
By Bonnie Jade Kake - Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whakaue, Te Whakatōhea Matakohe Architecture + Urbanism is a kaupapa Māori design studio based in Whangārei. We work collaboratively with Māori communities to progress their marae, papakāinga [...]
Collaborative Pathways
Poutama Trust: Collaboration key to success for Māori businesses Attending the Te Hono Stanford Bootcamp IV in 2015 confirmed what Poutama Trust CE Richard Jones had known about the benefits of collaboration. “We were [...]