Whāngaitia matua te tuakiri Māori
Promoting the sustenance of Māori identity
Tapuwae Roa (formerly Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust) is a leading Māori social impact organisation with a focus on funding, investment, and advocacy of targeted social change within a tikanga-based framework.
Tapuwae Roa is a product of the Māori Fisheries Deed of Settlement 1992 and an entity of Te Kāhui o Te Ohu Kai Moana.
Ngā pou whakaaweawe | Our impact outcomes
Kawepūrongo | News
New report shares investment playbook for Māori founders
New research published by Tapuwae Roa this week has analysed New Zealand’s startup and venture capital ecosystem to steward Māori founders seeking capital investment. In a joint research endeavour between Tapuwae Roa, PwC, and New [...]
Amorangi: leading Māori governance summit returns
After its inaugural online success in 2022, Tapuwae Roa’s leading Māori in Governance Summit is set to return this July as a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual tickets available. Recently renamed as Amorangi, [...]
Shared vision brings Māori startups together
Highly contested business accelerator, Tupu, welcomed its inaugural cohort of Māori founders last week, kicking off its ten-week programme to drive sustainable growth for Māori businesses. Developed by Tapuwae Roa, in partnership with Sprout Agritech, [...]
Pūrongo-a-tau 2022-23
Tapuwae Roa is pleased to present our Pūrongo-a-tau mō te tau 2022-2023. Our 2023 financial year has been one of dynamic change. We have seen our Trust put to rest its long-held name, Te [...]
The ‘Te Waka Project’ and the future of Indigenomics
“The place of First Nations people in business is showing the rest of the colonial world that we don’t need to have capitalism at the forefront.” Late last year, we were honoured to be involved [...]
Tupu’s mission to transform Māori startups into global ventures
In a bid to foster Māori entrepreneurship, Tapuwae Roa has announced today the launch of Tupu, a 10-week cohort-style programme to accelerate Māori start-ups towards sustainable success. Developed in partnership with Sprout Agritech and co-funded [...]
E rua e rua te kūmara me te pūtea, kāore he hua ōna ki tua atu i te whāngai tangata
Money is like a kūmara, it has no value outside of its ability to sustain people.
Ao Pāpāho | In the media
Amorangi: Major Māori governance summit returns
After its inaugural online success in 2022, Tapuwae Roa’s Māori in Governance Summit is set to return in July 2024 as a hybrid event. Recently renamed as Amorangi, [...]
Nau mai ki te hui ‘Amorangi’ – Te Puoho Katene
Hai a Hurai ka tū ko te ‘Māori in Governance summit’ arā te huinga ‘Amorangi’ ki Te Whanaganui a tara he mea kōkiri e Tapuwae roa, i whai [...]
Gisborne youth learn device refurbishing to help families
Tōnui Collab is training rangatahi at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Horouta Wānanga to recycle and refurbish electronic devices to save them from ending up in the rubbish. The [...]
Māori Start Ups Course Ready To Go
Māori fisheries settlement organisation Tapuwae Roa has teamed up with Sprout Agritech and Callaghan Innovation to create a 10-week programme for Māori start-ups.
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