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
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 [...]
Native American Partnership Spotlights Māori Creatives
A delegation of Native American creatives is meeting with Māori artists, designers, and founders this week as part of the Toi Tukua tour; a trans-ocean partnership between Tapuwae Roa and leading U.S indigenous media platform, Native [...]
Tapuwae Roa welcomes new additions to its board of directors.
Tapuwae Roa announced today the appointment of Bernie O’Donnell and Naomi Manu (MNZM) as Alternate Directors to its board. The appointments are to bring an insightful breadth of experience and skills to Tapuwae Roa’s newly [...]
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
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.
Tupu – Transforming Small Māori Business’ into Global Ventures
I whakawhiti kōrero mātou ki a Te Puoho Katene nō Tapuwae Roa, mō tā rātou kaupapa kātahi anō ka huaki, hei whakatipu i ngā wāhi pakihi Māori.
Kūmara economics: new accelerator for Māori startups
Government innovation agency Callaghan Innovation has partnered with Te Ohu Kaimoana subsidiary Tapuwae Roa and agritech accelerator Sprout to launch Tupu, a 10-week Māori startup accelerator.
Te Pūoho Kātene | Kaihautū o Toi Tukua
A delegation of Native American creatives is meeting with Māori artists, designers, and founders this week as part of the Toi Tukua tour; a trans-ocean partnership between Tapuwae [...]