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
Tapuwae Roa brings pakihi Māori aspirations to life
In a move to grow the number of Māori startups in Aotearoa, Tapuwae Roa has launched today a series of regional wānanga to support rakahinonga Māori (entrepreneurs) in bringing their business ideas to life. Facilitated [...]
He Tukutuku Koiora Launches Search for Host Boards
We are pleased to announce we are now inviting expressions of interest from organisations across Aotearoa who are interested in becoming board hosts for our talented cohort of Amonuku (Associate Directors) With our Amonuku [...]
Nau mai ngā toki!
For the third year running. Tapuwae Roa is proud to be empowering rangatahi and promoting kaupapa-Māori with our annual Tukuoha funding round. This year's Tukuoha funding round featured the return of two of the Pou [...]
Introducing Tapuwae Roa
Ka hikimata te tapuwae o Tangaroa, ka whaimata te Tapuwae o Tangaroa, ko te Tapuwae Roa e tū nei! Yesterday was a special day for us as we marked the end of our chapter as [...]
New identity for Te Pūtea Whakatupu
Leading Māori social impact organisation and entity of Te Ohu Kaimoana, Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust, is proud to announce today the launch of their new identity, Tapuwae Roa. The rebrand comes as part of the [...]
Tonganui Scholar helps to battle Rarotonga Taramea outbreak
Harina is utilising her scholarship to progress Te Arawa Taiohi Toa’s vision of “Arawa Ahu Hawaiki” through a cultural exchange that assists Rarotonga with addressing their outbreak of crown-of-thorns-starfish (taramea, acanthaster planci) that is currently [...]
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
Nau mai e ngā whānau ki ngā wānanga rakahinonga māori
Nō te rangi tonu nei whakarewa ai etahi wānanga rakahinonga Māori e te waka o Tapuwae Roa. He terenga wānaga ērā hai whakawhanake ake i ngā pukenga a [...]
Northland news in brief
In a move to grow the number of Māori startups in Aotearoa, Tapuwae Roa will bring a wānanga to support rakahinonga Māori (entrepreneurs) in bringing their business ideas [...]
Saara Tawha | The Rakahinonga Roadshow Facilitator
Leading Māori social impact organistion Tapuwae Roa today launched a series of regional wānanga to support rakahinonga Māori (entrepreneurs) in bringing their business ideas to life. The Rakahinonga [...]
Māori Entrepreneurs Workshop In Whangarei In November
Te Pūoho Katene Kaihautū of Te Tapuwaeroa formerly Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust shares the details for the workshops running across the country to grow and develop Māori Entrupreneurship. [...]