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Amorangi summit returns to promote tikanga-led governance
Amorangi, the biennial Māori in Governance Summit, returns to Wellington on Wednesday, aiming to give Māori and non-Māori governors an understanding of tikanga-led governance. This year's programme features 10 speakers from across the governance spectrum, including Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Waitangi Tribunal Chair Chief Judge Caren Fox, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Māori and Kaitiakitanga Rawinia Higgins, and Wellington Rugby Director Erin Roxburgh. Tapuwae Roa Kaihautū and Labour party candidate Te Pūoho Kātene (Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Tama) told RNZ Amorangi was created to form a connected community for people involved in governance throughout Te Ao Māori.
Te Pūoho Kātene | Nau mai ki te whakapakari ake i ō pūkenga ārahitanga.
Kei te piki haere te hiahia o ngā whānau ki te whai wāhi ki ngā kaupapa whakapakari i ngā pukenga ārahitanga Māori, ā, kua tata kī katoa te Hui Amorangi a Tapuwae Roa. Ka whakahuihui te hui i ngā rangatira Māori ki te whakawhiti whakaaro me te whakapakari i ngā pūkenga whakahaere.
#governance: Amorangi Summit Earns National Governance Recognition ahead of 2026 Gathering
The Amorangi Summit 2026 has received national recognition for its contribution to governance leadership, with the Institute of Directors New Zealand (IoD) awarding attendees five hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for participating in the kaupapa Māori governance event. The endorsement marks a significant milestone for Tapuwae Roa, recognising tikanga-led governance as an increasingly important
Growing the next generation of Māori startup founders
Māori entrepreneurs are behind some of New Zealand's most innovative companies, from fintech firm BlinkPay to fusion energy startup OpenStar. But those behind the Tupu Accelerator say creating the next generation of high-growth Māori businesses will require backing founders much earlier in their journey. "I've sat in the venture capital space as an investor for years, and I would often ask, 'Where are all the Māori founders?'" programme lead Te Pūoho Katene said. "We don't think it's an innovation problem. It's an access question that we're stepping in to solve." The Tupu Accelerator is an eight-week programme designed to connect Māori founders with experienced entrepreneurs, investors and mentors, while helping them navigate the challenges of building a startup.
Growing the next generation of Māori startup founders
Māori entrepreneurs are behind some of New Zealand's most innovative companies, from fintech firm BlinkPay to fusion energy startup OpenStar. But those behind the Tupu Accelerator say creating the next generation of high-growth Māori businesses will require backing founders much earlier in their journey.
Ten Māori-founded ventures join Tupu Accelerator’s third cohort
Demand for Tapuwae Roa's Tupu Accelerator keeps climbing, with a new cohort of ten high-growth Māori-founded ventures welcomed for the programme's third consecutive year. From a digital health platform for people living with IBS to an on-farm unit that turns waste milk into feed-grade powder, the ten start-ups making up the 2026 Tupu Accelerator cohort show the breadth of Māori innovation now scaling out of Aotearoa.
New thinking needed to finance Māori startup enterprises
Māori-led enterprise startups often don’t fit venture capital funding models because they work on much longer timeframes.
#business: Tupu Accelerator Returns to Back Māori Startups onto Global Stage
Tapuwae Roa has announced the return of its flagship Tupu Accelerator, an eight-week programme aimed at fast-tracking Māori-founded startups toward investment readiness and international expansion.
Amorangi gives a masterclass in culture and connection
Following its successful online debut in 2022, Tapuwae Roa’s leading Māori in Governance Summit, Amorangi, returned in July.
Building resilience, not just wealth: Indigenous principles take centre stage at ASFI Summit
At the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute Summit held on Thursday in Sydney on Gadigal land, Māori leader Te Pūoho Kātene, chief executive of Tapuwae Roa, delivered a powerful keynote advocating for Indigenous principles to reshape the finance sector's approach to sustainability.
Rangatahi-led kaupapa lead the way with Tukuoha funding
Tapuwaeroa has announced their recipients for the annual Tukuoha funding rounds, one recipient was Tauranga based Toi Kai Rawa, an organisation that looks at empowering and builidng rangatahi leadership. Timoti Tiakiwai has more.
Finding place for tikanga at board table
The organiser of a Māori in governance summit says Māori need to bring their full selves and whakapapa to the board table. Tapuwae Roa chief executive Te Pūoho Kātene says this week’s Amorangi summit drew more than 800 people both online and in person at Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington to hear speakers including Tania Simpson, Tina Porou and Pania Newton. He says there was discussion of how to bring the next generation of leaders through, especially rangatahi who are unapologetic about their identity as Maori.
Māori in Governance Summit 2024 – Te Puoho Katene
I tēnei wiki i tū ko te kaupapa o ‘Māori in Governance Summit’ ki te Papa Tongarewa i Te Whanganui-a-tara he mea kōkiri e Tapuwae Roa, me te aha, i whai wāhi hoki ngā whānau kāore i tae ā kiko atu mā te ipurangi, hai tā ngā rīpoata koni atu i te 800 te nui o te ranga i hono atu, i kōrero mātou ki te Pou Whakarae o Tapuwae Roa ki a Te Puoho Kātene, kei te rīkoatatanga nei te roanga ake o āna kōrero.
Amorangi sees 800 attend
Hundreds are set to participate in Maori governance training in Wellington. Amorangi Summit is an opportunity for whanau Maori to learn in depth about governance and to hear firsthand from Iwi chairs on the impact they can have when sitting in governance roles. Interviewed: Kaihautu Te Puoho Katene, Kahungunu Iwi Hea Bayden Barber
Amorangi: Māori in Governance Summit
Following its successful online debut in 2022, Tapuwae Roa’s leading Māori in Governance Summit, Amorangi, held a hybrid event yesterday (Tues) with over 800 attendees participating both in-person and online.
Te Hui Taumata Kāwana Māori nā Tapuwae Roa – Bayden Barber
Nōnanahi timata ai te Hui Taumata Kawana Māori ki Te Papa Tongarewa, he kaupapa e whai ana kia whakamānawa i ngā kairahi Māori o te anamata. Ko tētahi o ngā kaikōrero ki te hui inanahi, ko tō tātou manuhiri, ko te Heamana i te manatū o Ngāti Kahungunu a Bayden Barber, kei te rīkoatatanga nei te roanga ake o āna kōrero.
Tapuwae Roa releases investment playbook for Māori entrepreneurs
For those with a venture and heading into the market for the first time, Tapuwae Roa have released its very own investment playbook to help Māori entrepreneurs. Covering everything from interpreting investor jargon to understanding the ups and downs of start-up life, Tapuwae Roa, a social impact organisation, have released its Te Ara Takatū: Pathways for Māori Entrepreneurship playbook for budding founders. For Tapuwae Roa, its goal is to pursues tikanga-led social change with the purpose of whāngaitia matua te tuakiri Māori (promoting the sustenance of Māori identity) through targeted funding, investment, and advocacy.
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, the one-day summit will be held in person for the first time in Wellington as well as being live-streamed to online attendees.
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 wāhi kōrero mātou ki te Kaihautū o Tapuwae roa ki a Te Puoho Katene kei runga ake nei te roanga ake o āna kōrero.
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 kaupapa called RAD, Recycle a Device, is a nationwide initiative developed by Digital Future Aotearoa. It was brought to Gisborne by Tōnui Collab through partial funding from Tapuwae Roa and the Gisborne District Council.
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 Roa and leading U.S indigenous media platform, Native Max.
Māori entrepreneur wānanga returns
Continuing in its move to stoke the number of Maori start-ups in New Zealand, Tapuwae Roa has announced a new series of online and regional wananga to its 2024 Rakahinonga Roadshow. Facilitated by expert business mentors Saara Tawha (Ramaroa Ltd) and Amy Mclean (Te Kainga Wahine), the interactive one-day wananga hopes to ignite Maori rakahinonga (entrepreneurship) and provide participants with key tools and skills to progress their business ideas into reality.
