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Tapuwae Roa in the media

Finding place for tikanga at board table

August 1, 2024|

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

August 1, 2024|

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

July 30, 2024|

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

Te Hui Taumata Kāwana Māori nā Tapuwae Roa – Bayden Barber

July 30, 2024|

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

May 24, 2024|

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

May 9, 2024|

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

May 9, 2024|

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

May 3, 2024|

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

February 28, 2024|

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.

Te Pūoho Kātene | Kaihautū o Toi Tukua

February 23, 2024|

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.

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Māori entrepreneur wānanga returns

February 7, 2024|

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.

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Turning Māori business aspirations into reality

January 29, 2024|

The Rakahinonga Roadshow created by Tapuwae Roa is heading to Tairāwhiti to help ignite Māori entrepreneurship. Facilitated by business mentor Saara Tawha, of Ramaroa Ltd, and Amy McLean, founder of Te Kainga Wāhine, the aims of the interactive one-day wānanga are to inspire Māori rakahinonga (entrepreneurship) and provide participants with key tools and skills to progress their business ideas into reality.

Te Pūoho Kātene | Kaihautū of Tapuwae Roa

January 24, 2024|

After a successful year with the Rakahinonga Roadshow. and an ongoing keen interest by many for another round. The team at Tapuwae Roa are wanting to keep up the work to build on Māori startups in Aotearoa, to do that Tapuwae Roa announced LAST WEEK a new series of online and regional wānanga to its 2024 Rakahinonga Roadshow.

Entrepreneur lessons given road test

January 23, 2024|

Māori economic support organisation Tapuwae Roa is taking to the road to encourage Māori business start-ups. Chief executive Te Pūoho Kātene says the Rakahinonga roadshow will be facilitated by expert business mentors Saara Tawha and Amy Mclean, who will provide participants with tools and skills to progress their business ideas into reality. Tapuwae Roa, which is funded from the Māori fisheries settlement, sees entrepreneurship as a pathway to mana motuhake.

A man of the people

January 3, 2024|

Norman Dewes, a prominent community leader in Christchurch, has died, aged 78. Norm, as he was known, was of Ngāti Kahungunu descent and grew up in Wairoa. He was 15 years old when he went to Christchurch under the Māori trade training scheme, eventually becoming a foundry worker and a unionist.

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Northland news in brief

October 25, 2023|

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 to life to Whangārei next month. Facilitated by experienced business mentor Saara Tawha (Ramaroa Ltd), the interactive one-day wānanga hopes to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit of participants while providing key tools and skills to progress their business ideas into reality. Structured to provide a “kick-start” in progressing rakahinonga aspirations, the workshop not only provides participants with a foundation in business basics, but introduces helpful tools, frameworks, and services available to support participants along their entrepreneurial journey.