Mamas Donuts is world famous in Hamilton for feeding donut fiends three days a week. The business model allows the mamas who work in the company to spend more time with their whānau. It's ideal for helping mothers gain employment and start their own businesses, the mamas say.
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Milk bottle ambulance treating plastic waste problem
21-year-old Lucan Battison was sick of seeing plastic waste on the beach so he started Barefoot Bottles, a business that delivers milk in glass bottles straight to the doorsteps of Hawke's Bay residents.
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Whakatōhea return to moana, after rāhui lifted
Te Whakatōhea iwi coastline rāhui. This morning a contingent of 20 people met at Paerata ridge for a special ceremony to lift the rāhui and open their seas up for business as usual.
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Made of Manukau pop-up supporting local Māori, Pasifika businesses
The Made of Manukau pop-up retail experience returns to Te Haa o Manukau just in time for Christmas. Its aim is to support small South Auckland businesses while encouraging Māori and Pasifika to explore social entrepreneurship.
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NewsA whare of hope in Tairāwhiti
A new hub of businesses working under one roof in Tarāwhiti is taking an innovative approach to how they run to help empower people in the community.
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New project to develop Māori-owned land in Gisborne expected to bring $60m in revenue
A new project Turanga Whenua, Turanga Tangata developing Māori land in the Gisborne area is planned to bring millions of dollars of revenue to the rohe.
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Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei uses commercial homes to fund papakainga
Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrakei has opened its doors to their commercial homes for sale in Belmont on the North Shore. The Iwi plans to develop about 350 new homes in the area that will see financial returns increase the economic base to develop their own housing initiatives.
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Young Māori mother of 3 feeds Flaxmere
Sharnita Harmer from Ngāti Kahungunu is on a mission to uplift the name of her home town and promote better living. The young entrepreneur opened her very own food truck earlier this week and hopes to entice the taste buds of the Flaxmere community.
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Heartland Bank provides rangatahi Māori with lifetime opportunity
Internships for rangatahi Māori at Heartland Bank have been a way to get more Māori involved in the Financial Corporate sector. This Monday, the company will welcome 30 new interns who will follow in the footsteps of eight former interns who moved onto full-time employment in the sector.
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Lack of ethnic diversity in NZ companies ‘shocking’
A report released today shows board members of the top 100 publicly listed companies are still overwhelmingly male and Pākehā.
