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
Amorangi: Māori in Governance Summit returns!
Following increasing national demand for kaupapa Māori governance development, Tapuwae Roa’s biennial Amorangi: Māori in Governance Summit will return this 29 July 2026 with both in-person and online attendance options available. Since launching in 2022, Amorangi [...]
Meet our Tupu founders for 2026!
Tapuwae Roa has again welcomed 10 Māori-founded startups into its Tupu Accelerator, marking the third consecutive year of the eight-week programme supporting high-growth enterprises with global ambitions. The 2026 cohort was formally welcomed last [...]
Presenting our Pūrongo-ā-tau for 2025
Tapuwae Roa is proud to present our Pūrongo-a-tau mō te tau 2024–2025. This financial year was one of progression and focus as the Trust entered the third year of its Five-Year Strategic Plan. Building [...]
Tupu is back for 2026!
We’re excited to share that Tupu is back for 2026 — and applications are now open. Now in its third consecutive year, the Tupu Accelerator is seeking ten ambitious Māori founded startups ready to grow their pakihi into global [...]
He mihi aroha
Towards the end of last year, one of our long-standing Directors, Kate Cherrington, completed her time with Tapuwae Roa, closing an important chapter in the Trust’s story and leaving behind a legacy that continues [...]
He Tukutuku Koiora Graduation
I tērā tau, we returned to Te Taumata o Kupe, the place where it all began, to celebrate the graduation of our inaugural He Tukutuku Koiora Māori Associate Directorship Programme cohort. After two-and-a-half [...]
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
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 [...]
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.
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