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Tapuwae Roa in the media

Māori Entrepreneurs Workshop In Whangarei In November

October 19, 2023|

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. The engaging workshops are facilitated by Sara Tāwha (Ramaroa Ltd). For more information, click here. Te Taitokerau participants will be able to attend a one-day workshop in Whangārei on the 4th of November.

Fish money promotes Māori start-ups

October 18, 2023|

Māori fisheries entity Tapuwae Roa is holding a series of regional wānanga to help Māori entrepreneurs bring their business ideas to life. The former He Putea Whakatupu Trust hopes to remove some of the barriers Māori experience when entering the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Facilitator Saara Tawha, who has been working with start-ups through the Kōkiri Māori Business Accelerator, says the Rakahinonga Roadshow will provide participants with a foundation in business basics and introduce them to helpful tools, frameworks, and services.

New initiative to help Māori bring business ideas to life

October 18, 2023|

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. 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 to reality.

Tapuwae Roa hopes to bring out the aspirations of Māori startup entrepreneurs

October 18, 2023|

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. 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 to reality.

Mā ngā ‘Amonuku’ e whakatō nei i ngā mātāpono māori ki ngā kamupene o te motu

September 27, 2023|

Kua puta te karanga i ‘He tukutuku koiora’ kia whai I ētahi kamupene whakahaere I te rāngai e ahu mai nei I te kaupapa o ‘Amonuku’ mō te 18 marama te roa, e noho nei ēnei kaupapa ki raro iho I te marumaru o Tapu Waeroa. Hai tā Te Puoho Katene, Kaihautu I Tapu Waeroa ko te whāinga nui o tē kaupapa nei kia whai wāhi atu ngā amonuku ki ngā kamupene o te motu kia pai ai tō rātou whakatō i ngā mātāpono māori ngā wāriu māori anō hoki. “Me pēwhea te whakatipu i tētahi māwake rangatahi ki ngā rangatira poari o āpōpō koirā te arotahi o tēnei kaupapa o ‘He tukutuku koiora’. E rua ngā tau me te hawhe ko te mea nui i te tau tuatahi he rurukū ki [...]

Tapuwaeroa: Tonganui Scholarship Recipient

September 19, 2023|

In this interview on our Te Reo o Te Rangatira show with host Girlie Clarke, Masters of Environmental Studies student Hikawai Te Nahu shares his work and studies towards the lakes in Rotorua and minimising invasive species. He is working with Te Arawa Lakes Trust and explains the important relationship between kaitiakitanga and environmental stu

Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust rebrands itself Tapuwae Roa

August 29, 2023|

Leading Māori social impact organisation Te Ohu Kaimoana, Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust has a new identity, Tapuwae Roa. The rebrand comes as the trust’s commitment to better reflect the organisation’s purpose and vision for the future - 20 years after its establishment under the Māori Fisheries Act 2004.

Climate Change Curriculum For Kura Kaupapa Māori

August 29, 2023|

Te Pūohu Kātene (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Toa) speaks about the renaming of Tapuwae Trust from Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust and the projects they are funding. The Trust is an entity of Te Ohu Kaimoana and has been working to deliver social change for tamariki Māori with funding approximately $5 million to deliver literacy and numeracy across Aotearoa and funding Te Rūnanga Nui O Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori to develop a Climate Change curriculum for all Kura Kaupapa Māori across Aotearoa

Governance course helps with Māori syndrome

May 30, 2023|

Treaty settlement organisation Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust has launched an associate directorship programme to give talented Māori professionals a fast track into governance roles. Te Aho Pihama, the head of Māori advisory at Kiwibank, is one of the first eight He Tukutuku Koiora candidates

Contested Māori governance programme welcomes inaugural cohort

May 26, 2023|

Contested Māori governance programme welcomes inaugural cohort Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust is pleased to welcome the inaugural cohort for newly launched Māori associate directorship programme, He Tukutuku Koiora. The highly anticipated programme saw over 100 candidates apply from a vast range of professional sectors and life experiences, with eight successful applicants officially inducted into the programme as Amonuku (Associate Directors) at its launch last month

Tomorrow’s Māori leaders are getting schooled up in governance roles and responsibilities

May 26, 2023|

Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust has welcomed the inaugural cohort for the newly launched Māori associate directorship programme, He Tukutuku Koiora. The programme saw more than 100 candidates apply from a vast range of professional sectors and life experiences, with eight successful applicants officially inducted into the programme as amonuku (associate directors) at its launch last month

Programme to train next class of aspiring Māori directors begins

May 26, 2023|

The first cohort of the recently formed Māori associate directorship programme, He Tukutuku Koiora, has been welcomed by Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust. More than100 candidates from different professional sectors applied to take part in the programme, with only eight successful candidates brought into it as amonuku (associate directors) at its launch last month

From growth hacking to Māori governance

April 19, 2023|

Kale Panoho would never want to repeat his childhood. His father left early on, and his first 10 years were spent in Brisbane where issues with alcoholism blighted his home life. But a move to Clyde in Central Otago with his mother turned things around somewhat, he told NBR recently... I found out about the He Tukutuku Koiora programme from a really great friend and someone who I look up to: Te Pūoho Katene

Crunching the numbers for the Māori economy

March 21, 2023|

An interest in commerce set Bronson Marshall on a career path that has led him to support the Māori economy. Covid brought him home after four years in London, and most recently he has filled a new role on the board of Rua Bioscience. He talks to Kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor

Trust to train tikanga board members

February 8, 2023|

Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust has launched a programme to get Māori professionals into governance roles. Chief executive Te Pūoho Kātene says there’s an increasing demand for tikanga-focused leadership, whether it’s in commercial enterprises or in organisations looking at social and environmental issues. He Tukutuku Koiora is a two-and-a-half-year Māori-specific governance training programme which includes both online and in-person learning modules, manaaki support and mentoring, as well as an 18-month associate directorship placement

Report: Kaupapa Māori approach speeds learning

January 24, 2023|

A new research report launched this week by Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust has found that targeted investment into kaupapa Māori literacy and numeracy programmes has accelerated the learning of ākonga Māori. Ngā Uri Whakatupu is an independent summative evaluation that has evaluated the impact of Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust’s $5.5 million investment into literacy and numeracy programmes delivered to 1,600 tamariki Māori across a four-year period

Pūtea Whakatupu Trust delivers for Māori

January 24, 2023|

An independent review has found Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust’s investment in kaupapa Māori literacy and numeracy programmes has accelerated the learning of ākonga Māori. The trust, which is funded from Māori fisheries settlement money allocated for urban Māori, has spent $5.5 million over the past four years on two programmes covering 1600 tamariki Māori – Kete Aronui delivered by Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency, and Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau delivered by Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu

Holistic approach improves literacy and numeracy skills of Māori students

January 20, 2023|

According to a study released yesterday (19.01.2023) by Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust, targeted investment for kaupapa Māori (Māori principles and ideas which act as a foundation for action) literacy and numeracy programmes has accelerated Māori students’ learning. An independent summative review: Ng Uri Whakatupu, assessed the effects of Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust’s $5.5 million investment in a program that provided 1,600 Māori children, aged 5-12, with innovative literacy and numeracy education from July 2019 to June 2022

Anei te ara angitū: Te tarati Pūtea Whakatupu

January 19, 2023|

Te huhua o ngā painga kua puta i ngā kaupapa whakawhanake nei mā ngā ākonga Māori, tēnā tautokohia mai. Koia nei te kōrero nā te kaihautū o te tarati Pūtea Whakatupu, nā Te Pūoho Kātene, ki te kāwanatanga. Kua whakaputaina he ripoata hou e te tarati e whakamiramira ana i ngā hua nui kua puta mō ngā kaupapa reo matini, ngā kaupapa pangarau anō hoki i waihangatia e rātou mā ngā ākonga Māori kotahi mano, e ono rau o te motu mō ngā tau e whā kua hori

Kaupapa Māori approach helps Maori learners, report finds

January 19, 2023|

A kaupapa Māori approach to learning is improving the education outcomes of Māori ākonga (students), new research has found. Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust invested $5.5 million into literacy and numeracy programmes for 1600 tamariki Māori over four years. Ngā Uri Whakatupu, an independent report evaluating the impact of the investment, released its findings on Thursda

Plan for Māori Rhodes Scholars

October 13, 2022|

The director of the Rhodes Trust’s Atlantic Institute says a strategy is needed to increase the number of Māori Rhodes Scholars. Evie O’Brien, a former deputy chief executive at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, says only three of the more than 247 New Zealand Rhodes scholars selected since 1904 were Māori. She’s currently hosting a delegation of 13 Māori graduate student candidates as part of a new initiative to open up opportunities with Oxford University in the United Kingdom

100 years after first wahine Māori attended ‘world’s best uni’, 13 new grads head to Oxford

October 13, 2022|

It’s 100 years since the first wahine Māori enrolled at one of the world’s most famous universities, and 13 new Māori graduate student candidates from across Aotearoa are visiting the University of Oxford in the UK as part of an initiative to encourage students to look at international studies

University of Oxford tour entices Māori graduate students to international study

October 12, 2022|

[London, England] – 13 Māori graduate student candidates from across Aotearoa are visiting the UK this week (Oct 8-16) as part of a new initiative to open up opportunities with the University of Oxford. Hosted by The Atlantic Institute and The Rhodes Trust, Te Hononga Māori Graduate Study Tour has an inaugural cohort of over 30 attendees, including both graduate student candidates and leaders from the Māori community. Visiting candidates will meet with Oxford University academics and leaders, network with recent Māori graduates, and tour various schools within the university in a visit designed to encourage more Māori students to consider international study at leading universities.

Te Arawa to help Rarotonga tackle starfish outbreak harming reefs

October 7, 2022|

A project that could see Te Arawa helping Rarotonga with a starfish outbreak jeopardising its coral reef, has just been given a financial boost by Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust. Rarotonga-based Kōrero o te ‘Ōrau has been tackling the crown-of-thorns starfish, or taramea outbreak, with scuba divers removing the invasive species from the reef by hand. Te Arawa Taiohi Toa Trust now hopes to train its own divers to assist Rarotonga and control other invasive species in Te Arawa lakes