"Inspiring, insightful, meaningful experience. Incredible wahine sharing true stories of learning."
This is a conference that will inspire and motivate attendees.
The agenda includes some of Aotearoa's most prominent women, including Precious Clark, Arihia Bennett MNZM, Meteria Turei, Teresa Tepania-Ashton MNZM, and Nanaia Mahuta, who will share career strategies, guidance and inspiration to aspiring women.
Westpac's latest Māori Industry report (6 September) heralds a period of massive opportunity for economic growth for Maori.
KUMA members will be interested to read this latest analysis of the Māori economic landscape and its impact
KUMA hosted a successful hui attended by 40 Otago and Southland business people on July 14. This event was supported by the University of Otago, Poutama Trust, Te Pūtahitanga, and Te Puni Kōkiri, with refreshments provided by the award winning KuruKuru vineyard - thanks to Hayden Johnston - and BB Catering.
A warm greeting was extended by KUMA Board Chair, Richard Kerr-Bell, and participants were treated to an engaging address by Kim Hill who is a MBFS mentor and has a business strategy and consultancy company based in Hamilton. Presentations from the other organisations included information on the business support that is available to Māori businesses, the requirements for the varying levels of support, and what investment funding might be available. Hayden then gave us an engaging commentary on the whakapapa of his vineyard and its strong connection to whānau aspirations, and a hint as to the expansion of the vineyard and a tasting shed which will be the place to go to in Tarras over the coming summer for wine tasting.
It was particularly pleasing to have people from all parts of the community attend: the DCC, University, businesses, runanga representatives, government agencies, advisors, coaches, consultants and financial institutions.
Participants lingered for a lot longer into the evening than anticipated, the networking was in full force, new members met long term KUMA members, and everyone agreed that the evening was well worth the time.
He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
Many thanks to Karen Burnett, Account Manager, TPK for making this important event in the business community happen. A further two similar events are planned for Queenstown and Invercargill early next year.
Reo Pēpi has been fortunate to feature in media of late. Here's some of our favourite news!
Follow the link below :
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KUMA is holding hui in Dunedin, Central Otago and Southland, aimed at Maori in business or Maori interested in establishing a business.
VENUE: Centre for Innovation, University of Otago, 87 St David Street, Dunedin
DATE: Thursday 14th July 2016
TIME: 5:30pm to 7:30 pm - Refreshments and kai provided.
RSVP: 8th July 2016 to
Rachael at info@southernamoribusiness.org.nz or 022 674 7304
Karen Burnett at burnk@tpk.govt.nz or 027 550 0768
The Dunedin hui is proudly supported by Te Puni Kōkiri and Poutama Business.
Come along to find out if you are eligible for support through these organisations. Jenna Love from Poutama will be in attendance.
Keep an eye out for further emails or check out our new website for updated details www.kuma.co.nz/
Please feel free to forward through your networks and get them to RSVP to Karen or myself.
Rachael McDowall
Te Kupeka Umaka Maori ki Araiteuru (KUMA)
Level One, 258 Stuart Street
P O Box 633
Dunedin
022 674 7304
www.southernmaoribusiness.org.nz
www.tikitourmap.com
This is the website for the social media information from the Tourism Host meeting in May.
http://getsocial.nz/8-steps-social-media-crisis-plan/
It was a great presentation and might useful for KUMA members.
Many thanks
Nāku noa, nā
Sharleen
Dr Sharleen Howison EdD (Doctorate Education Griffith University),
MEdAdmin(Massey), PostGradDipEdAdmin(Massey), BEd(Massey),
Dip Tchng(Tertiary, Cert Sustainable Practice(Level 5),
MNZITT, MTIANZ,MNZACE, MKUMA.
Principal Lecturer, College of Enterprise and Development
Forth Street, Private Bag 1910, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
P +64 03 4796164 | Room D117 | www.op.ac.nz
Dunedin City Council proudly welcomes you to enjoy and participate in our annual Puaka Matariki Festival. This festival is unique to Dunedin, it’s one of the significant ways the Council celebrates their partnership with iwi and engages with te ao Maori. Dunedin City Council supports the coordination and delivery of the Festival, they also provide funding to many of the groups and projects in the programme, and they provide administrative, technical and promotional support.
In traditional times different iwi observed the rising of Puaka or the Matariki cluster of stars to denote the beginning of the Maori New Year. Likewise different cultures in different parts of the Pacific were aligned to the rising of either. The New Year starts at the first new moon following the rising of Puaka and Matariki which this year is the 5th June.
Puaka is the principal star of Ngai Tahu. The nature of its rising in mid-winter would foretell the coming weather. Puaka is also known as Rigel and is part of the Orion constellation. Different iwi have different traditions attached to Matariki. The visual appearance of the stars at their rising was a portent of weather to come and was closely associated with kumera. Matariki is also known as Pleides.
We celebrate Puaka Matariki through a programme of diverse community celebrations across the suburbs, towns and communities that make up Dunedin including the Mid-Winter Carnival in the Octagon as a citywide celebration of the Maori New Year.
We celebrate Puaka Matariki as the ‘Wananga Season’, the time when we come together to share stories, pass on knowledge and learning, plan for the year ahead and this is represented in programmes presented by our public institutions like the Museums and Art Galleries.
We celebrate Puaka Matariki as Dunedin’s Festival of Maori Art through a wide range of toi Maori, visual art, literary works, music and dance performance events.
Please enjoy the podcasts, stories and images on our website from the 2014 and 2015 Festival.
The 2016 Festival runs from Friday 3rd June – Sunday 26th June.
http://matarikidunedin.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Matariki_2016_Programme.pdf
Kia ora
This morning we had our monthly networking breakfast at the Bacon Buttie Station.
A good turn out on what turned out to be a very balmy morning in Dunedin.
We re launched our long awaited KUMA website, more to follow on that, but please go and have a look http://www.kuma.co.nz/
The Ngai Tahu Maori Law Centre are holding a wananga to assist whanau in their journey to reconnect with whanau and whenua. Come along find out who you and where you come from. Templates and helpful research ideas will be available.
When : 23 June 2016 at 6.30pm
Venue: Toitu Settlers Museum
All welcome
For further information please contact Joy 4770855, or email joy@ngaitahulaw.org.nz
