We aim to enhance and extend Māori learner confidence and expertise in Māori business. Curricula and co-curricula courses and activities include:
- Māori and Indigenous focused papers: MANT 340 – Indigenous Models of Management and Organisation
- Turangawaewae Pokai Whenua indigenous international exchange
- Scholarships to work with Māori businesses
- The Konaki entrepreneur internship in conjunction with Innov8HQ
- Opportunities to attend Māori focussed conferences, workshops and symposia.
These include: Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga, Ngā Kaitatau Māori o Aotearoa – Māori accountants
Māori Scholarship Student Research
2021
Rosie Sommerville, Karitane Māori Tours strategy (Marketing)
Owyn Aitken, Climate change data visualisation for Aukaha (Information Science)
Jade Peters, Aukaha Service Pricing project (Accounting)
Kiran Skelton, Kaupapa Māori in the Science Sector [Literature review]. Building NZ’s Innovation Capacity scholarship
Dakoda Conroy, Waihopai Marae Data Analytics project. PWC scholarship
2020
Sequoia Short, Understanding the Viability of Social Procurement for Indigenous Communities in New Zealand (Management). Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga scholarship
Tahu Andrell, Entrepreneurship Survey of Māori SMEs (Economics)
Laurie Lloyd-Jones, Ātea project: Creating a Māori experience in the digital realm (Information Science)
Ben Kiore, Preparing an operational plan for a growing Māori business (Accounting)
2019
Vivian Griffiths, Developing a strategy for establishing an online presence for MEA (Marketing)
Shaniya Allan, A Review of Indigenous Work Programmes. (Management)
2018
Vivian Griffiths, Māori Rangatahi Health App (Marketing)
Sequoia Short, Māori Social Procurement (Management)
2017
Roma Simmons-Donaldson. Whai rawa: Mobilising the economic development aspirations of Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki (Management)
Grace Love, Communications and Engagement for Kati Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki (Marketing)
Warren Walker, Tuaki Fishing (Accounting)
2016
Hitaua Arahanga-Doyle. Optimising the Economic Performance of Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki (Management)
