Pōtiki Poi was founded by then 12-year-old Georgia Latu, who had a dream of seeing poi for sale in shops all over New Zealand.
Three years later Latu's dream is about to become a reality, with her poi soon to be swinging in and off shelves in Countdown supermarkets all over the nation.
Latu is now 15 and her mother Anna Latu said "It was quite a hard case seeing my 15-year-old daughter talking business and sitting at the table with a Countdown CEO discussing, if we make our poi this price, will we make a profit?''
''It's pretty exciting. I don't know the exact numbers but we definitely are making a profit three years into this business. We're successful, which is pretty exciting."
Georgia Latu started the business in 2019, with the name Pōtiki Poi to acknowledge her youngest sibling's Down Syndrome (also known as Api Syndrome).