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.
“The Rakahinonga Roadshow has been created to activate momentum, by helping whānau explore their ideas,” says Tawha, who brings more than four years’ experience working with Māori startups to the initiative through Kōkiri Māori Business Accelerator.
“It gets these ideas out of the heads of rakahinonga, puts them through their paces, and then challenges them to assess if their ideas warrant the work required to explore further.”
Structured to provide a kickstart in progressing rakahinonga aspirations, the workshop also provides participants with a foundation in business basics and introduces helpful tools, frameworks, and services available to support participants along their entrepreneurial journey.
