Business: Māori Business Resources

Te Toi Ōhanga is a whānau-based research and innovation business. Working with Māori communities to co-design and co-create whānau-Māori-ecosystem wellbeing and cultural survival outcomes.

A series which profiles Maori leaders who have challenged and inspired their people and the nation.

'Project Mātauranga' highlights the growth of Māori worldviews within New Zealand's scientific community and celebrates the people and ideas that are giving our country an edge in the world of science. Formatted around the structure of an experiment, viewers see problems resolved through the application of Western science and Māori knowledge systems. As Dr Mercier explains - Our brand of science maybe a little different from Western science but nonetheless it allowed us to work in the world, to be in the world, to live in the world, to survive in the world for generations and thousands of years.

Pūmanawa: Celebrating Māori in Business features Māori operated businesses that sell or market a non-Māori product and look at the obstacles they have faced. The series also looks at the history of Māori tourism highlighting some of the famous attractions that lead visitors here in the past and how they are still attracting visitors today

Three Māori Boys and lifelong mates from Whakatāne share their journey to create a non-alcoholic beverage called Wai Mānuka.

Based on the award-winning book ‘Whaikōrero’ written by Dr Poia Rewi, this 12-week series provides an in-depth look into the art of Māori oratory through conversations with leading Māori speakers.

Producer Mahanga Pihama says that each episode represents a chapter from the book and illustrates the knowledge and mana held by Māori orators from different iwi around Aotearoa.

“I was completely drawn to them and lost in their world. You could see how passionate they were about whaikōrero and how much it played a part in their lives.”

With 28 whaikōrero experts involved in the series, viewers will be able to experience more than what is simply seen by many as a speech.

“Filming the series was inspiring because of what they said and how they said it, so viewers will be able to learn about the holistic approach to whaikōrero and different aspects such as the structure, language and style.”