Clustering & Networking

Clustering and Networking is not a foreign concept to Māori its just another way of expressing Whānaungatanga!

This is aptly demonstrated through the Tekau Plus programme. Tekau Plus is a New Zealand-Aotearoa export business program supported by Poutama that assists Māori businesses to go to the market with value added products, systems and services.

Cooperating with other businesses be they Māori or non-Māori is an established way of doing business in Aotearoa-New Zealand and throughout many parts of the world. Business Clustering and Networking comes in many forms and ranges from soft networks where business relationships are developed through organisations like the Wellington Maori Business Network 'Te Awe' to hard networks where organisations contribute time, resources and money to achieve outcomes they would not normally achieve as an individual business.

Poutama sees potential for the establishment of clusters and networks in the many and varied business sectors that Māori are involved in. This includes sectors such as Film & Television, Information & Communications Technology, Tourism and the Primary sectors.

For more information please contact us on 0800 476 882.