Ngā hononga pakihi Māori — regional Māori business networks

Before you apply

Listed because most regional pūtea never gets advertised nationally. It moves through these networks first, and a pakihi that is not connected hears about it after the round has closed.

The ten networks Te Puni Kōkiri list:

Te Taitokerau — Whāriki Te Taitokerau Tāmaki Makaurau — Whāriki Māori Business Network, whariki.co.nz Kirikiriroa Hamilton — Te Hūmeka, tehumeka.co.nz Rotorua — Pakihi Ora Tauranga — Tauranga Māori Business Association Taranaki — He Toronga Pakihi ki Taranaki Whanganui — Te Manu Atatū Kāpiti and Horowhenua — Te Rōpū Pakihi, trp.maori.nz Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington — Te Awe, teawe.maori.nz Ōtākou and Murihiku — Te Kupeka Umaka Māori ki Araiteuru (KUMA), kuma.co.nz

Several of them do more than network. Whāriki Te Taitokerau deliver the Adapting to Change workshops with Poutama under the Regional Business Partner programme, built specifically for Māori business owners, whānau businesses and side hustles. Whāriki also sit on the selection panel for a Northland regional fund.

Te Hiringa Trust in Whangārei delivers Te Puni Kōkiri’s Progressive Procurement Capability Uplift Programme locally — support to get procurement-ready, which pairs with registering on Amotai, listed here.

A caution on the source page. Te Puni Kōkiri’s Māori Enterprise page still says it will advise when applications open for the 2024-25 financial year and was last updated in January 2025. The network list itself is sound; treat anything about funding rounds on that page as out of date and ring the network directly.