Te Puni Kokiri - Latest News [Page 2]
Wāhine Māori Businesses Build Digital Footprint To Survive And Thrive
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 10:48 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Māori women in business are getting a helping hand to grow their online presence so they can strengthen their business resilience through the pandemic uncertainty. Te Rōpū Pakihi, the Māori business network for the Kāpiti Coast and Horowhenua ... More >>
Rangatahi Māori Paddle Waka Towards New Career Horizons
Thursday, 17 September 2020, 2:37 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
For two rangatahi who lost their jobs through COVID-19, completing the Te Puni Kōkiri skills and employment programme, Pae Aronui, has given them exciting new career paths. Tonight, at Kirikiriroa Marae in Hamilton, they will proudly stand with 15 rangatahi ... More >>
New App Aims To Revolutionise Seasonal Work
Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 11:10 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Māori tech business Jobloads pivoted its original business during lockdown and has just developed a digital solution that connects pre-verified workers with horticulture industry jobs. At its helm is Candice Pardy (Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Ngāti Porou) ... More >>
‘No Whānau Go Hungry’ Mandate Driving New South Island Service
Wednesday, 15 July 2020, 9:42 am | Te Puni Kokiri
A new Māori organisation called Te Pātaka Inc is being established to continue providing kai and firewood to assist whānau experiencing hardship from COVID-19 in Te Tau Ihu (top of the South Island). Originally the eight Te Tau Ihu iwi in Marlborough, ... More >>
Delivering for whānau Māori despite dialysis
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 2:59 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
Helping your people through an emergency takes a combined effort, especially as you come out of the immediate response and into the long-haul of recovery. More >>
Continued vigilance to keep kaumātua safe
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 11:11 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Hamilton’s Rauawawa Kaumātua Charitable Trust (Rauawaawa) will continue their new ‘Covid world’ way of supporting kaumatua until Alert Level 1 because of how vulnerable elderly are to the virus and some are anxious about leaving their bubble ... More >>
Lifeline Provided To Homeless And Struggling Whānau In Lockdown
Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 10:22 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Homelessness, affording newborn baby supplies or struggling to pay for power are some of the issues keeping Ngāti Kahungungu Whānau Services flat out supporting Wellington’s most vulnerable during COVID-19. “We have been moving people that ... More >>
Lifeline Provided To Homeless And Struggling Whānau In Lockdown
Friday, 24 April 2020, 6:38 am | Te Puni Kokiri
The Kahungungu Whānau Services team say their most vulnerable lack housing and essentials, let alone internet and mobile phones. They are delivering food, helping with bills and sharing COVID-19 messages to support Wellington whānau. Homelessness, ... More >>
Overcoming COVID-19 Barriers To Get Food To Mōtītī Island Hapū
Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 2:10 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
When New Zealand went into COVID-19 shutdown the people living on Mōtītī Island, 10km’s off the Tauranga coast, were cut off from food and generator fuel supply. Ngāti Awa, the iwi of the 40 plus permanent Mōtītī residents, kicked into action ... More >>
Reaching Whānau On Air And On The Ground During The Pandemic
Tuesday, 21 April 2020, 11:05 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Atiawa Toa FM staff never doubted their radio station should stay on air to support their communities through COVID-19 when the nation went into lockdown. The iwi station is a part of Te Rūnanganui o Te Āti Awa ki te Upoko o Te Ika a Maui which received ... More >>
Refurbished training hostel soon to be rental apartments
Monday, 20 January 2020, 11:38 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Breathing new life into an iconic Ōtautahi building will revitalise the local community and add to the inner-city housing supply for whānau Māori. More >>
Māori Media Sector Shift Advisory Panel confirmed
Wednesday, 29 May 2019, 10:26 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Members of the Māori Media Sector Shift Advisory Panel have been confirmed by the Chief Executive of Te Puni Kōkiri, Michelle Hippolite today. More >>
Nancy Tuaine appointed Te Puni Kōkiri Regional Manager
Monday, 6 May 2019, 3:04 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
Nancy Tuaine appointed Te Puni Kōkiri Regional Manager for Te Tai Hauāuru More >>
Better information for Māori land owners
Friday, 3 May 2019, 10:17 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced the cross-government programme in February this year. The Whenua Māori Programme, co-led by Te Puni Kōkiri and the Ministry of Justice, aims to stimulate new opportunities for whānau to realise ... More >>
Whānau Development Summit 2019
Friday, 22 March 2019, 11:52 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Te Puni Kōkiri will be hosting the Whānau Development Summit at Te Papa in Wellington on the 25th of March 2019. The Whānau Development Summit is a forum that Te Puni Kōkiri has created to promote whānau development investment and whānau centred ... More >>
Māori language sports virtual reality game released
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 1:54 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
Puni Reo Pāhekoheko is a Māori language sports virtual reality game aimed at encouraging the use of te reo Māori in sports. More >>
Kei te tautoko a Te Puni Kōkiri i Te Matatini ki te Ao
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 10:48 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Nō Te Puni Kōkiri te maringanui ki te tautoko ā-pūtea i te taiopenga kapa haka nunui o te ao, arā, ko Te Matatini ki te Ao. E hia kē nei ngā mano tāngata ka tae mai ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara ki te mātakitaki i ngā 'taumāhekeheke' o te ao ... More >>
Connecting rural Māori to the Internet
Friday, 15 February 2019, 2:14 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
Te Puni Kōkiri is proud to be a partner in the Marae Connectivity project that will see selected rural marae connected to the internet by the end of this year. More >>
Providing a Māori perspective on wellbeing
Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 1:03 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
Te Puni Kōkiri, in collaboration with the Treasury, is proud to release a discussion paper that provides a Māori perspective on the Living Standards Framework. More >>
Calling for submissions on Māori Media Sector Shift
Friday, 1 February 2019, 12:29 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
Te Puni Kōkiri is calling for feedback and online submissions for the Māori Media Sector Shift from today. The Māori Media Sector Shift will explore how radio, television and online te reo and Māori content will be delivered in the future. Te Puni Kōkiri ... More >>