October 21, 2019
AUT steps up to help Northland Māori start-ups
Regional economic development agency Northland Inc is teaming up with the Auckland University of Technology to launch a business accelerator programme aimed at enhancing Māori entrepreneurship.
Its business development manager, Joseph Stuart, says Te Kōrau weaves Māori perspectives and values to focus on building entrepreneurial capability and validating sustainable business ideas.
The pilot programme will run in the Hokianga region on Northland’s west coast, with more planned to follow during early 2020.
He says there is no shortage of ideas or entrepreneurially-minded people in the north, but what is lacking is a support system for people who are at an early stage with their business or business idea.
Te Kōrau is the first Māori contextualised version of the global CO.STARTERS programme, which AUT has been running since 2016.
An introductory workshop will be held at Rawene Town Hall on Thursday.
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