September 01, 2022
Wananga to encourage Māori entrepreneurs
Māori professional services organisation, HTK Group is partnering with Auckland Council development agency Tātaki Auckland Unlimited to deliver programmes for Māori and Pacific entrepreneurs.
HTK managing director Renata Hakiwai says it will give them the chance to scale up to connect with other start-ups and businesses across the region.
HTK will have permanent co-working spaces at the GridAKL start-up campus at Wynyard Quarter and lead monthly Auckland-focused Māori business wānanga.
While Tāmaki Makaurau has a higher number of Māori entrepreneurs in the information media and telecommunications industry, those businesses employ only 2.9 people on average compared with 24.6 for non-Māori businesses in the region.