Young Te Tai Rāwhiti enrepreneurs win national award after being the first to pitch in māori

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Horouta Wānanga students are the first finalists of the Young Enterprise Scheme national competition to pitch their business product in te reo Māori.

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The Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) is a programme for New Zealand high school students to start and run their own business.

The business venture, Tuakiri, won the title of the Tairāwhiti regional winners earlier this year but, at the YES awards on Thursday, they also won the national excellence award, Te Anamata NZ Māori Tourism Award for Rangatahi Entrepreneurs.

Two students representing Tuakiri, Moana-Li Huriwai and Karauna Waititi were flown to Pōneke yesterday to present their product to the judges - fedora hats connecting wearers to their Ngāti Porou roots and cultural identity.

“Ko te wero ki a matou, ko te tuhono i ngā whānau o Te Tai Rāwhiti ki tō rātou Ngāti Poroutanga. Ānei ngā pōtae i te whakakotahi ai ngā whānau o Te Tao Rāwhiti ki tā rātou Ngāti Poroutanga,” says Huriwai, of Ngāti Porou.

“Our challenge was to connect our whānau of the East Coast to their Ngāti Porou heritage. These hats are to unite the families of the coast to our Ngāti Poroutanga,” Huriwai says.

Read more here.

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December 9, 2024

Young Te Tai Rāwhiti enrepreneurs win national award after being the first to pitch in māori

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Horouta Wānanga students are the first finalists of the Young Enterprise Scheme national competition to pitch their business product in te reo Māori.

The Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) is a programme for New Zealand high school students to start and run their own business.

The business venture, Tuakiri, won the title of the Tairāwhiti regional winners earlier this year but, at the YES awards on Thursday, they also won the national excellence award, Te Anamata NZ Māori Tourism Award for Rangatahi Entrepreneurs.

Two students representing Tuakiri, Moana-Li Huriwai and Karauna Waititi were flown to Pōneke yesterday to present their product to the judges - fedora hats connecting wearers to their Ngāti Porou roots and cultural identity.

“Ko te wero ki a matou, ko te tuhono i ngā whānau o Te Tai Rāwhiti ki tō rātou Ngāti Poroutanga. Ānei ngā pōtae i te whakakotahi ai ngā whānau o Te Tao Rāwhiti ki tā rātou Ngāti Poroutanga,” says Huriwai, of Ngāti Porou.

“Our challenge was to connect our whānau of the East Coast to their Ngāti Porou heritage. These hats are to unite the families of the coast to our Ngāti Poroutanga,” Huriwai says.

Read more here.