OPINION: When Winston Peters uses the term ‘ordinary Māori’, there’s cause to look for definition.
OPINION: For aspiring entrepreneurs, developing an understanding of business models is not the most challenging task. But Māori are disproportionately under-represented in this group.
OPINION: Democracy is deeply flawed. But it still works better than anything else.
OPINION: Kaupapa Māori is not just fodder for a pitch deck.
OPINION: Māori tech entrepreneurs could do well in their journeys to success by refreshing themselves of great leadership from their culture and history.
OPINION: A Māori-focused VC is a natural next step for collective Māori investment.
OPINION: If you use the term ‘Māorification’ then you do not understand the place of tangata whenua in this country and the history of Te Tiriti.
OPINION: Sometimes repeated exposure to business problems results in the ‘aha’ moment. Only an entrepreneur will act on it.
OPINION: Māori accessing capital, Part 2. Could Kiwibank be a better partner to Māori?
OPINION: In awe of the confidence with which parts of the bureaucracy proffer advice on that which they have never done – run a business.