Do you have an idea that you’d like to take further? A business that’s ready for launch? A business that’s ready for growth? Are you creative or skilled, but don’t know how to utilise that for profit or run it as a business?

Do you want to solve a problem and make a difference in your community? Are you in touch with your Māori culture, or wanting to learn and hold values of whānau? Are you mindful of the wider Māori community in regards to your Marae, Hapū and Iwi?

Wherever you’re at on that journey, Te Kōrau can help.

 
 
 
 

What you get out of the Te Kōrau programme?

 

  • Whakamanawa / confidence and a deeper understanding of how to create and operate a sustainable business

  • Identifying whether or not an idea is good and how to change it to make it work

  • The āheinga / ability to articulate what your business does and how it works

  • The next steps needed to move forward

  • A whānau-like community of peers, mentors, business services and a national network of support

  • An awhi/tautoko (safe, embracing, supportive) environment to
    learn in

  • Designed for aspiring and seasoned rakahinonga (entrepreneurs)

  • Access to possible mentors

  • Insight into available funding for Maori entrepreneurs

 
 
 
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‘When I think back to Te Kōrau wānanga what I’d imagined was not what I received. It exceeded it. I was blown away by the quality of content and the end result. The main points were: I expected to enhance my current business but what I received was a whole new business idea and everyone’s help in bringing it  into reality. When I initially thought of the idea, it was a vague thought and something that crossed my mind every now and then. By the end of the programme, it was so clear in my mind, I literally couldn’t wait to burst out of the doors and bring it to life. My peers also had future customers to fit my target market. I loved how my peers were experts in their own field, from marketing, to design and videography, and we could learn from one another. 

Having people with like-minded whakaaro and wairua Maori was the best. Matua Arapeta Hamilton spoke on tikanga and Maori history. This cemented a mission that I HAD to make a reality. Since then, I have hosted one group with many others wanting to network and join in. Initially, I had doubts as to how good or boring the programme would be, but I had faith in AUT to put their name against a programme they knew was of top quality. Plus our facilitators were lecturers at university, so they were capable and exceeded my expectations. The guest speakers were so good and you could ask any question without feeling stupid. They were experts in their field and were amazing!”

Pettania Hohaia (Te Kōrau Graduate)