Whāngaitia matua te tuakiri Māori

Promoting the sustenance of Māori identity

Tapuwae Roa (formerly Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust) is a leading Māori social impact organisation with a focus on funding, investment, and advocacy of targeted social change within a tikanga-based framework.

Tapuwae Roa is a product of the Māori Fisheries Deed of Settlement 1992 and an entity of Te Kāhui o Te Ohu Kai Moana.

Ngā pou whakaaweawe | Our impact outcomes

Mātauranga
MĀTAURANGA
Thriving Mātauranga Māori
Angitū
ANGITŪ
Māori suceeding as Māori
Rangatira
RANGATIRA
Future leaders with ancient wisdom
Ōhanga
ŌHANGA
Māori economic emancipation
Tangaroa
TANGAROA
Reciprocal relationship with Tangaroa

Kawepūrongo | News

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Native American Partnership Spotlights Māori Creatives

February 21, 2024|

A delegation of Native American creatives is meeting with Māori artists, designers, and founders this week as part of the Toi Tukua tour; a trans-ocean partnership between Tapuwae Roa and leading U.S indigenous media platform, Native [...]

Māori entrepreneurship wānanga returns for 2024

January 19, 2024|

Continuing in its move to stoke the number of Māori startups in Aotearoa, Tapuwae Roa has announced today a new series of online and regional wānanga to its 2024 Rakahinonga Roadshow.  Facilitated by expert business [...]

E rua e rua te kūmara me te pūtea, kāore he hua ōna ki tua atu i te whāngai tangata

Money is like a kūmara, it has no value outside of its ability to sustain people.

Ao Pāpāho | In the media

Māori Start Ups Course Ready To Go

February 28, 2024|

Māori fisheries settlement organisation Tapuwae Roa has teamed up with Sprout Agritech and Callaghan Innovation to create a 10-week programme for Māori start-ups.

Te Pūoho Kātene | Kaihautū o Toi Tukua

February 23, 2024|

A delegation of Native American creatives is meeting with Māori artists, designers, and founders this week as part of the Toi Tukua tour; a trans-ocean partnership between Tapuwae [...]

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