Whāriki: The Growth of Māori Community Entrepreneurship Contributor(s): Kawharu, Merata (Author), Tapsell, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0947506632 ISBN-13: 9780947506636 Publisher: Oratia Books OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Infrastructure - Political Science | World - Australian & Oceanian - Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship |
Dewey: 338.708 |
LCCN: 2019458175 |
Physical Information: 200 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Understanding what drives enterprise within an indigenous cultural space is not widely understood in New Zealand. Whāriki reveals how kin-based business ventures created by Māori have promoted social, economic and environmental wellbeing from the whenua (land) up. Its core is eight case studies -- some arising from iwi-driven ideas, some ideas from marae-based whanau. These range from a bee school in Northland, ginseng growing in the King Country, to the rehabilitation of Māori prisoners in Dunedin and a web-engaged response to accessing tribal marae. Always reaching into ancestral ties and lessons to provide guidance and foundation for their ideas, these businesses are wrapped in cultural approaches that engage kin communities in improving the wellbeing of their iwi, hapū and whānau. This book explores the successes, the failures, the learnings and the futures of these opportunities for Māori. |