Ngahere Communities founder and chief executive Manawa Udy says this year has brought huge shifts for Māori business owners and that 2024 is likely to bring.
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20 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Aimee Shaw is a business reporter focusing on retail, small businessaimee.shaw@nzherald.co.nz@AceeyShaw
Manawa Udy, founder and managing director of social enterprise Ngahere, talks helping Māori and Pasifika get ahead and how Covid-19 inspired the group s latest venture.
What does your business do? There are three businesses under Ngahere Ventures: Ngahere Communities, which builds communities and enhances creativity and innovation, we re based in South Auckland and we run a co-working space and we have a collective of creatives that deliver digital creative services. Ngahere Foundation is a not-for-profit that delivers programmes and helps develop entrepreneurial creative skills and Konei is an online marketplace that brings Aotearoa brands together in one place for entrepreneurs to build their businesses.