2011-08-11 10:10:00 // Andrea Rush
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New research puts the Maori economic base at $36.9 billion and Maori as the world's third most entrepreneurial indigenous people.
2011-07-07 14:55:37 // Idealog
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For the second year in a row Countdown, Foodtown and Woolworths stores are taking a bilingual approach to advertising in support of Maori language week, something Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Maori Language Commission) says is perhaps the most significant Maori language initiative by a corporate since Maori language was made an official language back in 1987.
2011-04-29 11:22:50 // Deirdre Robert
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It’s been more than 25 years since a Kiwi architecture series last appeared on our screens. 'The Elegant Shed' was the name of that series. Making its debut in 1984, the six part documentary series looked at NZ architecture since 1945. But televisions series such as British 'Grand Designs' have reignited an interest in architectural programmes, says Architect Rau Hoskins (Nga Puhi), who is fronting a new 13 episode series all about Maori architecture.
2010-10-29 09:36:49 // Stephen Olsen
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A seminal book full of “prototypes for a Maori sustainable future” has been launched this week in Wellington.
Tāone Tupu Ora, meaning an urban environment where nature and culture are not separated, is the third joint publication venture between the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities and publisher Steele Roberts.
2010-10-05 15:08:11 // Stephen Olsen
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Nga Aho, the culturally connected network formed to support Maori design professionals, has been enriched this year by the inclusion of Auckland-based German designers Luka Hinse and Oliver Kraft as Kaupapa Whanau members. As new New Zealanders, Hinse and Kraft have both been making their mark on the design world in Aotearoa in varied ways. Hinse is well known for bringing to life the ever popular Pecha Kucha Nights here, while Kraft was a founder with Amanda Hookham of the ground-breaking furniture design label Purple South.
2010-07-21 18:38:36 // Simon Todd
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Not one to shy away from reincarnation, the Dark Knight’s most recent artistic rendering comes inspired by Maori culture, thanks to clothing designer Amber Bridgeman's touch.
2009-05-21 23:39:44 // Vincent Heeringa
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How did 100 talented entrepreneurs pick an idea only Murray Hewitt would think is cool?
2008-11-14 12:05:23 // Lauren Bartlett
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A chance meeting in the depths of the Pureora forest between a Dutch traveller and a Fijian brewer could make a decent a-man-walked-into-a-bar joke. Instead, the meeting led to a business exporting a uniquely New Zealand beer. Lauren Bartlett reports
2008-01-17 09:43:43 // Amokura Panoho
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Take three brothers: one clued-up in IT, one with a business background, and another who creates 21st-century Maori art. It took a family loss to bring them together but now they’re reinventing the business of indigenous art. Amokura Panoho meets the Murray men of Imagenation
