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Wāhine Māori entrepreneurs and business growth: The power of social and cultural capital
(Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), 2024) MacDonald, Tui; Mika, Jason; Jackson, Brad
This paper examines how social and cultural capital support wāhine Māori entrepreneurs as founders to grow their businesses. The findings are based on the first of three rounds of interviews with 10 wāhine Māori entrepreneurs in Aotearoa New Zealand who have or are undergoing business growth. The results extend on previous Indigenous entrepreneurship research showing the benefits of social and cultural capital. This research highlights how wāhine Māori entrepreneurs can pursue business growth while maintaining their community and cultural identity. This topic has been selected as part of a broader doctoral study examining wāhine Māori entrepreneurs and business growth, which focuses on the cultural, social, and economic enablers and challenges.
He Puna Kōrero: Journal of Māori and Pacific Development (Vol. 6, Issue 1)
(Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2005-02)
He Puna Kōrero: Journal of Māori and Pacific Development, Volume 6, Issue 1.
Development and care of pā harakeke in 19th century New Zealand: Voices from the past
(Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2005-02) McAllum, Priscilla M
Māori weaving is experiencing a resurgence. Some weavers are involved in the planting of pā harakeke so that they have a high quality resource on hand ready for use. A number of recent scientific publications, undertaken jointly with weavers, have explored the unique fibre qualities of different harakeke varieties along with specific aspects of Māori use of these varieties. In this paper, I examine Māori planting practices of pā harakeke and other aspects of resource management as revealed in literature sources from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. Although some of the practices outlined here may have fallen into disuse over time, they may, nevertheless, continue to be appropriate for contemporary pā harakeke. It is hoped, therefore, that the information provided here will be of interest to contemporary weavers.
The concept of partnership and the Treaty of Waitangi: Three case studies
(Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2005-02) Morrison, Sandy
There has been, and continues to be, considerable debate about the meaning and intent of different versions of the Treaty of Waitangi and about the extent of its relevance to contemporary New Zealand. It is in this context that a number of organisations and institutions in New Zealand, anxious to demonstrate their positive support for the creation of a just society, have attempted to restructure in ways that allow for a 'partnership' between Māori and Pākehā. With reference to three different case studies, I argue here that such restructuring, although generally very well intentioned and very welcome, should not be seen - as it frequently is - as an expression of the fulfilment of partnership obligations arising out of the Treaty of Waitangi. To treat organisational restructuring in this way, particularly where it does not provide both 'partners' with an equal right to determine the operational parameters and future direction of the organisation, is to misrepresent (often wholly unintentionally) the nature of the Treaty. Nevertheless, one way of resolving some of the debates concerning the meaning and intent of the Treaty of Waitangi might be to establish a principle of equal partnership in the governance and management of state institutions.
The arguing genre and the explaining genre: A comparison in terms of discourse relational analyses of texts written in English and texts written in Māori
(Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2005-02) Crombie, Winifred; Bruce, Ian; Houia-Roberts, Ngaere
There is a commonly held belief that those who are immersed in indigenous cultures have a tendency, when constructing academic texts, to avoid sequential, deductive argumentation. We report here on a comparison of two groups of texts exhibiting two different genres - 'explaining' and 'arguing'. One group of texts was written in Māori by indigenous authors, the other group was written in English by non-indigenous authors. Our findings are that although the percentage use of logico-deductive relationships is roughly equivalent for both groups of texts/ writers in the case of the explaining genre, the Māori texts/ writers use almost twice the percentage of logico-deductive relationships as do the English texts/ writers.