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Te Puni Kōkiri continued to support workstreams initiated by the Māori Economic Taskforce with projects related to marketing of lobster for export, innovation in the Māori economy, public private partnerships and access to capital markets. Additional investments in the area of economic development included investigation into a Māori venture fund; support for an Iwi business consortium in Tāmaki-Makaurau; and a continuation of support for Māori industry and trade training.
Te Puni Kōkiri continued its support to Māori communities (225 projects in 2010/11) wishing to establish or develop Māra Kai that promoted the sharing of gardening knowledge including customary techniques and nutrition.
An example of its success is in Te Arawa, where Whakarewarewa Charitable Trust created a maara kai within the living thermal village at Whakarewarewa. The project team crafted a garden that will be sustainable throughout the winter and summer with crops of vegetables and herbs for the village Kōhanga Reo, village residents, kaumātua, kuia and the whare kai.
Te Puni Kōkiri provided significant support to the Whānau Language Development programme administered by Te Ataarangi Educational Trust and to Te Matatini to host the national Kapa Haka Competition in Tairāwhiti. Funding assistance was also provided to a wide range of smaller community events such as manu kōrero and kapa haka competitions and, as in previous years, Te Puni Kōkiri enabled many communities to hold Matariki celebrations.
Te Puni Kōkiri recognised the economic and cultural opportunities for Māori arising out of Rugby World Cup 2011. Te Puni Kōkiri has sought to leverage outcomes for Māori off the Māori Television Service’s free to air broadcasts of the Cup. In addition a large number of Māori organisations have decided to hold events or pursue opportunities that coincide with Rugby World Cup. Te Puni Kōkiri has assisted these organisations on a case-bycase basis.
