MYOB partners with Kōkiri to progress Māori startups
Online accounting software provider MYOB is again partnering with business accelerator Kōkiri after a successful launch in 2018. The accelerator programme helps Māori startups to …
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January 21, 2020 MYOB partners with Kōkiri to progress Māori startups
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January 20, 2020 Interview: Tatiana Ceballos – Digital Creature
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January 17, 2020 How to make the January ‘quiet time’ work for you
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January 16, 2020 Hi-Tech Hawke’s Bay to grow regional tech capability
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December 12, 2019 BePure reaches NZ$2m capital raise target to fuel business growth
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Interview: Tatiana Ceballos – Digital Creature
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MYOB partners with Kōkiri to progress Māori startups
Online accounting software provider MYOB is again partnering with business accelerator Kōkiri after a successful launch in 2018. The accelerator programme helps Māori startups to …
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MYOB partners with Kōkiri to progress Māori startups
Online accounting software provider MYOB is again partnering with business accelerator Kōkiri after a successful launch in 2018. The accelerator programme helps Māori startups to …
Hi-Tech Hawke’s Bay to grow regional tech capability
Helping local businesses to go further, faster, is the aim of a new technology focused sector development group, Hi-Tech Hawke’s Bay. Business Hawke’s Bay with …
“Lonelyseat” p2p shipping launches in NZ
A Kiwi startup is promising to disrupt New Zealand’s costly and inefficient shipping industry with a service which connects drivers with free vehicle space to …
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Northland businesses can now harness the power of two after Northland Inc and New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) strengthened collaboration for the benefit of …
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Milton-born-and-raised, of Ngapuhi and Scottish descent, Heidi Renata is a Dunedin-based ‘wāhinepreneur’ and co-founder of Innov8HQ, one of New Zealand’s first whanau owned Māori co-working …
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