Kōkiri 2023 Cohort

Kōkiri celebrates the success of its ten selected startups for 2023

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Now in its 5th iteration, the Kōkiri business accelerator program is proud to announce the ten startups, mostly in Tech […]

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Let’s Get Building

Let’s Get Building using GeoMaps to help more tradies get jobs

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When Tamati Mcleod was studying at Manukau Institute of Technology more than a decade ago, his class of 60 tradies-to-be […]

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Māoriverse

Māoriverse verifies Māori-made products with mark of authenticity and a marketplace to sell

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When Donnella Phillips was trying to buy a taiaha (a long, slender hand weapon usually made from native hardwood, or […]

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TAIORA

Mindfulness is the core subject for online mental health programme TAIORA

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Brady Polkinghorne was about half way through his ten year career in advertising when he realised it wasn’t the right […]

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Seasick Sunscreen

Seasick Sunscreen protecting skin and the environment from damage

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Natalie Jones has always had a love of nature and the outdoors. Her parents often reminisce of how, as a […]

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Ao Cacao

Inspired by Willy Wonka, Ao Cacao is more than just a chocolate factory

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Tom Hilton has probably achieved almost everything one could hope to in the culinary world. In fact, he had done […]

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Kōkiri

Community and family a key success factor for those in Māori-led accelerator

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With fewer than one percent of participants in New Zealand’s Government funded startup and accelerator programmes in 2017 identifying as […]

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Green Light Escrow

Green Light Escrow protecting the back pocket of tradies 

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When plumber and business owner Maxwell Semmons-Russell got burned by a client who didn’t pay, he got mad. But instead […]

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