NewsLine, 21 July 2017

Pania's Pānui

First of all, apologies for no NewsLine last week, but we're making up for it this week! There's lots to digest in this week's edition, so I'll keep this short - with the flooding, winds and snow happening around the country, please stay safe, and if there's anything we can help with, let us know.

Ngā mihi, na,

Pania and the team at NZ Māori Tourism

PS - Is your Māori tourism experience listed on our website? If not, reply to this email and we'll get your business listed straight away.

Kei te mōhio rānei koe? (Did you know?)

The 2017 Commercial Advisors Scheme application round is now underway.

The scheme funds Māori collectives up to $60,000 to work with a Commercial Advisor for up to 18 months. The advisors offer professional business advice and mentoring as they work with collectives on business development projects aimed at realising the potential commercial value of the collective’s assets.

The scheme is open to collectives at a range of stages of commercial development, from initial options analyses and feasibility studies, through to business case development, strategic planning, or market analysis and expansion. It also supports collectives with assets from a wide range of primary and other sectors.

The Commercial Advisors Scheme is open to Māori collectives, including trusts, incorporations, post-settlement governance entities and similar organisations. Coalitions of collectives may also apply. Applications close 11 September.

Te nama o te wiki (Number of the week)

Guest nights were up 7.3 percent in May 2017 compared with May 2016, with increases in all the regions, Stats NZ said last week. The biggest rises were in Canterbury, Bay of Plenty, Auckland, and Northland.

The 2018 World Indigenous Tourism Summit will be held in association with NZ Māori Tourism. The Summit will be held in Paihia, Northland, from 15 - 18 April 2018. Save the dates in your calendar now! More details will be released soon.

Below are a selection of recent Instagram posts from around Aoteaora New Zealand using the hashtag #kiaora - we encourage manuhiri (visitors) to use #kiaora to showcase their experience with Māori tourism.

Congratulations

Whispering Trails, a Hokianga based eco-tourism business, is this year’s recipient of Top Energy’s Business Development Fund.

What this means for business owners Maria Kire and Joe Wynyard, is the opportunity to take their business to the next step. Increasing tourist demand in the Northland region is providing business opportunities for them and Maria’s enthusiasm is contagious.

She describes Whispering Trails as an invitation for people to share in their lifestyle. To participate in traditional hunting and gathering practices and to embrace a cultural experience that is far removed from mainstream tourism.

Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Global Insights Conference

Conference is coming back to Auckland, playing host to leading tourism experts and international thought leaders from around the world on Friday, 29 September 2017 at Skycity.

This year’s theme is ‘R U Future Ready?’ and will include senior speakers from Trip Advisor, Boeing, Microsoft, Vivid Sydney, BBC, and PATA to name a few. Details and speakers here

Interactive panel discussions will again be moderated by a leading BBC World News Business anchor with the 2017 programme including, for the first time, a final session featuring ‘Tomorrow’s Tourism Leaders’, supported by AUT and senior tourism students.

This event will have broad appeal particularly for those involved with the tourism industry, planning and destination development.

Use this tool to quickly find opportunities, training, compliance dates and related tasks from across government. You can search by region, date, and category.

TIA's Discussing Tourism events

These one-day events provide an important forum for you to discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities facing tourism businesses.

Discussing Tourism events will be in:

Rotorua, 26 July
Auckland, 27 July
Dunedin, 2 August
Christchurch, 3 August

See more details and register here.

The latest edition of Māori Tourism Quarterly can be read here.

Tourism Infrastructure Fund information sessions

MBIE are hosting a range of information sessions around the country on the newly formed Tourism Infrastructure Fund. This will be an opportunity to find out more about the Fund, the criteria, what sorts of projects might qualify and how to apply for funding. Click here to find when they will be held in your town.

Tai Poutini Māori Tourism plan gets funding boost

Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell has announced a $70,000 investment in Tai Poutini Māori Tourism.

Mr Flavell says the investment supports the preparation and implementation of the Tai Poutini (West Coast) Māori Tourism Strategy and Action Plan to guide iwi investment in the region.

NZ Tourism Awards

Join us to celebrate the success of our industry's outstanding individual and business performers at the New Zealand Tourism Awards Dinner.

Tickets are now on sale for this prestigious black tie event!
Date: Thursday, 7 September 2017, 6pm
Location: Air Force Museum, Christchurch

The evening will be attended by more than 350 tourism industry leaders, partners and influencers. We guarantee it will be a night to remember!

Māori Economy Investor Guide

Economic Development Minister Simon Bridges has launched a new guide for potential investors highlighting opportunities in the Māori economy.

“The Māori Economy Investor Guide will help investors understand the Māori economy, culture and people. It offers insights as to how and where potential investors can engage with Māori enterprises, embrace the distinctive global advantages of the Māori economy, and forge strong partnerships for the future.”

Produced by KPMG, the Māori Economy Investor Guide was funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment as part of their commitment to He kai kei aku ringa – the Crown-Māori Economic Growth Partnership.

Two waka representatives participate in the Annual Tribal Canoe Journeys

Noel Woods and Tuparahuia Pita have been selected as Leaders to represent Toi Maori at the Tribal Canoe Journeys 2017 in British Columbia, Canada with the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. Noel and Tuparahuia are both Kaihautu of waka from Te Whanganui a Tara, Wellington district and are dedicated to kaupapa waka activities within their own communities. They also have a number of other skills and talents that they will be able to share with their hosts and other tribes while on the journey.

The Canoe journey exchange with the Grand Ronde has been on-going since 2009 with their members also participating in the Waitangi Waka Pageants on the 6th February since 2010. 4 members of the Grand Ronde were also recently hosted in Waiwhetu by previous incumbents Ihaia & Marissa Puketapu and whānau during Te Rā o Te Raukura in February 2017

Nga Pānui (Notices)

If you have an announcement you'd like here, please email amy@maoritourism.co.nz for it to be included in the next edition of Newsline. It can be anything from a job position, exhibition opening, videos or photos featuring your business, new Māori tourism products, etc.

Writing for Results Wellington Course
Department of Writing is a leading provider of business writing services. We're also a leading training provider for people who write. We have a bespoke course, developed by us, which I've led to Spark, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Fletcher Construction and many others. The course is also run as a public workshop, and we've had hundreds of participants since launching it in 2012. We have a course scheduled for July 27 in Wellington. In it, we'll train people to write really productively (people report getting their work done in half the time) and also to write more clearly so they get the results they want more often. It's ideal for bloggers, newsletter writers, salespeople and more.

Latin America New Zealand Business Council (LANZBC)
The LANZBC invites you to join us in a celebration of the success of Air New Zealand’s direct route to Buenos Aires. Enjoy some Argentine wine and food at this exclusive business networking event. Guest speakers are Stephen Jones, Chief Strategy, Networks and Alliances Officer for Air New Zealand and René de Monchy, Director of Trade, PR & Major Events for Tourism New Zealand. Stephen Jones will share the challenges and successes of developing and maintaining this vital route to Latin America and René de Monchy will discuss Tourism New Zealand’s dedicated investment into South America as a key emerging market and the increasing value of tourism-related visitors from that region. Don’t miss out on this special evening and the chance to gain insights into what the potential of the Latin American market means for New Zealand businesses. Find out more and register here.

Mobile Kai Waka
We serve Māori hangi, paua, kina, scallops,clams, snapper, deepwater dory, groper, and flounder. Our special is Whaea Miriama sherry and whisky steam puddings. You can find us parked up south of Greymouth and north of Hokitika. Keep your eye out for our Mobile Kai Waka, haul on in and come ashore!