Pania's Pānui 

A lot of Māori tourism businesses have commented on the IVS (International Visitor Survey) and the information that comes out of it. MBIE have initiated a review of the IVS, with work likely to start in 2018. This is great news as good, relevant tourism data is necessary for businesses to plan properly for the future!

Check out this video that ATEED did to showcase some of the awesome Māori tourism experiences that are on offer in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Ngā mihi, na,
Pania and the team at NZ Māori Tourism

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

MBIE has released a Request for Proposal on GETS seeking a supplier to provide a programme of Māori SME capability development workshops over a 20 month period from March 2018 to October 2019. We anticipate around 200 workshops delivered over this period across the country. The RFP closes on 8 November 2017. The GETS link is below. All enquiries must be made through the GETS website.

Funded under the Māori Innovation Fund, the aim of this programme is to build more successful Māori enterprises, which are sustainable, profitable, keen to grow, and employ Māori. Growing more successful Māori small businesses is key to lifting Māori economic performance. We know Māori are underrepresented in traditional business coaching and capability training. MBIE wants to find a Respondent or a group of Respondents who can market and design business skills training and support to Māori who are at an early stage in developing their business, or want to begin a business. Training will be provided through a programme of Māori small business workshops called Pakihi 101 (i.e. Business 101).

We would like participating businesses to leave the Pakihi 101 programme with new skills, a growth plan, a mentor, and connections with other businesses. We hope this programme will lift business skills among Māori businesspeople (or budding businesspeople) and link them into other business services, and provide an on-going legacy after the programme has finished.

Te nama o te wiki (Number of the week)

Guest nights spent in the North Island dropped 3.6 percent from August last year, driven by a 5.8 percent fall in domestic guest nights. In contrast, guest nights in the South island were 4.8 percent higher than August 2016, driven by a rise in domestic guest nights.

For the year ended August 2017, 39 million guest nights were spent in short-term commercial accommodation, an increase of 1.1 million on the previous August year.

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.

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.