Growing and promoting higher levels of Māori entrepreneurship and innovation has been identified as one of the key enablers for greater Māori participation in the future economy.
This research brings together quantitative information from Statistics NZ’s 2001 and 2006 Censuses of Māori entrepreneurs for Te Moana ā Toi (Bay of Plenty region) and New Zealand.
It also highlights Māori entrepreneurial activity by: gender, industry, median personal incomes and highest qualification levels.
Purpose
The purpose of this report is to contribute towards the region’s evidence base of Māori businesses and help support Māori policy making decisions, fact sheets and regional profiles.