Miriana Ikin of Ngäti Rärua, Ngaiterangi and Ngäti Ranginui is a founder of Aotahi Limited, a business education company specialising in developing educational resources for small business owners in Aotearoa. Aotahi was established in 2004 with a view to providing practical and relevant business information with an Aotearoa indigenous focus.
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“Internationally, people like the fact that we are holistic in our thinking approach to the business, the fact that we value our responsibility to the environment and our communities,” says Miriana.
“Aotahi has released a series of books to support small business and Indigenous business development. Part of the series focuses on covering the essentials of small business start up. Aotahi has also produced a unique business dictionary that is Aotearoa based and bi-lingual, to encourage the use of Te Reo Mäori in everyday business.”
Their latest book, Taking Care of Business: Indigenous Business Case Studies, looks at 13 indepth case studies of indigenous business from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the USA.”
