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That saying about making lemonade from the lemons life gives you could have been coined for Vesna Radonich.
A project in Tairāwhiti is one of two in the country piloting ways to help men talk about the tough stuff that's well away from the confines of a pub.
Trust Tairāwhiti has been partnering with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and local organisations Ask Alice, Tai Tech and Tolaga Bay Innovation to provide digital skills workshops for small businesses across the rohe.
With the aim of reducing food waste in Tairāwhiti, a community initiative named PikUp was born.
Gisborne's Tāiki E! Impact House is a self-funded collaborative hub where social entrepreneurs, creatives, impact investors, community developers and whānau committed to change come together.
In 2004, Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust was established through the Māori Fisheries Act to promote Māori education, training, and research through a managed fund of $20 million. Each year, the trust provides an annual philanthropic funding round for initiatives that support Māori to pursue excellence within the fields of education, science, leadership and innovation.
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Startup Weekend Tairāwhiti is back again with impact house Taiki e! looking to host budding entrepreneurs next month.
Wellington commuters are used to a “smart” card to tap on and tap off on the capital's public transport system. And from next week young Gisborne man Vikrant Mills will be one of the brains helping those commuters get from A to B.
Thinking outside the box and teamwork are essential to clear Tairawhiti’s first-ever escape room, set to launch next month.
“If I can help another mother have the same experience I had with my baby boy, then I am happy . . . helping others helps me too,” says Gisborne mother Hailey Keepa.
Whether she is out in the surf, soaking up the sun or sipping a coffee at Zephyr, artist and mentor Steph Barnett seems to make the world a little better everywhere she goes. She sat down with Jack Marshall to talk about her art, work and life…
A collaboration between Taiki e! impact house and several young artists has led to the creation of a mural for the soon-to-be-opened Globe restaurant
Reading books about mythology at a young age inspired East Coast-born Regina de Wolf-Ngarimu to travel the world and pursue writing as a hobby. She goes by the pen-name R De Wolf. Matai O’Connor met her to learn more about her life and why she loves to write…
A 54-hour start-up weekend in Tūranga Nui a Kiwa, facilitated by Tāirāwhiti's impact house 'Taiki E' has helped East Coast entrepreneurs get one step closer to realising their goals of establishing their own businesses.
Startup Weekend was back with a vengeance at Taiki e! on Friday evening, with 45 entrepreneurs gathering to brainstorm new projects. The sold-out event saw 31 ideas pitched then whittled down to 11 to be tested and tried over the weekend.
Gisborne District Council is backing the Refill Challenge that encourages people to swap to reusable water bottles and refill from the tap for 30 days.
Taiki E! have organised a week of free events for the whole community during Global Entrepreneurship week, which starts on Monday.
The point of difference at a craft fair in Gisborne on Saturday was its focus on children.
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Last weekend we saw the 6th edition of Startup Weekend Tairāwhiti come to life. This year’s theme, Rise Up, Start Up!, was fully embraced on many levels. Participants pitched ideas they are passionate about, and learned how to make those hopes actionable. Once again, it was an epic weekend of problem-solving, growth, innovation and hilarious moments.
Every year in November the whānau goes through a phase of rapid prototyping and experimentation. We brainstorm a hoard of events, formats, and topics. We see who wants to hold what. Then we pack it all into the schedule for Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in Tairāwhiti. It’s an opportunity to mahi up as a collective, create lots of positive collisions and embody our emergent way of working.
In the heart of Turanganui-ā-Kiwa, the first Tairāwhiti Māori Communications Hui gathered 25 Māori professionals from the communications and storytelling industry for a day of connection, learning and inspiration. This event celebrated Māori storytelling and emphasised the role that Māori communications plays in shaping narratives, challenging stereotypes, and preserving Māori cultural heritage.
You never know what will happen at an Unconference and that’s the beauty of it. Like an “anti-conference”, no one sets the agenda in advance, there are no keynote speakers and no obligation to stay in a session you don’t enjoy. Brought to life by the people who show up for it, the Unconference topics are set at the start of the day by everyone present.
Startup Weekend 2023 "Imagine if…" full cohort.
Earlier this month whānau from Tāiki e! travelled to Pōneke and Tāmaki Makaurau to hold networking events and share information about the mahi of Tāiki e! These events were a chance to catch up ā-kanohi (in-person) with those who have supported us, as well as to broker new relationships and opportunities focused on generating a positive impact in Te Tairāwhiti.
Lightning talks were back in the Tāiki E! whare this spring, generating some of the vibrant energy that keeps us going. For those new to the format, Lightning Talks are quick fire presentations on who-knows-what topics, 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide. Presented by a mad mix of clever, creative community champions, these talks entertain and inform and are a great way to connect and find out what’s buzzing in Gizzy. We had two lightning talk events this spring, with a total of 14 presenters, including two of our rangatahi from Tāiki E! Next Gen.
Tāiki e! attended the Social Enterprise World Forum 2022 in Brisbane, Australia last week - taking the aroha economy global. The SEWF drew together a crowd of 2,600 community leaders and sector professionals representing 93 countries who joined the social impact forum both online and in-person in Brisbane.
As part of our Matariki celebrations, the Data Party crew based in Tāiki E organised Tairāwhiti’s first very own Unconference. In total, there were around 45 attendees who participated in 24 sessions covering topics from waste, to whānau engagement in education, the future of work, video production, NFTs, and male birth control. We had our fly-on-the-wall notetakers lovelingly document every session so that we can share the diversity and depth of conversations. This is the second blog post in a two-part series documenting what was explored during Unconference Tairāwhiti: Past, Present, Future 2022. It offers summaries of all the conversations with topics of the future.
To acknowledge Matariki, the Data Party crew based in Tāiki e! organised Tairāwhiti’s first Unconference. Over 40 people from across the Tairāwhiti community participated in 24 sessions covering topics from waste, to whānau engagement in education, the future of work, video production, NFTs, and male birth control. We had our fly-on-the-wall notetakers lovingly document every session so that we can share the diversity and depth of conversations. This is the first blog post in a two-part series documenting what was explored during Unconference Tairāwhiti: Past, Present, Future 2022. It offers summaries of all of the conversations with topics of the past and present.
