Sort It Expo speaker and Māori social entrepreneur Shay Wright giving a talk on the trends and opportunities for Māori in the food and fibre sector at the Palmerston North Conference and Function Centre. Manawatū’s annual careers expo, Sort It, has returned with a smaller, more tightly focused edition for 2021. Shay Wright spoke on his experiences as a co-founder of Te Whare Hukahuka, which helped set up and grow Māori businesses, and the food and fibre trends creating opportunities for Māori. Wright said the biggest opportunity for Māori in the sector, was that iwi and Māori land trusts owned a lot of land – much of it was under-used. “So there are heaps of job opportunities in this space for young Māori, and the opportunities are only going to grow.”

Source: Stuff May 07, 2021 02:37 UTC