Manawatu Maori youth set sights on big businessDAVID UNWIN/STUFF Paanga Smith, 14, from QEC, presents for her group as students pitch their ideas in a competition. Manawatu Maori secondary school students took a chance to step into the spotlight and test their business ideas in a Dragon's Den-style competition at a Palmerston North marae. The 55 Manawatu year 10 and 11 students gathered at Te Hotu Manawa o Rangitane o Manawatu Marae on Maxwells Line to present their final pitches on Wednesday. The three-day course is part of a series of Maori business challenges, to encourage Maori enterprise growth. Judge Daphne Luke said the competition was about seeing business through Maori eyes and sowing the seeds for future success.

Source: Stuff August 23, 2017 05:15 UTC