MWDI Māori Businesswomen’s Awards 2022 supports the vision and mission of Māori Women’s Development Inc to encourage the economic development of wāhine and their whānau to ensure that Māori contribute equitably to our cultural, spiritual, economic, social and political achievements.

Māori Women’s Development Inc is a unique and indigenous organisation which supports Māori women in business and these awards celebrate and showcase the very best wāhine businesswomen and their pakihi (business) to Aotearoa, the Asia-Pacific region and other global markets and indigenous economies.

Interim CEO Linda Clay says, “This event is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of wāhine and showcase their businesses on the economic world stage. We’re also very grateful to all our sponsors, co-host, Auckland Council and Te Puni Kōkiri for their generous support.”

Nominations were open to businesses across eight regional and business excellence categories through various disciplines such as: Business Collaboration, People & Capability, Innovation, Employment & Growth, Emerging Business, Social Enterprise, Marketing & Sales.

Judges, Tina Kilmister-Blue, Partner PwC, Kiri Nathan ONZM, previous recipient of the MWDI Māori Business Woman of the Year 2019 and former MWDI CEO Teresa Tepania-Ashton MNZM were impressed with the high calibre of nominations befitting to all regions and categories.

Māori Women’s Development Inc are pleased to announce the following businesses and individuals as finalists for the 2022 Awards:

Māori Women’s Development Inc congratulates all the finalists and looks forward to celebrating the success and achievements of wāhine in business at this year’s awards on Friday, 29 July 2022 at the Aotea Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. 

Tickets for this event are still available. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.mwdi.co.nz

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