Whanau Tahi leads Maori business team to USA

Whanau Tahi leads Maori business team to USA

Waipareira and Whanau Tahi – the IT arm of the west Auckland organisation – is leading a high level Maori business delegation to the US.

Waipareira CEO, Hon John Tamihere, Whanau Tahi Director Stephen Keung, joins North island Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency ,Te Pou Matakana Chair, Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, New Zealander of the Year Dr Lance O’Sullivan as well as Lady Tureiti Moxon in a 20 strong Maori Health and Social Services delegation to the US. The trip is supported by Callaghan Innovation – New Zealand’s business innovation agency. Whanau Tahi and Callaghan Innovation have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ,signed in 2014.

The group heads to San Francisco then Seattle – where they will commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Anzac Day. The delegation will also receive a briefing with Microsoft executives in Redmond, Washington. Whanau Tahi have a MoU with Microsoft.

The delegation will make a presentation at the Self-Governance Tribal Annual Consultation Conference in Reno, Nevada before meeting with the City of Los Angeles on May 1.

The purpose of the trip is to:

• Identify and advance commercial opportunities for Maori businesses

• Develop technologies that Maori health and social service providers can use in their health Centres

• Learn about latest developments in health IT

• Develop international relationships with indigenous peoples

• Set the stage for joint work with Callaghan Innovation and IT and medical businesses.

Mr Keung says the calibre of the group heading to the US is outstanding.

“Whanau Tahi is very fortunate to be part of this delegation and we’ll be looking for as many opportunities as possible,” Mr Keung says.

The delegation leaves April 18.

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