What’s at stake: Māori enterprises need capital and capability to sustain growth and jobs while conditions stay tight.
Background: Māori business confidence is running ahead of the wider business sector, with 64% feeling positive compared with 48% across all businesses.
Main players: BDO Pākihi Māori team led by Solomon Dalton, Ngāpuhi Asset Holding Company, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust.
The 2025 BDO Māori Business Sector report has shown a significant lift in sentiment across Māori enterprise, with 64% of Māori business leaders positive about current performance, placing them second only to the agriculture sector on 74%.
The result is up sharply from 48% a year earlier, and 71%
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Key points
What’s at stake: Māori enterprises need capital and capability to sustain growth and jobs while conditions stay tight.
Background: Māori business confidence is running ahead of the wider business sector, with 64% feeling positive compared with 48% across all businesses.
Main players: BDO Pākihi Māori team led by Solomon Dalton, Ngāpuhi Asset Holding Company, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust.
