• About Us
  • Advertise with Us
  • Contact Us
  • Events
  • Newsletter
  • Podcasts
  • Digital Magazine
  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Self Development
  • Growth
  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Technology
  • Sustainability
  • About Us
  • Advertise with Us
  • Contact Us
  • Events
  • Newsletter
  • Podcasts
  • Digital Magazine
NZBusiness Magazine

Type and hit Enter to search

Linkedin Facebook Instagram Youtube
  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Self Development
  • Growth
  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Technology
  • Sustainability
NZBusiness Magazine
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Self Development
  • Growth
  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Technology
  • Sustainability
Diversity, Equity & InclusionNews

South Auckland cowork and makerspace officially launches

South Auckland’s natural talent for creation and innovation is being given a boost with the launch of the coworking and makerspace project Te Haa o Manukau.

Glenn Baker
Glenn Baker
October 16, 2018 2 Mins Read
478

South Auckland’s natural talent for creation and innovation is being given a boost with the official launch of Te Haa o Manukau, a new coworking and makerspace designed to stimulate budding entrepreneurship.

Te Haa o Manukau is a flagship project of The Southern Initiative (TSI) in collaboration with Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) and Panuku Development Auckland.

Local social enterprise, Ngahere Communities Limited, is operating the space partnering with corporate, academic, philanthropic and community-based organisations to link creative and budding entrepreneurs with pathways into emerging industries.

While officially launching the space at Manukau’s Beohringer Ingelheim building to mana whenua, community, business and tertiary leaders, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff described the new coworking and makerspace as a home for the community to ignite its passion for creation and invention.

“There is a wealth of talent and potential here, and our aim is to help foster that talent to thrive. 

“Te Haa o Manukau will play an important role in achieving this by nurturing budding entrepreneurs and supporting business growth,” says Mayor Phil Goff.

TSI Social Intrapreneur, Tania Pouwhare, says South Auckland has a richness and diversity of makers and innovators. 

She says Te Haa o Manukau, with its particular focus on Māori and Pasifika youth, will help develop the skills budding entrepreneurs need to reach their full potential.

“With the future of work changing so rapidly, Te Haa o Manukau is a place which will nurture the skills needed for the 21st Century by cultivating a community which enhances creativity and innovation by using collaborative spaces, common values and co-designed programmes.” 

ATEED Chief Executive Nick Hill adds: “We need to play to South Auckland’s strengths as a youthful, creative and connected population so that we can unlock this vast potential and transfer it into economic prosperity for the region.

“The creative sector is a diverse and important growth sector, and a key enabler to other sectors, generating billions of dollars and in Auckland employing more than 30 thousand people.

“Te Haa o Manukau will connect into Auckland’s vibrant innovation corridor which stretches from Massey in the north to Manukau in the south paving the way for the region to become a major innovation hub of the Asia-Pacific,” he says.

“GridAKL, ATEED’s innovation campus at the Wynyard Quarter Innovation Precinct, is the corridor’s lynchpin and will work closely with Te Haa o Manukau by supporting South Auckland’s creators and innovators through business collaborations, events and activation programmes,” says Hill.

 

Share Article

Glenn Baker
Follow Me Written By

Glenn Baker

Glenn is a professional writer/editor with 50-plus years’ experience across radio, television and magazine publishing.

Other Articles

top 3
Previous

Who’s leading the emergence of New Zealand’s circular economy?

Henrik Stovring
Next

You travel while your car works

Next
Henrik Stovring
October 16, 2018

You travel while your car works

Previous
October 15, 2018

Who’s leading the emergence of New Zealand’s circular economy?

top 3

Subscribe to our newsletter

NZBusiness Digital Issue – March 2025

READ MORE

The Latest

The big AI learning curve: Here’s where business owners can start

May 20, 2025

From redundancy to resilience

May 16, 2025

Episode 16: Bryce Marsden on sustainable impact through education, youth and environment

May 15, 2025

The high cost of leadership neglect

May 14, 2025

Why making Auckland a Tech Hub makes sense

May 14, 2025

Is AI making us happier? Why some Kiwi leaders would trade coffee for Generative AI

May 13, 2025

Most Popular

NZBusiness Digital Issue – June 2024
Understanding AI
Navigating economic headwinds: Insights for SME owners
How much AI data is generated every 60 seconds? New report reveals global AI use
Nourishing success: Sam Bridgewater on his entrepreneurship journey with The Pure Food Co

Related Posts

Final speaker lineup announced for Ignite ‘25 Growth Summit

April 30, 2025

New data reveals why Kiwi SMEs are borrowing

April 28, 2025
Lilah McDonald WaterUs

Teenage social entrepreneur on a mission to install 100 drinking fountains

April 24, 2025

SME confidence climbs as economic outlook turns positive, survey

April 14, 2025
NZBusiness Magazine

New Zealand’s leading source for business news, training guides and opinion from small businesses to multi-national corporations.

© Pure 360 Limited.
All Rights Reserved.

Quick Links

  • Advertise with us
  • Magazine issues
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
  • Sitemap

Categories

  • News
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Growth
  • Finance
  • Education & Development
  • Marketing
  • Technology
  • Sustainability

Follow Us

LinkedIn
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Self Development
  • Growth
  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Technology
  • Sustainability