Spark your start-up journey! Join a community of aspiring founders and early-stage entrepreneurs at our Start-up Fireside Chats for relaxed, insightful conversations with experienced innovators. This is your chance to connect, learn, and get the advice and inspiration you need to take your ideas further.
Open to all University of Auckland students and staff.
Guest speaker: Arama Mataira
Arama Mataira (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Ngāti Maru ki Hauraki) is the founder of Walk Together NZ, a social-good collective dedicated to helping leaders and communities navigate complex systems change through culturally responsive, values-led approaches.
With a 25-year career in education across Aotearoa and remote Australia—including two decades working alongside First Nations communities in the central and western deserts—Arama is an intercultural facilitator and systems change strategist. Her work bridges Indigenous knowledge, relational leadership, and social impact, empowering people to reimagine how we lead, live, and work together.
About the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship provides a world of opportunity to participants so that they can stand out and create value through innovative careers and start-up creation.
CIE is New Zealand’s leading University entrepreneurship centre, winning 12 international awards since 2020.
