Exploring indigenous models of social entrepreneurship and economic theorv: the Aroha Economv

Cain Kerehoma (Raukawa, Muaupoko, Porourangi), Massey University

This research will explore this new conceptual framework underpinned by matauranga Maori, which is characterised as generous, regenerative and generational. The 'Aroha Economy' is a system underpinned by the connectedness and interdependence of all living things. It locates economy, people and community within the context of collective prosperity, ecmystems of reciprocal relationships and environmental pre-eminence.