“…This indicates a tension between the New Zealand Government’s business development policies and the needs of Māori entrepreneurs. In addition, low economic status often restricts Indigenous entrepreneurs’ access to business finance (Foley, 2006a, 2006b; Furneaux & Brown, 2007) that then hampers business operations and growth (Zapalska, Perry, & Dabb, 2002; Mapunda, 2007).…”