Oil and gas exploration and mining will be discussed at a national conference on Maori industry at Waitangi in a fortnight.
The two-day conference Nga Whetu Hei Whai - Charting Pathways for Maori Industry Futures 2013 will be held at Waitangi's Copthorne Hotel on September 2-3.
It will be Te Putea Whakatupu Trust's third annual conference, with organisers saying they are determined to explore new industry opportunities for Maori.
Among the more than 20 speakers will be David Springgate, senior vice-president of the NANA Development Corp, which is owned by 13,000 indigenous Inupiat in Alaska.
The firm has 11,500 employees and its businesses include oil and gas, mining, healthcare, hospitality, federal contracting and tribal services.