At 18 years old, Te Kahukura Boynton founded Māori Millionaire to help encourage conversations about money and mindset. By documenting her own journey, she now leads a community of over 60,000 individuals. Te Kahukura has spoken before thousands, and she’s mentored and taught hundreds. She is now a mindset and business coach supporting like-minded individuals to build impact-led businesses, just as she has.
In 2022, she said ‘It’s about buying land back, not Gucci bags’, demonstrating her ethos that financial independence will help uplift our communities and reduce disparities in outcomes. Her work has been recognised nationally, as a semi-finalist for Young New Zealander of the Year 2025, a finalist for the Girls In Business Awards for excellence in innovation 2025, a Y25 Trailblazer in 2024 and a United Nations Women’s Entrepreneur of the Day Award winner.
Her debut book aims to make money simple as part of her overall mission to educate and inspire.