Māori and Pacific Island small business owners are cautiously optimistic that they can weather the Covid-19 storm.
It's been just over a week since the level four lockdown was lifted, enabling 75,000 Māori to return to work at Alert Level 3.
But other Māori businesses say it's a challenging time to operate and there's no guarantee they will survive.
RNZ Māori news correspondent Leigh-Marama McLachlan reports.