Strengthening Our Voices, Shaping Our Futures
Increase Māori representation, engagement and participation in democracy
Māngai Taunaki – supporting Māori candidates to stand for local government
Aim: Knowledgeable and engaged communities participating enthusiastically in democracy
Covered
Candidate events – for both Māori candidates and general community
Livestream series [in collaboration with Tainui Live] with range of guests –dedicated YouTube channel Mana Tangata Mana Māngai
Social Media campaign – Facebook [Taurikura and Mana tangata Mana Māngai and rangatahi TikTok series “I moohio raanei . . . ?”
Māngai Taunaki mentoring programme and collective movement for Māori candidates standing for Councils within Waikato and community champions
Maranga Ake! Hui-a-Hapori series of community wānanga delivered throughout Waikato to inform, engage and encourage Māori to participate in local elections
Research\Rangahau component
Interviewed 58 participants from throughout the country in individual interviews or focus groups
Facilitation Te Tiriti o Waitangi training workshops
Cultural capacity wānanga
Organisational culture change
Cultural Audits
Developing cultural policy frameworks
Conference presentations, seminars e.g. Māori Economy, relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi for organisations, community sectors and industries
In 2022-2023 financial year
Developed and delivered Te Tiriti o Waitangi training to 3 organisations within Waikato and Taranaki
Developed and delivered series of Cultural Competence wānanga to 2 organisations
Worked with organisation to develop culturally competent policy framework and rewrite of constitution
By invitation
Presented “He Waharoa: Gateway to a Māori Worldview” to QCONZ conference.
Examining the role and relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the importance of the Māori economy and Agribusiness to the farming industry.
Short course programmes for organisations
NZQA accredited programmes L2-L5 Health & Wellbeing
Degree level programme Applied Health Science
Cultural Audits
Developing cultural policy frameworks
Develop, deliver and facilitate wānanga\workshops
We have experience and expertise in curriculum and programme design,
We work with community, Māori and Pasifika industry groups and private training organisations to design and deliver training programmes, short course training and NZQA qualifications.
We design, develop and deliver programmes/training that build the capabilities, and enhance the aspirations of Māori and Pasifika organisations and communities
We undertake community consultations, including talanoa and focus groups, market research and analyses.
We advise training organisations on improving their cultural environment to better recruit and support Māori and Pasifika ākonga\students
We also produce robust literature reviews.
We create engaging training resources and activities
We are experienced facilitators and educators and can deliver fun, interactive wānanga\workshops on a range of kaupapa\topics
Strategic Planning
Cultural Audits
Policy and constitutional framework development
Focus group facilitation
Evaluations
Develop, deliver and facilitate wānanga\workshops
We have experience and expertise in career change, social procurement and organisational culture change
We facilitate strategic planning for organisations
We provide evaluations, reviews and cultural audits for organisations concerned with building their cultural capacity and sustainability
We can advise on constitutional and policy development with respect to cultural capability, and related areas
We write engaging reports associated with the above activities
We identify and support implementation for best practice models for organisations to support and nurture their cultural capacity
Interviews
Community consultations
Culturally centred focus groups including Talanoa
Literature Reviews
Data Analysis
Report Writing
We have experience and expertise in rangahau and research
Our Mana Tangata Mana Māngai rangahau project sought to examine
What might be some effective strategies for increasing Māori participation and engagement, especially rangatahi Māori, in local democracy?
We recruited 58 participants and conducted a range of interviews and focus groups, in person and through Zoom
The final analysis and report will be disseminated to a wide range of organisations and stakeholder groups involved in local democracy
We have produced robust literature reviews for specific groups and purposes including Naturopathy\Applied Health Science.
We have undertaken a range of community consultations\hui\talanoa and are confident, curious and comfortable in cultural spaces
We have been invited to present at several conferences and share our findings
