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Overview

Build Cultural Intelligence and Future-Fit Leadership

For 40 years, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has empowered thousands of whānau and communities across Aotearoa through transformative learning. Today, we’re extending that legacy to the boardrooms, leadership teams, and workforces of the corporate world.​

Our professional cultural development offerings are a strategic opportunity for organisations serious about engaging meaningfully with te ao Māori, building cultural capability, and embedding authentic bicultural practice.​

From executive leadership to enterprise-wide engagement, our tailored programmes equip your organisation with the knowledge, confidence, and insight to lead inclusively and build stronger relationships with iwi and Māori stakeholders.​

We bring our cultural credibility and proven educational frameworks to deliver these programmes in a way that respects your context and challenges your thinking. The result: stronger leadership, enhanced reputation, and measurable social impact.​

If you're ready to move from intent to action, let's talk. Contact us today about starting our partnership.

Courses

Piharoa

Executive Leadership Development

Piharoa is a professional development journey for senior leadership and governance teams. Build more impactful partnerships with Māori communities through cultural knowledge. These principles support your customers, enrich your brand and expand your connections.

Te Ata Pō

Organisation-Wide Cultural Development

Te Ata  is an introductory programme designed to build confidence and understanding in te reo Māori across your workforce. Equip your team with foundational knowledge that strengthens relationships, supports inclusion, and demonstrates your commitment to a thriving, bicultural Aotearoa.

Te Ata Māhina

Organisation-Wide Cultural Development

Te Ata Māhina builds on the foundations of Te Ata Pō, advancing your team’s capability in te reo Māori, tikanga, and cultural engagement. Develop deeper confidence to participate in Māori-led spaces, enhance cultural intelligence across your organisation, and embed practices that reflect authentic partnership.

Testimonials

  • "Completing Piharoa has created a greater urgency within our work environment to highlight the inequities that exist regarding the health and wellbeing for Māori. Learning that Te Tiriti o Waitangi is still relevant today made an important difference for me. For example, The Third Article: Ōritetanga and how health inequities – access to healthcare/services and medicines, still adversely affect Māori today. The facilitators created a 'safe place' among our Piharoa whānau where mistakes and vulnerabilities were seen as learning opportunities."

     Tony Davison, Business Unit Manager

    Boehringer Ingelheim (NZ)

  • "As a former Māngai and cultural advisor to the National Board and CEO of our organisation (now Pou Aarahi aa Motu), I enrolled in Piharoa to consider the program’s content and delivery, and how it could assist mainstream corporations and organisations in building cultural capability when engaging with iwi entities and Māori authorities. Piharoa had me fully connected through its informative and interactive methods of how to work within these cultural kaupapa (concepts)."

    Ike Rakena, Pou Aarahi aa Motu

    CCS Disability Action

  • "Joining the inaugural forum of Piharoa was a decision I initially hesitated to make, feeling too busy to take part. However, saying “yes” turned out to be one of the best choices I’ve ever made. The programme also equipped me with practical tools to deepen relationships with iwi, such as confidently sharing my pepeha. To anyone considering Piharoa, I wholeheartedly recommend it. It is a journey of learning, connection, and transformation with lasting impact."

    Ryan Cavanagh, CEO

    Timberlands (Rotorua)

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