Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is empowering leadership through Māori knowledge and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Piharoa is a professional development journey for senior leadership and governance teams. Build more impactful partnerships with Māori communities through cultural knowledge. These principles will support your customers, enrich your brand and expand your connections.
Commit to building cultural capability and align Māori ways of thinking with your organisational goals. Sustainably deliver outcomes that make communities, staff, and stakeholders feel valued and connected.
What You'll Gain
Cultural capability for:
- Te Reo Māori: Build foundational language skills to foster inclusivity, improve communication, and create genuine connections with Māori communities
- Tikanga Māori: Understand customs and practices that guide respectful behaviour and culturally informed decision-making
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi: Gain insights into the historical and contemporary significance of the Treaty and its role in shaping partnerships
- Aotearoa Histories: Explore key narratives that have shaped New Zealand, enhancing cultural awareness and empathy
- Pōwhiri: Learn the formal welcome process to engage confidently with Māori protocols
- Whakatau: Develop skills for informal welcomes that foster respectful relationships in less formal settings
- Te Ao Māori Worldview: Gain a holistic understanding of Māori principles and their applications in leadership, sustainability, and decision-making
- Māori Stakeholder Engagement: Master strategies for authentic relationship-building with Māori communities, aligning cultural respect with business outcomes
- Pūrakau: Discover how pūrākau convey cultural knowledge, passing down of mātauranga from generation to generation. These narratives offer insights that align with leadership, innovation and modern science
Course structure:
Experience immersive, practical learning with facilitator-led sessions.
- 1x Two-Day Noho Marae (Overnight Stay)
- 3x One-Day Wānanga (In-Person Workshops)
- 3x Online Check-ins
Additional details:
- Fees Apply: Please enquire
- Availability: Across Aotearoa
- Delivery Timeframe: Up to four months
- Participants Required: Minimum of 10 participants for private courses (or you can join with participants from another organisation to meet the minimum)
"A swollen tide from a bow’s ripple across the ocean"
"He tai panuku nō te piha eke Tangaroa"
The name Piharoa reflects the enduring ripple created by the movement of a waka. For over four decades, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has been that waka, inspiring and empowering individuals and organisations. With Piharoa, this ripple extends further, creating waves of knowledge and leadership across Aotearoa.
Courses
Piharoa
Senior Leadership/Governance Teams
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
Organisational Wide Development
A series of flexible micro-courses that align Māori knowledge with your organisational goals. Staff will gain a deeper understanding of Māori cultural perspectives, values, principles, and practices. Enhance service to Māori and other stakeholders with Te Ata Pō.
Tū Māia
Oranga Tamariki Exclusive
A course delivered by Te Tau Ihu o Ngā Wānanga (Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa) which forms part of the wider Oranga Tamariki Te Hāpai Ō strategy designed to improve outcomes for tamariki and their whānau.