10 TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH MāORI
Jaqui Ngawaka walks through how organisations and individuals can improve their engagement with Māori to build better, trusting relationships and honour Te Tiriti. Come away with a strong understanding of the do’s and don’ts of engagement with Māori, the importance of identifying historical disablement, and ways of moving forward into the future.
Get Jaqui’s tips on:
- Engagement essentials
- What often happens (that needs to stop)
- Shifting from box-ticking to deep-diving.
About the Experts
Jaqui Ngawaka is a senior consultant raised in the King Country, and her principal whakapapa connections extend throughout Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāpuhi. She has cultivated a strong set of professional skills and distinguished qualifications, with over fifteen years’ experience across education, broadcasting, and iwi development. She has a talent for applying Māori wisdom to boost organisational development, and she believes in the potential of Te Ao Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi to guide the future prosperity of Aotearoa NZ.
Downloadable Resource
10 Tips to Improve your Engagement with Māori
Get a summary of the 10 tips including: Don’t presume what Māori need and identifying historical disablement.Coming up
WEBINAR | Evaluation Myths Debunked: Reflections from 200+ evaluations
Date: Thursday 16 October 2025 | 2:10 p.m. NZDT |12:10 p.m. AEDT
After evaluating everything from housing programmes to AI initiatives across Australasia, we've identified the evaluation myths that waste time, money, and stakeholder goodwill—even among experienced practitioners.
The evaluation field is full of "sacred cows" that sound logical but don’t always work in practice. Join our experts as they share evidence-based alternatives to popular evaluation assumptions, helping you deliver better results with the resources you have available.
