10 TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH MāORI

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.

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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.

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10 TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH MāORI