He mihi Aroha
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Kua harikoa ahau! So happy after much work in the background to have delivered the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Hawke's Bay Tikanga wānanga on Tuesday at Pukemokimoki marae. Participants learnt about whānaungatanga and manaakitanga in te ao Māori and how we can take tikanga from the marae and bring it in to our work. What does a karanga and hongi look like at your workplace? Ngā mihi to all who came and shared and to our amazing facilitator and leader Wairangi Jones! Next stop Hamilton, you guys are in for a treat! #charteredaccountants #hawkesbay #tikanga
Tertia Whitcombe
Events, Marketing and Project Management Professional
Hohepa Hawke’s Bay
Kia Ora Tūtira Mai NZ.
He ra tino whakamataku matou. We embarked on a journey to understand, identify and develop key cultural values, learning Te Reo Māori and Tikanga to create and foster positive relationships with Māori communities, whānau and iwi.
Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children
Mōrena Wairangi
It was lovely to meet with you yesterday, the whole day was really insightful and I can see huge benefits for Oranga Tamariki if we are to get this right. I really enjoyed being challenged in the Te Ao Māori, and have decided with my other half (who’s Ngāti Porou) that we’re going to speak more Te Reo at home, just so that I can start to be more confident in my pronunciation.
I will be touch, as I would like to run both this introduction session within the organisation for a few more groups, as well as a follow up session with the group from yesterday.
Take care and we’ll speak soon.
Claire Mortimer
General Manager at Oranga Tamariki
Pinnacle Midlands Health Network
I am “blown away” by how excited I am today when reflecting on the last 48 hours, your leadership, the passion of the group and the amazing facilitation from Wairangi and Panda (my wife Sue is asking me to chill and to stop talking about it!)
As alluded to, I have taken a personal step late last year to ensure that I had a much deeper and meaningful relationship with tangata whenua through my own wānanga study and I have subsequently enrolled in another two weeks ago. It has changed my pākehā view of the world sooooo much! This programme adds to this considerably – so thanks.
I can’t pass on the depth of my whakawhetai (and the emotion it creates in me) that we have started on this and all of your parts in getting this to where it is now – please keep up the amazing work and let’s get the momentum shift that this should always have had. If I can personally assist you in anyway – please don’t hesitate to contact me in confidence.
Please also pass this thanks on to Wairangi and Panda, you could not have picked better/more respected facilitators (it’s so enjoyable but with appropriate levels of tūtakarerewa for us).
Ka mau te wehi! Kia pai tō rā whakatā.
Craig McFarlane
Board Member
Kia ora Wairangi,
Just want to take the time to thank you and Cherie for your patience and wonderful way of getting us to think about our approach to change within the organisation. I have looked forward to our sessions and enjoyed the debates. Hopefully you start to see our organisation changing from the outside and can look back in the future with the knowledge that you contributed to that difference.
Ngā mihi nui,
Nā Michelle Bayley
Dispute Resolution Wānanga Participant
Tēnā koe matua
Hari wiki reo Māori! E rua ngā rā e toe ana… Harikoa te ngākau nā te hiko ki te tihi o Maungakiekie i tērā atu rā – maha ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi! 😊
I wanted to thank you again for your mahi last month – it made a really big difference. Just the other day I was talking to my American colleague, Joel, and he said it was a process that made a real impact on him and he wants to incorporate my story telling into his mahi with people.
I’m not sure if Libby or the team have been back in contact with you yet but I’m hoping there will be more opportunities to work together.
Mā te wā, ka tūtaki anō tāua.
Ngā manaakitanga, Nā Hana.
Lakes District Health Board
Kia ora Wairangi,
Tēnā koe – your contribution to the Winter Symposium was magnificent.
I am so grateful to you for your advice and guidance for the tikanga and acting as Kaumatua for the Pohiri and Karakia.
Tēnā koe – for your brilliant Cultural Competency Workshop. I learned a lot from this and all my colleagues who attended told me it was the best cultural training day they had attended.
Finally tēnā koe – for allowing me to interrogate you as a patient. This session was very well received and great for grounding us all to what really matters in our clinical world.
It was great spending time with you and learning from you.
I hope you enjoyed the conference – my wife, Jana, really enjoyed your company at the dinner.
I hope we can work again soon (but not in a shocking way!).
Ngā mihi
Peter
Dr Peter Freeman
The Head of Accident and Emergency at Rotorua hospital
Te Ara Whānui Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awakairangi
I just wanted you to pass on our mihi from my team to Koro Wairangi, as I didn't quite get the chance to at the end. We really valued his input and contributions which anchored us and the kaupapa beautifully in te ao Māori. I can tell that the final outcome for this project with be rich in tikanga and a cultural knowledge base with this wānanga at the helm. You are lucky to have such a treasure on board your waka, and please on our regards.
Nā reira, e ngā pūmanawa e waru, whērā tonu tō whakawhanaunga ki a mātou me te nui o ngā pūkenga kei a koe. Ko te ahi tupua i Hawaiiki kei te kā tonu i Te Rotorua nui a Kahumatamomoe, whērā hoki rā te manaakitanga me te ihi o tōu iwi. Kua tae atu tēnei ki roto o Ngāti Pikiao (me te whānau Maaka), kua koni atu ki te mura o tēnā ahi, ā kei te miharo, kei te mihi hoki ki a koutou nā. Pai mārire.
Ngā mihi o Matariki ki a kōrua,
Makaira Waugh
Kaiako Toi - Arts Teacher
Dispute Resolution from a Tikanga Māori Approach
On behalf of the RahuRahu whānau we want to thank Wairangi for his time, knowledge and services.
From the start of the process to the end Wairangi approached our whānau with kindness, respect and professionalism. His explanation and execution of the tikanga for the meeting was clear, accessible and set a positive tone for the rest of the time. We were in a situation where we were feeling disheartened, ignored and alienated from the process we found ourselves in.
Under the guidance of Wairangi, we came together in a truly Te Ao Maori collaboration with Rotorua Probation. Where not only was the collective mana honored but the effect of having Tikanga and Kawa centred in such a meaningful way created an atmosphere that past grievances were able to be heard,
addressed and processed in a productive and Mana enhancing manner. We left that day feeling empowered, hopeful and listened to, I can not recommend this process more.
Warner Rahurahu Whānau
The University of Waikato
Tēnā koutou katoa,
We have just had the great pleasure of participating in a workshop provided by Wairangi Jones for the graduate students and staff in our clinical psychology training programme. Matua Jones was warm and approachable, and immediately got the group actively involved, interacting and learning some basic tikanga, as well as understanding the meaning beneath the tikanga and applying it to our particular needs and roles. The workshop was well structured and conducted, and left us with some specific learnings (e.g. the meaning and proper conduct of hongi, practice with a waere appropriate to many occasions, and korero on storytelling as a way to facilitate connection), as well as a wish for further learning and the confidence to seek out similar experiences.
It is clear that Wairangi Jones has deep and broad experience in guiding tauira, and we would recommend his workshop highly.
Carol Cornsweet Barber
Ph.D, Senior Lecturer & Director of Clinical Psychology Training Programme
Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawke’s Bay
Last week our staff were fortunate enough to join the 'Building Knowledge - Tikanga Maori for Business Professionals' workshop organised by the Chartered Accountants NZ & Australia. We found it incredibly valuable and are very grateful to Tūtira Mai NZ for sharing their knowledge and resources with us particularly our facilitator/kaiako, Wairangi Jones. Also Pukemokimoki Marae for extending their whare and manaakitanga to us. We all walked in as strangers but left feeling connected.
Whiria te Tangata - Weave the people together
Ehara Taku Toa I Te Toa Takitahi Engari He Toa Takimano
My Strength Is Not That Of An Individual But That Of The Collective 🤝
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
The kaupapa behind each interaction. We had a team of about 20 staff many who had little or no understanding of Tikanga , Te Ao Māori values let alone Te Reo Māori. By the end of the 3 hour session we had all been introduced and brought out of our comfort zone to hongi, learn the art of weaving back and forth with whakawhanaungatanga, learning a karakia with actions and waiata. We now have access to resources to help reinforce the learning with sound bites to help with pronunciation. When it comes to tikanga and Te Reo we have a real variance of experience, with more who are less confident with progressing into this realm even though it is a strategic priority and the organisation has made a really positive commitment around policy and resourcing to prioritise and embed into our daily mahi. The thing that surprised many of the staff was how much knowledge they retained and how much fun they had doing the session. For those who are more familiar with this territory being able to learn a karakia, waiata, and Some basic tikanga within 3 hours, might seem a simple exercise, but when you have people who are naturally shy put in a position of being really vulnerable and exposed in front of peers and managers and learn something in a different language and culture is no mean feat. Real success is measured on them coming out of that session feeling like it was great, worthwhile and fun. Since then we have employed a kaitohutohu Ahurea ( strategic cultural adviser) and we have carried out a few mihi whakatau. It will always be a work in progress but sessions of semi - immersion into a different culture definitely provide a super boost to progress and learning if you are trying to embed and weave into daily workflow.
Paula
Ask Your Team
A huge thank you for facilitating such an incredible workshop for us yesterday. It was beyond anything we could have ever wished for. A sincere thank you from all of us from AskYourTeam.
Henna Tirkkonen
FIRST Security Guard Services Ltd
Kia ora Wairangi
I just wanted to say a big thank you to you. I’ve had the most wonderful feedback on your session with us at our conference last week– I’m gutted I wasn’t there! People really liked you and your presentation style and they found the activities very moving
I really appreciate you jumping on board to work with us at short notice.
Take care and I hope to meet you in person one day.
Thanks again.
Monique
Tender Manager
Manaaki Ora
Kia ora Wairangi,
Not sure if Rachael has responded to this email. But yes I am available for 10.15am on Friday. I am really happy about the training last week and the general feeling is that all who attended were too. Amanda has written a disputes & complaints policy from the wananga and material from the blog so it has been really helpful. Talk to you on Friday.
Nga mihi nui ki a koe taku hoa
Arihia Mohi
Social Services
FairWay Resolution
Kia ora Wairangi,
I heard you did fantastic work with the FairWay roopu a few weeks ago. I hope we get to meet one day!
Keri Morris
CAANZ
Kia ora koutou, nau mai ki tenei Rāmere. Greetings and Happy FriYAY.
As more non-Māori are learning te reo Māori, and there is an increased desire to understand Te Ao Māori (the Māori world) Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand are currently delivering a 5 part online workshop, designed to give you the confidence and knowledge on how to engage and conduct yourself when meeting or working with Māori.
As a Māori women working within the profession and industry for over 15 years I was raised with the understanding of Te Ao Māori and learnt Te Reo at school, and I have enrolled on the course and undertaken 3 of the 5 workshops. The purpose was to support the delivery of such a course but also to support 7 of our senior staff members in their journey of gaining an understanding of the Māori world.
The added benefit is that the workshop has also given me the opportunity to learn about others in our workshop, and reminded me of the core values: including to respect each other (whakaute), the importance of listening (whakarongo), and acknowledgement of those in your presence (mihimihi).
I just want to thank our facilitator Moana Whatarau @ Tūtira Mai NZ for making it enjoyable and interactive and a big shout out to the Silks Audit Chartered Accountants Ltd staff on the course.
Talia Anderson
Kia ora, I just wanted to pass on my thanks to Moana for leading us through the on-line Te Reo course "Building Knowledge: Tikanga, Cultural Leadership and the Workplace" for CAANZ. A great learning course by an excellent tutor.
I was unable to make the last two sessions, but did subsequently complete them both through the video recording.
Nga mihi,
Michael Crawford
