What is This Project About?
Kia Ora! This project is a Tiriti o Waitangi-led, impact-focused leadership consultancy based in Aotearoa New Zealand. It’s all about growing leaders who nurture equitable and flourishing communities and organisations. The core belief? Our strength isn’t just in individuals, but in the collective power of many working together. Through leadership development programmes, customised experiences, and networking events, this initiative partners with organisations and communities to spark social change, harness collective expertise, and co-create innovative solutions to complex challenges.
Main Benefits and Key Figures
Here’s what makes this project stand out:
- B Corp score of 122.3, reflecting strong commitment to social and environmental performance.
- Over 150 schools in Greater Christchurch collaborating through Grow Waitaha to rebuild and renew learning post-earthquake.
- Te Whāriki 2025 internship: a 12-month leadership journey focused on activating intersections of identity to lead systems change.
- Te Tiriti Incubator 2025/26: a year-long learning journey with four one-day wānanga held at marae like Ōnuku and Rāpaki.
- Focus areas include leadership, equity, decolonisation, Māori perspectives, coaching, and consulting.
Leadership Development Programmes
These programmes invite participants on a personal leadership journey alongside peers who share similar values and goals. Each programme is designed in response to real community issues and co-created with innovative approaches that are constantly refined. The aim? To create exponential impact by growing agents of social change who can tackle complex challenges with fresh, collective thinking.
Customised Experiences Tailored to Your Needs
Beyond signature programmes, there’s a range of bespoke leadership packages crafted to fit unique organisational needs. Whether it’s a one-off workshop, tailored training, or a fully personalised leadership journey, these experiences align closely with specific goals and visions. Services include:
- Cultural capability development
- Clifton strengths coaching for individuals and teams
- Leadership coaching and 360 profiles
- Facilitation of senior leadership teams
- Leadership capacity building
- Action learning groups
- Strategic thinking processes
Networking Events That Inspire and Connect
Offering a diverse range of opportunities, these events are designed to inspire and connect leaders from all walks of life. From immersive workshops to one-off gatherings, they provide spaces to share ideas, build relationships, and take the next step in one’s leadership journey. Registration is open, so there’s always something fresh on the horizon to explore.
Creating Real Impact Through Core Values
The project aspires to grow equitable and flourishing communities and organisations across Aotearoa by focusing on:
- Enacting Te Tiriti o Waitangi — promoting inclusive practices grounded in shared histories.
- Transformative learning — education that meets the needs of all learners in today’s world.
- Radical inclusion — surfacing voices and perspectives often marginalised or overlooked.
- Hauora & wellbeing — embracing a broad, inclusive view of quality of life.
- Thriving relationships — recognising workplaces as vital environments influencing wellbeing.
Project Impact and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- SDG 4: Quality Education — through transformative learning and leadership development.
- SDG 5: Gender Equality — by activating intersections of identity and promoting equity.
- SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities — via radical inclusion and equitable leadership growth.
- SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions — enacting Te Tiriti o Waitangi and fostering respectful relationships.
- SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals — collaboration between schools, government, iwi, and consultancies.
Future-Focused Collaborations and Learning Journeys
Grow Waitaha exemplifies multi-year collaboration between over 150 schools, the Ministry of Education, Ngāi Tahu, and consultancies, all working together to rebuild and renew learning programmes post-earthquake. This includes exploring future-focused pedagogy like student agency, collaborative teaching, flexible learning spaces, cultural narratives, authentic curriculum, and diverse partnerships. Meanwhile, Te Whāriki 2025 and the Te Tiriti Incubator offer immersive, hands-on leadership experiences that deepen understanding and foster mutually respectful Tiriti-based relationships. These initiatives are shaping the future of leadership in Aotearoa — one that’s inclusive, equitable, and deeply connected to cultural identity.
