Te Tiriti Resources
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Engaging with Te Tiriti
Embracing te ao Māori in our organisations and workplaces not only supports us to understand our relationship to our country’s founding document, it also supports creating and growing a secure environment for Māori to connect and belong. This can be particularly helpful in workplaces where tangata whenua are underrepresented.
Embracing te ao Māori in our organisations and workplaces not only supports us to understand our relationship to our country’s founding document, it also supports creating and growing a secure environment for Māori to connect and belong. This can be particularly helpful in workplaces where tangata whenua are underrepresented.
If this is something that you feel that your organisation is ready to explore, the following resource published by the Te Tiriti resource centre may be a useful place to start.
The following questions are some helpful starters to get you thinking:
- Why are we making this journey?
- What do we currently know about Te Tiriti?
- What is our organisation/sector’s history in terms of relationships with Māori generally and specifically with mana whenua (Māori tribal groups that are connected to the land where our organisation is)?
- Who might share our vision/interests?
- What might we bring to a relationship with Māori?
- What do we want from a relationship with Māori?
- How does our organisational culture support Māori values and ways of working?
- How are Māori tribal groups currently represented in decision-making for our organisation?
- How does the way we make decisions support and value different worldviews?
- How are we attending to both internal (for example with Māori staff) and external (Māori organisations) ?
Engaging with Te Tiriti is also a personal journey.
For those keen to learn more the Matike Mai Report led by Dr Moana Jackson, Margaret Mutu & others. This report is a result of hundreds of meetings held with Māori around the country in 2016 about what they thought about constitutional arrangements and possible changes so that our government structure can truly honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The report offers valuable insights both personally and professionally for those within government, leading government and non-government organisations.RNZ’s award-winning documentary project on the New Zealand Wars: Stories of Tainui offers us a series of history lessons on the events that led up to the invasion of the Waikato and examines the consequences that this has had on future generations.
Looking for something deeper?
Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono also offer a variety of treaty training services, from short sessions to year-long embedments. Click here to find out more!