Creating Te Tiriti / Treaty Literacy (TQ)
This course enhances your understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, exploring its role in nation-building and best practices in Treaty-based organisational development. You’ll gain insights into cultural literacy in modern workplaces and learn how to develop Gold Standard Treaty partnerships
Course overview
Limited to 20 participants this highly interactive workshop takes an ‘E tipu, e rea’ dual worldview approach through the learning and teaching styles it draws from during the day. We’ll use case studies of best practice from organisations already implementing Te Tiriti to help you to explore the why, what, how, who, and the where of TQ.
This workshop is designed to help people work through the personal and organisational implications of the changes – to grow TQ – to become more Te Tiriti literate.
Throughout the workshop you’ll pour your learning into producing a draft Te Tiriti plan for you and your organisation.
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What you'll learn
- Develop TQ, Tiriti / Treaty literacy and intelligence
- Explore the role of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Aotearoatanga, nation building
- Examine best practice in organisations which are already on their Treaty based Organisational development journey
- Demonstrate knowledge of the role of cultural literacy in modern workplaces
- Synthesize principles of how to develop Gold Standard Treaty Partners
- Analyse the significance of lifestyles (access to language and culture) and life chances (access to power and opportunity) in TQ
Modules
In the morning you’ll explore:
- Te Tiriti as a roadmap
- Te Tiriti as a blueprint -includes a case study
- Te Tiriti as a compass – an in depth examination of the role and status of Mana Wāhine across social, cultural, economic and environmental contexts
The afternoon session will workshop:
- Undertake a stock-take of your Organisational Māori development journey
- Te Tiriti based Organisational best practice- examining case studies.
- Identifying gold star Te Tiriti practice , what might these look like in your organisation
Further Information
Format
This course is delivered as a full-day in-person workshop at our Wellington venue. It includes a mix of facilitator-led sessions, small-group exercises, and whole-group discussion. Group size is limited to 16 participants to ensure meaningful interaction and personal feedback. Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea are provided to support networking and collaboration.
What You'll Receive
You will receive a digital certificate of attendance and a Wellington Uni-Professional digital badge. These include the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours completed, making them suitable for recognition by professional organisations and employers.
Te ao Māori worldview
Māori models of mihimihi; huri rauna; ako; tuākana / teina; pūrakau; mātauranga Māori; and wānanga will work in alignment with small group discussions, critical analysis and individual reflection as part of this engaging workshop.
Pre-course preparation
There will be a pre-reading made available to participants before commencing the course.
Private courses
This programme can be adapted to suit your organisational needs and ordered as a private course. For more information, please contact our Poutaki Māori, Marie Cocker (marie.cocker@wellingtonuni-professional.nz)
Here's what others are saying
“Learning from Kathie and Martin is a real joy. Their course is full of insights into bringing Te Tiriti to life in practice, backed up by their decades of experience of what works.”
Lara Keane, HR & Sustainability Consultant
“Kathie and Martin were inspirational facilitators with incredible mana, wisdom, experience and knowledge that they were so generous to share with us. They created an inclusive, supportive and safe learning environment which encouraged us to be open and free with our own levels of knowledge. The storytelling was powerful and it helped to make our own connections as well as being encouraged to share. I felt that we were listened to and it reaffirmed to me that it’s okay to not know everything and to seek expert advice. It was a wonderful and energisingday and I would strongly urge anyone at whatever level of Tiriti/Te Reo and Mātauranga Māori to go on this course as the rewards were immense.”
Lisa Harris-Powell, Maritime New Zealand
“Engaging and illuminating. Any company doing this work can only improve.”
David Reid, RNZ
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