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Creating Te Tiriti / Treaty Literacy (TQ)

Growing your Te Tiriti literacy in Organisational and Workforce Development

Next date
31 Jul 2025, 9am
Delivery
In Person
Location
Wellington
Duration
1 day
CPD/PLD Hours
10

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.

Facilitated by

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Kathie Irwin

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

Further Information

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.

There will be a pre-reading made available to participants before commencing the course.

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)

Testimonials

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

Upcoming Courses & Delivery Options

31 Jul 2025 | Wellington

Duration: 1 day

$895

excl. GST

09 Oct 2025 | Wellington

Duration: 1 day

$895

excl. GST

Can’t make these dates or want a private course?

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