We hold events for our alumni, friends, and the general public for people to connect with the important conversations in leadership.
Subject matter experts and prominent New Zealand leaders share their knowledge and engage with the audience, sparking new ideas and innovation as minds from different backgrounds converge and focus their energy on a salient issue or theme.
“I have attended a number of leadership development courses within the public sector over the years, all with their merits, but I have never felt as comfortable as I did in the first five minutes of meeting with the Auckland Tū Mau Mana Moana cohort.”
DANIEL BRUNT shares his whakaaro following Retreat 1 of the Tū Mau Mana Moana programme.
Read More“I feel a deep sense of humility and gratitude, I now walk with Mana, with pride in who I am, how I can continue to improve myself to best support my people, and now I have a why: a purpose, a reason,” says PARANIHIA PRESTON following Retreat Four: Va Hala, Ala, Ara of The Mana Moana Experience.
Read More“Our paths, our journeys, our stories are important reminders of how we got here. Once we’ve faced our past, we can draw strength from it and take it with us on our next steps. Our Hala, Ala, Ara. Our next steps as Pacific Leaders,” shares KATHLEEN MCGHIE from Retreat Four of The Mana Moana Experience.
Read More“The Mana Moana Experience for me is purposeful and liberating. It is deep diving to your core to bring out what has always been there, the treasure of self that has been hidden. A gift from the ancestors. Journeying with my brave Mana Moana family. Hearing and seeing the wisdom and truth from living legends. Rediscovering life and love in a Pacific Mana Moana way,” enthuses APOUA FUATAVAIL-MCBRIEN.
Read More“I am encouraged to be ‘leaderful’ in the spaces that I occupy with others. Meeting some of the most incredible leaders (in the space of a few months) who lead with a clear vision in their spaces has given me the strength to seek, learn and speak up for our indigenous people,” enthuses SELINA ROIMATA PATIA after Retreat Two of The Mana Moana Experience.
Read More“I was ready for change. I was ready for a new but old narrative. A narrative of power, of prowess, a narrative where our ‘Ancestral Intelligence’ was recognised as equal to if not better than the current dominate thinking and theories of today and boy did I find it in Va Tūpuna,” enthuses EDWARD (TED) POGAI following Retreat One of The Mana Moana Experience.
Read More“At Retreat One (Va Tūpuna), you meet the other Pasifika leaders and learn of their journeys. I thought to myself: even Ashley Bloomfield would be impressed! Then your voyage begins,” shares JACK SCANLAN on boarding the vaka that is The Mana Moana Experience.
Read More“Retreat One of The Mana Moana Experience has given me time and space (and a beautiful setting) in which to reflect on why I do the things that I do: I have sat on my fala / mat and meditated; I have shared kava and stories; I have thought about what I needed to receive and what I wanted to give to each speaker; I have laughed, cried, got angry, and laughed again,” shares RENEE DINGWALL.
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GRADUANDS’ SPEECH
KIERAN MEREDITH and HIRIA CAMERON on behalf of the Class of 2020, The Mana Moana Experience
2020 Scholarship recipients (clockwise from top left): Kaaterina Kerekere, Gail Richards, Amiria Puia-Taylor, Moefiainu Daisy Lavea-Timo (The NZ Leadership Programme), Grace Iwashita-Taylor and Numangatini Mackenzie (he Mana Moana Experience)
Leadership New Zealand and Creative New Zealand are offering six full scholarships for artists to participate in The New Zealand Leadership Programme 2021 and The Mana Moana Experience 2021.
Read More“Having leaders who are able to lead from the head and the heart to fully harness the talent and diversity of our workforce in MBIE means we are able to build an inclusive future and embrace the differences of others,” reflects CAROLYN TREMAIN, Chief Executive at Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), on her organisation’s commitment to delivering leadership excellence through its relationship with Leadership NZ and its Signature Programmes.
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My vaka hasn’t stopped since The Mana Moana Experience, if anything it has sped up!
Read More“Every day I wake up with the intent of Makawalu: to stand boldly in my every facet and to harness the power of my vulnerability - not only to see but to deeply feel. Born of alofa into a place of va, I welcome you home again,” reflects FLEUR RABANAL on Retreat 3: Va Hala of The Mana Moana Experience.
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White board reflections developed during Retreat Two: VA FENUA
“When looking to the future, we must be strategic and strengths-based. Seeds of leadership and seeds that are planted in the enua require nurturing, akono, manaaki (caring) and protection to grow and flourish,” reflects ROBBIE ATATOA on Retreat Two: VA FENUA of The Mana Moana Experience.
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“I felt a sense of connection and safety that I haven’t felt for a very long time. I felt like I could rest and regenerate. I felt like I could sit face-to-face with the hard stuff that I’ve suppressed and side-lined for many years in favour of serving others’ needs,” says JONATHAN SELU about Retreat One of The Mana Moana Experience.
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“We journey collectively towards healing, so that we can transform Leadership into this amazing Pacific Experience,” reflects MAGGIE TULISI on Retreat One of The Mana Moana Experience.
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GRADUANDS' SPEECH from Dr. Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga; Titiimaea Eugene Elisara; Tuiloma Gayle Lafaiali'i; Sione Taunga; Shimpal Lelisi; Emelita Rosita Simeaanamulu Luisi and Ma'ara Maeva on behalf of the Class of 2019, The Mana Moana Experience.
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"The Programme helped facilitate better awareness of the diversity of leadership within Aotearoa New Zealand,” says DUANE STANLEY, Alumnus 2018 of The Mana Moana Experience.
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“Empowered indigenous leadership is being connected to your history and grounded in the fanua,” shares BELINDA BETHAM-RAUTJOKI on Retreat Two of The Mana Moana Experience that took place in Northland.
Read MoreLeadership NZ Chief Executive Sina Wendt reflects on a year of Awakened Leadership and the key activities that made this year memorable.
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