“How we act now makes a huge difference to whether humanity can use this time to evolve. I passionately believe this is an opportunity for humanity to evolve together and create a connective tissue,” believes LOUISE MARRA.
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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.
Answering the call of our people
“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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The vaka/waka of collective healing
“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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Things I carry with me
“We know that we are here for some abstraction, which may by the end of the year become concrete action. I wonder what we will be carrying at the end of the year and what we will have left behind. I know we are up for the challenge,” shares ARNA METCALFE on Retreat One of The NZ Leadership Programme.
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Bringing the light and the dark
“What does bringing our whole selves mean to the roles we have and the communities we serve? How does this allow us to empower others? How would this shape our approach to building more tolerance, respect and understanding?,” asks JASMYNE CHUNG after Retreat One of The NZ Leadership Programme.
Read MoreCALLING PASIFIKA* ARTISTS & ARTS PRACTITIONERS
We are partnering with CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND to offer TWO fully funded SCHOLARSHIPS for mid-career and senior PASIFIKA* artists or arts practitioners in Aotearoa to participate in The NZ Leadership Programme 2020.
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Reclaiming our Identities and Lives
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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Tayyaba Khan - Women in Leadership 2019
In December 2019, TAYYABA KHAN (The NZ Leadership Programme, Alumna 2019) was invited to speak at the Australian High Commission New Zealand’s Women in Leadership Speaker Series. This powerful speech has been kindly and exclusively supplied to us by Tayyaba.
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Brené Brown LIVE - Event Review
CHERYL BOWIE (The NZ Leadership Programme, Alumna 2007) was one of the lucky ones to experience Brené Brown LIVE when the leadership phenomenon and The New York Times best-selling author wowed audiences across Australia in July/August 2019.
Read MoreAlumni Journeys - Nicola Brehaut
"Being an effective change leader requires authenticity, curiosity, a partnering approach and a broad view,” shares NICOLA BREHAUT, Alumna 2014 of The NZ Leadership Programme.
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Alumni Journeys - Duane Stanley
"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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Transforming Ourselves Together
For the Class of 2019, The NZ Leadership Programme has been an amazing journey of collective and personal growth and transformation in life and leadership. We emerge at the end better equipped to lead and serve our workplaces, communities and world.
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How to Become a Modern Leader
ROB CAMPBELL, CNZM delivered the keynote address at The NZ Leadership Programme 2019 Graduation ceremony in November about what makes a great leader, including daring to challenge the status quo and toughing out the opposition to change.
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Grounding ourselves
“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.
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What is Our Shared Story?
For VICKI CAISLEY, Retreat Six (Governance and Global Issues) of The NZ Leadership Programme created “an opening of hearts, an expansion of minds, an appreciation of our different stories”.
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Hope in Turbulent Times
“Leadership happens in the face of fear, but for me Christchurch brought fear to the fore unlike any other, certainly unlike that I felt on September 11, “ shares The NZ Leadership Programme 2019’s TAYYABA KHAN in LEADERS.
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A Passion and Responsibility to Lead
“At this retreat, I realised that my well-meaning, often private yet genuine, heartfelt support for political ideology needed to step up into outward, political participation and that my voice was critical and could influence change,” shares TUILOMA GAYLE LAFAIALI’I.
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Feeling Different
Retreat Six of The NZ Leadership Programme was “a timely reminder to wake up, take note, get uncomfortable and lead by example,” writes GRAHAM BODMAN.
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How Brave Do I Want To Be?
In this year of Daring Leadership the call is becoming clearer and louder, to act, to change the status quo and to create a better future for those that follow us.
Read MoreDARING LEADERSHIP IN A TIME OF HEALING
“As champions of daring leadership, this year we will look across our spheres of influence and operating systems to see them with new eyes and think about what a leap in leadership would look like. What we must do as a powerful ecosystem of leaders to help heal our nation #leadersarehealers, to build true relationships of understanding, tolerance and love.”
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