It is with immense pride and delight that we congratulate our founder and kuia Dame Jo Brosnahan, who was made a Dame Companion in this year’s King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours.
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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.
Welcoming in the NZLP Class of 2023!
On Friday we had the great pleasure of officially welcoming in the NZLP’s Class of 2023!
Read MoreA Year of Growth and Challenge - Alumni Reflection
Class of 2022 Alum Josh Martin, Community and Youth Development at Shore Junction, reflects on his year on the New Zealand Leadership Programme.
Read MoreTū Mau Mana Moana 2023 Commences at Paraparaumu
Alongside Paraparaumu beach on the Kapiti Coast last week, we welcomed our Tū Mau Mana Moana Cohort for 2023.
Changes in Leadership at Pūmanawa Kaiārahi Leadership New Zealand
It has been a week of courageous and transformative leadership for Pūmanawa Kaiārahi Leadership New Zealand, as Anya Satyanand embarks on the next chapter of her life in leadership and passes on the rākau of Chief Executive to our very own Dan Gerrard.
Read MoreAlumni Journeys - Rebecca Sinclair
“NZLP gave me a different kind of courage to the one I thought I needed; the courage to slow down, to look with tenderness and wonder at the world around me, and to stand up for intimacy and love even when that is counter-cultural.”
REBECCA SINCLAIR (NZLP Alum 2016) shares with us how The New Zealand Leadership Programme has impacted her life and work, and where she is at now on her lifelong leadership journey.
Read MoreCongratulating our Tū Mau Mana Moana Graduating Class of 2021-2022!
The first evolutionary wave of Tū Mau Mana Moana leaders graduated at Parliament on Friday night. This cohort, made up of extraordinary Pacific leaders from across the public service, were gifted the title of Grace by Programme Director, Dr Karlo Mila.
Read MoreAll Roads Lead to Waiheke
“My thinking had been pushed and everything became connected, consequential, and cemented. I have a deeper sense of responsibility, and understand of how, within my capacities, I can and should use this to make a difference.”
SARAH-JAYNE MCCURRACH reflects on her ‘why’ following the sixth retreat of the New Zealand Leadership Programme 2022.
Read MoreFilling the Tank: Resources for Times of Disruption and Uncertainty →
Right now where we are the rain is falling, and it’s falling pretty hard. The ground is so wet and full that the water’s pooling on top, wreaking havoc with systems that are designed for a world without downpours of this kind.
A pandemic in its third year, a cost of living crisis, a skills shortage, global uncertainty: these are the weather conditions Aotearoa’s leaders are facing right now, and many of us – those in Auckland especially – are facing into the weather with a sinking feeling about what the future will bring…
Healing the Fonua and Healing the Self
"I left this retreat feeling much more aware of the ways I need to engage with others to create belonging and acceptance while maintaining integrity in myself as a person of the moana." JAMES MOSE reflects on Vā Fonua, the sixth retreat of Tū Mau Mana Moana 2022.
Read MoreWhere Has My Journey Brought Me?
“I feel my shifts and changes, I feel my growth and stretch, and I feel a quiet confidence within me ... I am unapologetic about that now, and I am so very grateful to be given what feels like a once in a lifetime and careertime opportunity. “
LISA ROBERTS reflects on her journey with the New Zealand Leadership Programme 2022.
Read MoreAlumni Journeys - Jane Sheetz
“I feel the NZLP and the tools we have learnt has become my base in all aspects of life. The quality of the experiences, the knowledge and growth, responsibility and commitment, respect and friendships has strengthened the foundation of my purpose, goals, and vision.”
JANE SHEETZ (Alum 2019) shares how her time on The NZ Leadership Programme (NZLP) has influenced her work and life through these years of disruption, and how her leadership mahi is making a difference for Aotearoa.
Our Relationship with Kainga
“Nourishment is always what we gain from the retreat, but this felt very different: more than kainga but a connection back to the work we all do.” DARLENE RASTRICK reflects following her fifth retreat with Tū Mau Mana Moana.
Read MoreEnriching Our Awareness of Environmental Management
“Not only did this retreat bring to the fore the importance of te ao Māori, and within this mātauranga Māori perspectives of environmental management, but it also emphasised the importance of each one of us to do our part as leaders to ensure that our environment is protected and rehabilitated.” VISHAL RAMDUNY shares his learnings following the New Zealand Leadership Programme’s fourth retreat of 2022.
Read MorePacific Leading with Authenticity
”The entirety of this leadership development programme has started to probe deeper than any other training I have attended into the differences between modern Western leadership and indigenous Māori and Pacific leadership, and the increasing relevance of Māori and Pacific models of leadership.”
DESMOND TUPANGAIA reflects following the Vā Hala retreat on his Tū Mau Mana Moana journey.
Read MoreBe Aware of the Air
“I have come away with a renewed clarity of what my work is and what I am responsible for, and also what I am not responsible for.” ARA ALAM-SIMMONS reflects on what it means to be an aware and engaged leader in her retrospective on the New Zealand Leadership Programme’s Power and Governance retreat.
Read MoreThe Connective Strands of Tū Mau
“I feel like I am being gifted the knowledge, the understanding, and the language to describe what I believe, how I feel and who I want to be.”
KEAWE WOODMORE reflects on the third retreat of Tū Mau Mana Moana 2022.
Read MoreSometimes Things Happen for a Reason
“It was up to us to collectively show leadership, and to bring our best to the moment—and over the course of a very special three days, that is what I witnessed.” ALEX ROGERS reflects on his experiences of collective leadership on the New Zealand Leadership Programme’s third retreat of 2022.
Read MoreMy Small Existence is Significant
”The word CONFIDENT comes to mind when I think of my Vā Tagata journey… During the retreat, I saw the words appear in my vision when I listened to the speakers and conversations and it started to sink into my mind and heart.”
ANITA EDWARDS reflects following the Vā Tagata retreat on her Tū Mau Mana Moana journey.
Read MoreAlumni Journeys - Graham Bodman
“I have become more attuned to what’s important… Insights from the NZLP helped me adopt a mindset of experimentation, opportunity, and self-development.”
GRAHAM BODMAN (Alum 2019) shares how his leadership mahi is making a difference for Aotearoa, and how his time with The NZ Leadership Programme (NZLP) has influenced his work and life in these past few years of disruption.
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