“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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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.
Ngā Kano (In Colour)
What does it mean to be a leader through this unsettling time? What perspectives are missing from our conversations? How can creativity help our communities? Some of the relevant and real questions swirling around DAMIAN VAUGHAN’s mind and heart following Retreat 4: Governance & Global Issues of The NZ Leadership Programme.
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EXCLUSIVELY FOR LEADERSHIP NZ ALUMNI + GRADUATES OF CIRCLES OF SUPPORT (STAGE 1)
Exploring the Self and System
In our MASTERCLASS SERIES, LOUISE MARRA will work with your imagination, cellular structure, intention, beliefs and self-limitations. The four sessions will look into aspects of the self and system, what needs to grow, what needs to dissolve and what we need to wake up to in our times.
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Journeying with the Known and Unknown
“The Programme challenges me to listen to others’ diverse views and be guided by art rather than facts or science. Through all this is Louise Marra, the provocateur who presents us with the opportunity to face the known and unknown,” shares JAMES TREADWELL from Retreat Four: Governance and Global Issues of The NZ Leadership Programme.
Read MoreStorm Birds
“The storm birds are flying in, but I am awakened to the point of no return, and am compelled to act, even if it means leaving my comfort zone and walking into storms,” shares ROBERT LUISI on Retreat Two: Va Fonua, Fanua, Fenua, ‘Enua, Whenua of The Mana Moana Experience.
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Seeing the Light
“Perhaps as a society we have done what many of us have for some time – ignored our humanity because we made it too hard, or ourselves too busy to fit it in,” shares NIKKI LAWSON following Retreat Three: A Civil Society of The NZ Leadership Programme.
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White board reflections developed during Retreat Two: VA FENUA
Past, Present and Future
“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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Exploring People, Power and Privilege
“Don’t die a potato”: a curious admission (and more) from GRANT TAYLOR as he reflects on Retreat Three of The NZ Leadership Programme, delivered across two days on Zoom.
Read MoreHealing collectively to build a new world
“What is our true leadership in this time of COVID-19? How do we reach into ourselves to find our essential place, presence and connection to the whole? There is such an evolutionary opportunity to reset ourselves and create a a new world that emerges from a place of connection - TOGETHER,” urges LOUISE MARRA.
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Unfurling the koru of leadership
“I don’t see growth as having a start or end…It’s like a continuous process of reflection, refraction and diffraction. All these changes in direction, in movement, in feelings can be quite overwhelming,” shares KAATERINA KEREKERE on Retreat One of The NZ Leadership Programme.
Read MoreCOVID-19: Eight Steps to Empowerment
“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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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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