The Pākehā Project

 

This is not easy mahi. It is uncomfortable and it will challenge you in ways not easy to put into words. And it is worth every second... If improving this country for all is something you want to be a leader of, then you have arrived. If you want to see a decolonised Aotearoa and play a part, then welcome.
Pākehā leaders, this is our mahi to do.

ANGELA PARQUIST
Senior Coach — Roar Coaching

AUDIENCE

The Pākehā Project Leadership Journey is a highly focused and specialised programme designed to further explore and deepen bicultural competencies for Pākehā leaders who already have experience in leadership development.

If you are either a Pākehā leader who wants to be part of a just, equitable and flourishing Aotearoa, or an organisation who wants to grow their capacity for genuine restorative action towards honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi — then The Pākehā Project Leadership Journey is for you!

OVERVIEW

Leadership New Zealand and The Pākehā Project are collaborating to deliver a unique programme for established Pākehā leaders to further explore what they need to do themselves to contribute to realising the promise of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

The Pākehā Project Leadership Journey supports Pākehā in building authentic and lived relationships with Te Tiriti, tangata whenua, and Te Ao Māori, to contribute to meaningful systemic change.

DATES AND TIME COMMITMENT

The programme will be delivered through in-person retreats, online group sessions, and individual coaching sessions over a 5 month period. Our dates for 2023 are: 

  • Orientation Session: 20 July (Online)

  • Retreat 1: 9—11 August (Auckland—Hillsborough)

  • Embedding Day 1: 24 Aug (Online)

  • Retreat 2: 13—15 Sept (Auckland—Hillsborough) 

  • Embedding Day 2: 12 Oct (Online)

  • Retreat 3: 20—22 Nov (Auckland—Hillsborough) 

  • Embedding Day 3: TBC

  • Retreat 4: 7—9 Feb (Auckland—Waiheke) 

All online group sessions and individual coaching sessions will be scheduled in consultation with the group once participation is confirmed. 

Through collective inquiry, expert guidance, and experiential learning, the programme offers the one-of-a-kind opportunity to deepen leadership capabilities and cultural intelligence within a supportive network to make meaningful and lasting change for individuals, their organisations and their communities.

OUTCOMES

The Pākehā Project Leadership Journey will support you to:

  • Lead from knowing who you are

  • Challenge inequitable systems

  • Prototype and experiment

  • Ask better questions

  • Strengthen cultural intelligence

  • Grow authentic relationships

  • Hold space for discomfort and uncertainty

  • Build a network of support

  • Take other tangata Tiriti with you

YOUR FACILITATORS

Louise Marra has leadership experience spanning all sectors, having held senior leadership and governance roles within Government, the private sector, philanthropy and the NGO sector. Louise has studied collective and intergenerational trauma for many years and now runs her own company, Unity House. Louise is also a founder of a social enterprise, the Emerge Institute, a catalyst for the Centre for Social Impact and the former Director of the New Zealand Leadership Programme. Louise describes herself as a braided river, coming from both Ngai Tuhoe and Ngati Pākehā whakapapa. Her work has been committed to dismantling and dissolving dominant paradigms and structures to help heal colonisation and bring about a co-created world where all people and beings can thrive.

Rebecca Sinclair is Associate Professor at Toi Rauwhārangi, College of Creative Arts, at Massey University Wellington, with over 25 years experience in creative arts pedagogy. She is a 2016 alum of the NZ Leadership Programme who believes in the fundamental goodness of humans.
As somebody who works within a colonial institution —a university —she has first-hand experience of the work that Pākehā need to contribute to the project of decolonisation and reimagining our collective life. Of Pākehā (Scottish and English) descent, Rebecca lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara with her four daughters and a cat.