Te Ara Whakaritorito: Growing a Te Tiriti o Waitangi Orientation
- Start: 10:30am
- End: 11:30am
- Duration: 1 Hours
- Category: Network Events
- Region: Nationwide
- Online
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As part of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, join Dr Alex Barnes for an interactive discussion on creating workplace environments that support learning, curiosity, and growth.
Drawing on his personal and professional experience working at the intersection between Māori and Western worlds, Alex will introduce people to:
• What helps organisations move from good intentions to meaningful action; and
• Conditions that can encourage curiosity, experimentation, and ongoing development
This session is for those who are keen to engage but are unsure where to begin.
Through a mix of presentation, facilitated discussion and breakout conversations people will leave with a taster of:
• What can create supportive Tiriti-honouring learning environments
• Practical actions they can apply in their workplace
• Greater confidence to take the next step in their own learning
• Inspiration to continue building capability beyond Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
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Presenter Details
Priya Bhana, Mana Tāngata Network
Raised near and still based in Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai, Priya has over 20 years experience working in Wellington's digital, design and creative industries and presently leading the people function at Zealandia. Priya’s super-power is crafting engaging people-first experiences to help humans do their most meaningful mahi. She believes we need to be deliberate about designing experiences, rituals and initiatives that put people first and create cultures of care, gratitude and wellbeing.
Dr Alex Barnes
Dr Alex Barnes (PhD) is a Pākehā pāpā shaped by the kaupapa Māori education movement — raised through kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa, and still rooted in those values today. Based in Tāmaki Makaurau, he holds connections to Mātaatua, Tainui, and Te Tai Tokerau through his community relationships and ongoing involvement in kaupapa Māori movements. Te Tiriti o Waitangi sits at the heart of everything Alex does — personally and professionally. He's driven by a genuine curiosity about what makes meaningful connection and collaboration possible across differences, rather than people simply talking and working past each other. Over more than 25 years, Alex has worked across education, public health, and adult education with a focus on cultural, social, economic, and environmental justice. His PhD explored te Tiriti-based co-governance education in Aotearoa. He currently serves as Rangahau Manager at Te Rau Ora, a kaupapa Māori health and social sector workforce development organisation. Alex is into music, podcasts, meditation, exercise, basketball, and voluntary work.
