3rd iWahine Leadership Hui 2019

Thursday 14th - Friday 15th November 2019

www.iWahine.nz admin@iWahine.nz027 269 6852

Venue - Te Papa Tongarewa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Wāhine Toa | Women of Impact

MĀ TE WAHINE MŌ TE WAHINE

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND

Designed by wāhine for wāhine, the iWahine Leadership Hui is a two day event for wāhine who are ready to lead at a higher level. Our theme – Wāhine Toa | Women of Impact acknowledges Hohipene (Sophie) Whaanga Kaa for giving the name ‘Wāhine Toa’ and secondly,Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa for producing the book of the same name.  Similar to the Wāhine Toa book, the iWahine Leadership Huiseeks to give wāhine Māori a voice and narrator of her own story, and a platform to inspire and share her story with other wāhine.

3rd iWahine Leadership Hui 2019Wāhine Toa | Women of Impact

KŌRERO 14 - 15 November 2019

This event is speci�ically for you if you want:To be inspired and uplifted. Empowerment, leadership, and advancement in your business,career or community.To learn ideas and approaches to make you more effective andef�icient at work.To be with like-minded wahine.To meet experts and in�luencers face-to-face.To build a powerful support network.

Mentoring, coaching, professional and personal development. To develop and share strategies to get wāhine Māori into leadershippositions.To learn new tips, tactics, and tools for your ongoing growth anddevelopment.To break out of your comfort zone. To leave a legacy. To have fun.

What past attendees have said about their experience:

"It was for Māori women, by a Māori woman, and turned out to be so much more.""I enjoyed the speakers and their amazing stories, and making new networks.""The content and diversity of speakers was awesome! Also the inclusion of different backgrounds and areas and the grounding in a Māoriworld view.""I loved the collective wāhine spiritual vibe combined with the business kaupapa. The valuable knowledge shared by wāhine was incredible andvery inspiring.""What I like about the hui was the people, the content, the range of expertise, how the programme unfolded offering times of engagement,well catered with all needs being met. In short, I loved everything about the hui.""The hui demonstrated how te ao Māori and te ao Pākehā can actually be woven together quite beautifully and successfully;  a nice balance ofprofessionalism and tikanga Māori by, for, and with wāhine ."  "Wow! What a privilege being with likeminded wāhine out in the world doing business - sharing ideas, experiences and knowledge. KaupapaMāori Environment and attitudes in the room. On time and professional in its delivery. High caliber of participants and presenters. Wide mix oftalents and skills and varied businesses. Te Ao Māori featured in most of the business initiatives. Identifying and encouraging the Māreikura /Goddess within. Interesting, modern and relevant kaupapa of the day.""Hey Awhimai, your name is so right for this mahi. Thank you for organising such as fabulous hui. Keep them coming!" "A huge thanks!!! This event taught me heaps about myself as well as others in their roles and responsibilities. I did think that it was a goodvariance of people speaking from all different paths of life.""With the variety of speakers I congratulate you Awhimai ~ it keeps it REAL. So inspiring... Yet again I have returned home with more insight intowhy I feel such passion to help open doors for my whānau.""Enjoyed it very much. Good networking opportunities and range of speakers.""The calibre of speakers was vey high and the programme was well-balanced with time to listen, time to re�lect, time to sing and time tobreathe. It was awesome! Thanks so much.""I simply loved being in a supportive environment. I was the real me as I participated and listened in awe. So many waves.""I loved how the attendees were comfortable in their own skin which allows others to be as well. Humility in our wāhine shows that even intoday's world the teachings of our tipuna live on. Inspirational, motivational exceptional wāhine Māori. A must attend event for wāhine Māorilooking towards the next step towards success! Mauri ora ki ngā ringaringa me ngā waewae o te hu me te kaitiaki o te kaupapa. E Awhimai, emihi ana ki a koe e te kairaranga tāngata. Mauri ora."

Even the most competent wahine needs time to step away and get clearer about her strengths, focus or direction. This two-day leadership huiwill help you to develop greater levels of clarity, con�idence, and purpose. You will be challenged to really think about your identity as a leader,consider where you need to focus your development, and to work intentionally to make it happen.  Through a combination of story-telling, wisdom-sharing and teaching practical skills in personal and leadership development, we will exploreways to develop the mindset, behaviours, and precision that will help you to prepare for your next leadership role. The hui programme includesworkshops that are designed to help you get unstuck, take charge of your professional destiny and position yourself as an in�luential wahinewhom others will respect, listen to, support, and promote. Our aim for you is that you leave the hui inspired to use the skills you learned to take your seat at the table to in�luence positive outcomes andcreate a meaningful impact. 

2.45pm - 3.00pm        Te Paramanawa | Afternoon Tea

DAY 1 ANGUS ROOM

3rd iWahine Leadership Hui 2019Wāhine Toa | Women of Impact

9.00am – 9.30am        Registration and Kapu Tī

10.15am - 10.30am      Opening Address  AWHIMAI REYNOLDS, Founder, iWahine NZ

10.30am - 11.15am       RENEE GRAHAM, CEO, Ministry for Women

11.15am - 11.35am      Te Paramanawa | Morning Tea

12.20pm - 1.15pm        Kai o te Rānui  |  Lunch

9.30am - 10.15am        Mihimihi with KITTY BENNETT, Kuia & DR DORIS KAUA, Facilitator

11.35am - 12.20pm      AWHIMAI REYNOLDS & DR DORIS KAUA

In this workshop we help you to discover your leadership aspirations and understand why are you here today.How will attending this hui help you to grow as a leader? What speci�ically do you want to take away with you?

1.15pm - 2.00pm        TINA POROU, Environmental Planner, Poipoia Ltd

PRESENTATION: The Politics of Māori Identity

3.00pm - 3.45pm     

PRESENTATION: Me Taipari Whakarewa Waka o Tātou Whakaaro | Let Us Elevate OurThinking To A Higher Level

2.00pm - 2.45pm       LYNELL TUFFERY HURIA, Principal, AJ Park 

PRESENTATION: In�luencing Change - Seeking Recognition and Protection For MātaurangaMāori

Thurs 14 November 9.00am-5.00pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Navigating Systems

AWERANGI TAMIHERE, COO Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency &Te Whānau o Waipareira

3.45pm - 4.30pm        AWHIMAI REYNOLDS

4.30pm - 4.45pm      Closing Remarks with DR DORIS KAUA

4.45pm - 5.00pm      Karakia Whakamutunga with KITTY BENNETT

As our people evolve, we are seeing, as Sir Mason Durie told us about, our diverse Māori realities playing out. Wehear the rhetoric of the Māori elite stereotype, whānau who have whakapapa but no tea towel experience tothe pā people, digging in for our communities and all the insecurities, whakamā and joys of living wherever youare on the 'Māori spectrum'. Exploring these kaupapa as wāhine Māori puts another layer of complexity on ourexperiences, how do we navigate these together in the sisterhood and come out bathed in the beauty that is ourculture, and not debunked in bitterness at the challenges of our multiple spaces?

In this workshop we help you to explore the quality that all high-impact leaders must manifest: presence. We thenprovide some practical techniques for developing your own uniquely powerful leadership presence.

WORKSHOP: Tō Moemoeā | The Impact Of Finding Your Why

WORKSHOP: Tō Mana | Discover Your Signature Leadership Presence

EVENING Thurs 14 November 5.30pm-8.30pm

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5.30pm - 6.30pm      Whanaungatanga | Networking Reception in the Reading Room

6.30pm - 8.30pm     Kai Hākari with TONI HUATA in the Angus Room

Toni is a Māori songtress, actor, performer, director and producer whose talent allows her to perform at variousmusic and dance festivals both nationally and around the world including support to The Neville Brothers (USA).From London jazz clubs to European arts festivals, Toni Huata's style and strength as a performer allows her tostand con�idently in the Māori and non-Māori worlds. Toni has performed in London-UK, Basque, Spain, Holland,Germany, Canada, Hawaii, Rarotonga, Manila Philippines, Palau, America Samoa, Solomon Islands, Australia,China, Hungary, Austria and Japan. Hailing from Hastings in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Toni says she was surrounded by an eclectic array ofin�luences including the Anglican Church, choir, tap dancing, musical theatre and Mäori cultural performance. Sheaf�iliates to Ngäti Kahungunu and Rongowhakaata tribes, and is also of Lebanese, German, Scandinavian andIrish decent. Toni's music re�lects her deep spiritual roots however vocals range from jazz to soul ballads, opera to haka. Tonigraduated in music at Whitireia Polytechnic, than toured throughout NZ for four years in Jim Moriarty's Te RakauHua o Te Wao Tapu theatre company. Adding more strings to her bow, Toni’s voice features in Peter Jackson’sKing Kong and she performs in various theatre including her starring role as Hine-nui-te-Po in the NZ renownedaerial theatre production of ‘Maui – One Man against the Gods’, World of Wearable Arts, New Zealand festivaletc. Toni Huata, Ngāti Kahungunu and Rongowhakaata, has been appointed to the newly established role of KaihautūPuoro Māori - Director of Māori Music at SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music.

DAY  2 ANGUS ROOM

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8.30am - 8.45am          Karakia with KITTY BENNETT, Kuia

8.45am - 9.00am         Opening Remarks RIRIPETI REEDY, Facilitator

Fri 15 November 8.30am-4.00pm

9.00am - 9.45am      PAREKAWHIA McLEAN, Director - Strategy & Infrastructure, CountiesManukau Health | Chair, Te Whakakitenga o Waikato

9.45am - 10.30am      KAAPUA SMITH, Head of Sustainability, Contact Energy

CASE STUDY: Poipoia te kākano, kia puawai: A case study in intergenerational learningand leadership

10.30am - 11.00am      Te Paramanawa | Morning Tea

11.00am - 11.45am    PROF. RAWINIA HIGGINS, Tumu Ahurei, Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Māori) Victoria University of Wellington | Chair, Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: How Will You Cope With Not Being Able To Speak On The Marae?This question, or derivatives of this question, have been asked of me in the different roles I have held. I suspectother Māori women have been posed with the same question too. Reducing the Māori world to just the maraeātea or leadership roles to this one domain perpetuates the myth that Māori women have an inferior positionwithin our society. Yet in the te reo revitalisation space, the driving force behind many of these initiatives havebeen (and continue to be) women. The Kōhanga nannies and Te Ataarangi whaea are the heart and soul of theseinitiatives. Seems a little ironic that those who have worked tirelessly to revive te reo Māori should be made tofeel silent by one question. This presentation will hopefully debunk some of the myths about leadership and placethe spotlight on Māori women and te reo Māori.

11.45am - 12.30pm    DR. CHELSEA GROOTVELD, Director, AIKO Consultants

PRESENTATION: My Wai: Navigating the ebbs and �lows of life with aroha, thechallenges and lessons learned

1.30pm - 2.15pm      AWHIMAI REYNOLDS, Founder, iWahine NZ

12.30pm - 1.30pm        Kai o te Rānui  |  Lunch

2.30pm - 3.00pm    Poroporoaki with KITTY BENNETT

3.00pm - 4.00pm      Whanaungatanga Networking

2.15pm - 2.30pm      Closing Remarks - AWHIMAI REYNOLDS & RIRIPETI REEDY

PRESENTATION: Leadership For A Greater Purpose

Success doesn't come simply from doing brilliant work - it comes from letting your brilliant work shine in thepublic space. In this workshop, we help you identify what could be preventing you from letting your brillianceshine, and you'll learn practical steps you can take to increase your visibility.

Profound learnings can often be found in the most ordinary of places. The transmission of knowledge withinwhānau is an important, and often under-recognised mechanism for developing leadership and resilience. In thispresentation, Kaapua shares with us stories from her own whānau, and the lessons that have shaped her as amokopuna, whāea, sister, friend, worker, and leader. She poses the view that the small acts of informalknowledge transfer that happen regularly within whānau and across generations, be recognised as importantmoments of mentorship and learning. These practices need to be restored and retained in order to sustain andnuture leadership within our whānau for generations to come.

WORKSHOP: Kia Tū Teitei | Increase Your Visibility

Presenters - Day 1

Renee Graham (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa) Chief Executive, Ministry for Women

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Tina Porou MNZM (Ngati Porou, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngai Tamanuhiri,Ngati Rakaipaaka)

Founder, Poipoia Ltd

Lynell Tuffery Huria (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine) Principal, AJ Park

Awerangi Tamihere (Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Kai Tahu) Chief

Operating Officer, Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency & Te Whānau o Waipareira |

Director, Te Pūtea Whakatupu Board | Member, Māori Economic Development Advisory

Board

PRESENTERBIOS

Awerangi's career spans the public sector - working in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in Social Reformthrough to the Private sector - establishing and leading the KPMG Māori Consulting Team. Working with her own iwi hastaken many roles including implementing on the ground for Māori by Māori mechanisms for delivery - a catalyst for hercontinued focus on supporting aspirational change amongst our people. Prior to taking on her current role this year asChief Operating Of�icer for the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency and Te Whānau o Waipareira, Awerangi for the last�ive years was the Director of Wai-Atamai. The �irst for Māori By Māori social innovation hub in the country. A hub basedin the community which facilitates embedding the impact that matters for whānau and their communities. She also holdsa range of Board directorships. Alongside her career is a much deeper story. A story of navigating the grey. She shares herown stories of what sits below the surface of a career if we are to make change that really matters for whānau. Moreoften than not we �ind ourselves having to dig deep. More often than not it requires a lot of soul searching and constantlybeing way out of our comfort zones! She shares her story, a story of making the impact that matters.

Renee has been Chief Executive of the Ministry for Women since July 2017. The Ministry for Women works to improveoutcomes for New Zealand women and girls and strongly promotes diversity and inclusion. During Renee's tenure asChief Executive, the Ministry has successfully gained Ministerial agreement for an increased 50 percent target forwomen on public sector boards and an Action Plan to eliminate the gender pay gap in the core public service. A keyfocus of the Ministry's work programme is to improve outcomes for wāhine Māori. Renee contributes to a number ofpublic sector wide steering groups and committees, including the Papa Pounamu board for Diversity and Inclusion, andthe Women in Public Sector Summit organising committee. Prior to this appointment, Renee was a Policy Director a the Ministry of Education. Renee has a strong background inleading complex strategic policy development in both the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social Development. Aswell as her policy expertise, Renee also has experience in operational roles in Work and Income, before moving intoproject and management positions after starting her career as a frontline case manager. Renee is a skilled publicservice senior leader with a track record of successfully leading the development of solutions to complex policy issues.

Lynell is a trade mark specialist working with a diverse range of clients around the world, Lynell also has particularexpertise and experience in indigenous law and protecting cultural icons. She is a specialist in all aspects of trade markprotection, management and enforcement and acts for a diverse range of clients around the globe, includingmultinationals in North America, South America and Asia. She is an expert on indigenous law and intellectual property (IP)issues for Paci�ic Island countries, Lynell manages AJ Park’s presence in the Paci�ic. She also specialises in advising Māoriorganisations on IP issues and protecting their cultural icons. Among her most interesting cases has been working withPatea Māori Club to safeguard the group’s POI E trade mark and other aspects of its IP.

Tina founded Poipoia, a kaupapa Maori company committed to providing environmental services to iwi, local, centralgovernment and corporates. These services are derived from the holistic principles of kaitiakitanga. Tina has worked asan environmental planner and a tangata whenua advocate in the sustainability space for over 20 years on projects thathave included developing papakainga houses for social well-being, facilitating environmental restoration programmes inlarge corporates and for hapu, engaging in national policy interventions on water, climate change and biodiversity whileworking with iwi and councils to enable stronger decision sharing relationships. Tina holds a range of governancepositions including the Lake Taupo Forest Trust, Tatau Tatau o te Wairoa Commercial and Ngati Porou Whanui Forests.Tina was the recipient of the Sir PeterBlake Environmental Leadership Award and was awarded the NZ Order of Merit forher contributions to Maori and the Environment.

PRESENTERBIOS

Presenters - Day 2

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Parekawhia McLean (Waikato Tainui) Chair | Director Strategy & Infrastructure, Counties

Manukau Health

Kaapua Smith (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Awa) Head Sustainability of Contact

Energy

Professor Rawinia Higgins (Tūhoe) Tumu Ahurei, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Māori)

Victoria University of Wellington | Chair & Māori Language Commissioner, Te Taura

Whiri i te Reo | Member, Waitangi Tribunal

Dr. Chelsea Grootveld (Ngai Tai, Ngāti Porou, Whānau-a-Apanui, Whakatōhea, Te

Arawa) Director, Aiko Consultants

Professor Rawinia Higgins was appointed Tumu Ahurei - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Māori) in 2016. She was previouslyAssistant Vice-Chancellor (Māori Research) and head of School for Te Kawa a Māui - School of Māori Studies. ProfessorHiggins came to Victoria University of Wellington as a senior lecturer in 2009 after holding academic positions at theUniversity of Otago for 12 years. Her research expertise is Māori language revitalisation and, more speci�ically, languageplanning and policy. Professor Higgins is a member of the Waitangi Tribunal and has served on a number of governanceboards for government and her iwi. In 2017 she won the Education section of the Wellingtonian of the Year awards. In2018 Professor Higgins was appointed Chair and Commissioner of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori LanguageCommissioner. She is the �irst ever woman to ever hold this role.

Parekawhia has recently started at Counties Manukau Health in her role as Director, Strategy & Infrastructure. Her previousrole was at the New Zealand Transport Agency where she was Central North Island Regional Director from September2016. Prior to that, she was the Chief Executive Of�icer of Waikato-Tainui for six years. Parekawhia has more than 25 yearsof public policy and public sector management experience including being an advisor to three prime ministers during hertime at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. She brings signi�icant stakeholder management and governanceexperience to the role. For almost seven years she was director of her own company dedicated to advancing the creativepotential of Māori knowledge, people, and resources. Parekawhia has Masters' degrees in Social Sciences from theUniversity of Waikato and in Public Administration and Development Policy from the University of Wisconsin. She alsoundertook an executive leadership programme at Stanford University. In 2014, she received a Distinguished Alumni Awardfrom the University of Waikato and in 2016 was a �inalist in the Board and Management category for the Westpac-FairfaxWomen of In�luence Awards. In September 2017, Parekawhia was elected for a three year period, the Chair of TeWhakakitenga o Waikato - the governing tribal body of Waikato-Tainui.

Kaapua oversees the Environment, Communities, Sustainability, Property and Land functions of the business. Herbackground is in research, policy and communications. A graduate of Kohanga Reo, Kura Kaupapa Māori and Māoriboarding schools, she eventually went on to study at the University of Auckland. She has worked for a range of Māori andpublic/government organisations such as the International Institute for Māori and Indigenous Education and Ngā Pae o teMaramatanga Centre of Research Excellence at The University of Auckland where she was a researcher and projectmanager; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Ministry of Māori Development as a policy advisor; and more.Immediately prior to joining Contact Kaapua worked as a media and political advisor to the Minister of Māori Affairs HonDr. Pita Sharples, and Minister of Whānau Ora, Hon. Tariana Turia in New Zealand. She is now the Vice-President Wahineof the Māori Party A māmā of 2 gorgeous boys, Kaapua is passionate about creating a better future for them and all ofour rangatahi, so that they may stand strong and proud as Māori and as nurturers and tangata tiakifor our future generations.

Dr Chelsea Grootveld is is mother to two children, Kahuroa (19 years old, �irst-year student Otago University) and Mihi-Terina (12 years old) and wife to Timoti Brown. Chelsea is an experienced researcher and evaluator with almost 20 yearspublic sector experience working as a public servant and consultant. In 2013, Chelsea graduated with a PhD in Educationfrom Victoria University and established Aiko - an indigenous consultancy specialising in kaupapa Māori research andevaluation. Her current clients include Waikato-Tainui, Te Puni Kōkiri, Social Investment Agency, Ministry for SocialDevelopment and Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust. In 2018 Chelsea secured a Future Director's governance role on the SportNZBoard. In 2019, she was appointed as a Director on the High Performance Sport New Zealand Board and CORE EducationLimited. She also chairs the Hato Paora College Board of Trustees and is a Trusteee on JR McKenzie Trust. In 2019 she wasawarded the Governance New Zealand Emerging Governance Leader Award.

OUR TEAM

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Katerina (Kitty) Bennett MNZM (Te Aitanga o Hauiti, Ngāti Konohi, Rongowhakaata)

Trustee, Māori Women's Development Incorporation | Former National President

(2002-2005), Māori Women's Welfare League

Dr Doris Kaua (Te Atihaunui a Paparangi, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa)

Research Officer, Te Pumanawa Hauora, the Research Centre for Māori Health and

Develoment, Massey University, Wellington

Riripeti Reedy (Ngāti Porou)

Awhimai Reynolds (Ngaati Maahanga Hourua, Waikato) Founder, iWahine NZ |

Host, iWahine Leadership Hui

Awhimai's kaupapa is to help wāhine develop their leadership with con�idence and skills to get unstuck, becomemore visible, and lead at a higher level. She is the only leadership development coach for wāhine Māori, a businessowner and entrepreneur. In 2015, Awhimai established iWahine NZ as a response to the invisibility of wāhine Māorifaces, voices and stories. She is the creator of Wāhine Toa - an online leadership development programme forwāhine, the annual iWahine Leadership Hui, iWahine Monthly Mentoring, an online monthly group mentoringprogramme, and provides one-on-one leadership coaching as well as facilitation and training services. Her views onleadership and life can be found on her blog at www.iWahine.nz.Awhimai has held a number of senior management roles in the public and private sectors and has a Master ofBusiness Administration and BSocSc (Hons) in Politics. Her research on Māori women leadership highlighted a numberof disadvantages that wāhine experienced from "others". And her time as the General Manager of the MāoriWomen's Welfare League revealed a number of other issues from "within". She is grateful for all her experiences,especially the hard lessons, as they have shaped her into the wahine she is today. She continues to learn and grow.

Kitty has served as a member of MWDI Board of Trustees since 2002 and was the MWWL National President 2002-2005. She was a teacher for quite a while before she started work with MBIE (previously MED) and gainedexperience in business and innovation, particularly in the area of consumer issues and education. Aotearoa MaoriNetball, Hahi Mihingare o Te Awakairangi and the Wellington Regional Maori Choir take up a lot of her spare timenow apart from whanau time.  In 2016 Kitty was a �inalist nominee for the Women of In�luence award for recognitionof women leadership in New Zealand. She was awarded the Member of New Zealand Order of Merit for dedicationand services to Maori.

During her spare time, Doris leads Te Roopu Kahui Wahine for Te Amorangi o te Upoko o te Ika and is an activemember of Te Hahi Mihingare o Te Awakairangi. She also voluntarily works for Te Roopu Awhina ki Porirua exploringresearch funding opportunities and preparing service provision proposals to government ‘Request for Proposals’.Dorishas worked for a number of public services, non-government and industry training organisations and in 2016completed her PhD at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi. She is passionate about empowering people throughpositive reinforcement and encouraging them to be the very best-self they can be. The only silly question, shebelieves, is the one you don’t ask.

Ko Hiruharama toku kainga and Atua Street is where we live in Pōneke with good whānau handy and close by. Work has always been something to willingly get out of bed for and I am consciously and truly grateful that it hasalways provided me with a sense of personal and contributory value. Community family violence workshops,governance of a service provider Trust, policy sight over our Takutai Moana legislation for Whareponga and WaipiroBay, reviewing a journal article for publication, indigenous methodologies and water in Australia. Yes, ful�illing, goodwork, I enjoy. A lot like my large and fabulous whānau, even when they're O.T.T.And then there is employment, a day job with the Ministry for Women and the multiple facets of government,gender, and a mana wāhine kaupapa, and the necessity to work alongside people - again like whānau, many arewonderful and then there are the testers! I said day job, because work is always happening... and balance is critical...and 'no' is a powerful word to know... and be able to say.

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Haramai te aka nui, haramai te aka roa, haramai teakaaka matuaNā Io Matua Taketake te WaioraKi tēnei tamāhine nāu e Io Tikitiki i te Rangi e... iNau mai kia mārama atu ai ki ngā tirohanga whānui,tirohanga hōhonuMai i te pae tawhiti ki te pae tataKia tū teitei, kia tū hāngai te mana tuku iho ikarangatia rā e te tū TamawahineTe urunga tū, te urunga pae, te urunga tapuĀ whānau, ā hapū, ā iwi e........... Mauri ora!

We welcome the great vine, we welcome the long vine, wewelcome the parent vine, of Io The Original Parent of Life-giving WatersTo this adughter of your oh Io of the Uppermost HeavenWelcome into me, so that enlightenment of the broadness,of the depthFrom the furtherest horizon to the closest touchSo that I can stand tall, stand upright in the prestige handeddown to me by those heroine women of the pastArrive untied, arrive grounded, and arrive in its sacredness ofAll families, all extended families, of all people....My essence lives!

Nā Blackie Tohiariki rāua Ko Te Raina Ferris i tito, 2001

Ka waiata ki a MariaHine i whakaaeWhakameatia maiTe whare tangataHine-pū-rotuHine ngākauHine rangimārieKo te whaeaKo te whaeaO te aoO te ao.

Waiata – Ka waiata ki a Maria

Kia tau ki a tātou katoaTe atawhai o tō tātou Ariki, a Ihu KaraitiMe te aroha o te AtuaMe te whiwhinga tahitanga ki te wairua tapuAke, ake, akeAmine

Karakia Whakamutunga

Karakia Timatanga - Te Tū Tamawahine DAY 1

3rd iWahine Leadership Hui 2019Wāhine Toa | Women of Impact

Karakia Timatanga - Te Tū TamawahineDAY 2

Wāhine mā, karawhuia tō poi,Kia tū teiteiKia tū hāngaiMāia,Kia toa,Tiketike tō mana tuku ihoNō mua rā anō! Te ira Atua, karawhuia! (leader)Te tohu matua, nā KaitangataTe whuia o te ahi, nā MahuikaKauae o te ihi, MurirangawhenuaKanohi o whiti, nō HinetitamaTō mana tuku ihoNō mua rā anō Te kaupapa o te po!Kaupapa o te pō,Ko Hine-nui-tonuTe ora o te ao, kei te ūkaipōKo Papatuanuku tauira mai neiTe marae ātea e hora atu rāE hiki mai rā te paepae tapuTūranganui, tūranga tapu teitei Poia tō mana wahine motuhake,Tō mana tuku ihoNo mua rā anō…….. i

Nā Kuini Moeau, nō Ngāti Porou

WaiataWāhine mā!

Hei kōnei rāKa hoki au Ki te kainga e Tēnā te wā Ka kite anōTātou i a tātou a katoa Nā te arohaI piri ai Te rongo māu Ki te whenua. Ka tipu te ponoKa tipu te ponoMe te tika.

PoroporoakiWaiata - Hei kōnei rāLadies, swing your poi

So that you can stand tallStand strongStand with enduranceStand as a warriorWear the plume of power handeddown to youFrom those gone before Let the godly essence �ly!The main symbol is KaitangataThe �licker of the �lame is MahuikaThe jawbone of enchantment belongsto MurirangawhenuaThe face of change is HinetitamaYour sanctity handed down to youFrom days gone before! The theme of the night!The theme of the night belongs to Hine-nui-tonuThe life of the world to te ūkaipōThe hallowed ground laid out thereWhich upholds the sacred thresholdIt is an important place a very sacredplace Be the unique sancti�ied womanStand tall in the power handed down toyouFrom those days gone before. Translation by Raina Ferris

Ladies!

3rd iWahine Leadership Hui 2019Wāhine Toa | Women of Impact

The iWahine Leadership Hui supports theSmear Your Mea's mission to raise theawareness of cervical cancer and encouragewomen to have a smear test. On behalf ofour presenters, team members, andparticipants we will be making a koha to thiskaupapa. He kaupapa whakahirahira tēnei epā ana ki te wharetangata.

SMEAR YOUR MEA

Improving Māori Womens health, onekapa (group) at a time.'Smear Your Mea' is a communityfunded and wahine (female) driven NewZealand Health campaign to encouragewomen to get their smear test andprevent the on-set of cervical cancer.'Smear Your Mea' was launched by TaleiMorrison in 2017.

Smear Your Mea's mission is to raiseawareness of cervical cancer andencourage women to have a smeartest. #smearyourmea has been anextremely successful outreach campaignand is community funded and supported. Smear Your Mea was launched by kapahaka personality Talei Morrison out offrustration at not finding educationalmaterial that connected with her as aMāori woman. Cervical screening can beterrifying and invasive, Talei wanted toconnect with women and health providersto improve the efficacy of the message inMāori communities.

3rd iWahine Leadership Hui 2019Wāhine Toa | Women of Impact

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