Ngāti Rangi Voice of the People Report by iStudios Multimedia Ltd

Voice of the People Report

Insights from Strategy Focus Groups November 2019

NGĀTI RANGITANGA

RAU KOTAHI

TE AO TŪROA

TARI

4 INTRODUCTION What’s in this document?

Contents

5 STRATEGY FOCUS GROUPS PARTICIPANTS Geographical locations of ‘The Voice of the People’ participants.

6 VOICE OF THE PEOPLE ACTIVITIES

10 INSIGHTS INTO NGĀTI RANGITANGA

13 INSIGHTS INTO RAUKOTAHI

16 INSIGHTS INTO TE AO TŪROA

Postcards of the Future Our Big Ideas (Part 1) Our Big Ideas (Part 2) Designing Our Future

Future Vision Ideas Themes Our Big Ideas

Introduction In July 2019, Te Tōtarahoe o Paerangi engaged KPMG to undertake a series of strategic focus group workshops with Ngāti Rangi uri. The purpose was to gather and understand ‘the voice of the people’, through first hand engagement across the iwi to ensure the refresh of Te Ara ki te Moungaroa 2035 can consider the needs and priorities of iwi members.

FOCAL STRATEGIC POU

PARTICIPANTS

The insights from the strategic focus group workshops affirm the following strategic pou identified by the Trust as focus of the refreshed strategic plan:

To gather the ‘voice of the people’, KPMG facilitated 7 workshops in 4 locations across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, to understand what future prosperity and wellbeing looks like for whānau and how this might be achieved.

• Ngāti Rangitanga • Raukotahi • Te Ao Tūroa As such, this document should serve as a compass for the Trust and its management team as it develops and operationalises its strategic plan.

OBJECTIVES The questions we were seeking to answer included: • What are the key needs and social investment priorities of our people? • What would motivate our people towards a more prosperous and sustainable future? • What are the principles that will underpin the design of our strategy?

185 iwi members attended the workshops held in Ohakune, Whanganui, Wellington, Hastings, and Brisbane. Participants included Te Kāhui o Paerangi, tamariki, rangatahi, and pāhake.

ACTIVITIES Various individual and group interactive activities were designed and implemented during the facilitated workshops to inspire and capture the whakaaro of participants in relation to the three strategic pou and any other strategic priorities identified by whānau. An online version of the activities was also made available via e-pānui and on the Ngāti Rangi Facebook page to allow for whānau who were unable to attend the workshops to also contribute their thoughts.

OHAKUNE - 34 MANGAMINGI MARAE - 38

WHANGANUI - 13

HASTINGS - 29

BRISBANE - 58 WELLINGTON - 15

Strategy Focus Groups Participants

SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT PARTICIPANTS SHARED IN THEIR POSTCARD INCLUDED: • What have you / your whānau achieved? • What does living well or success look like for you / your whānau? • What challenges did you experience along the way? • How did Te Tōtarahoe o Paerangi help you along the way?

Voice of the People Activities Activity:

Postcards from the Future

The purpose of this activity was to understand if there is clarity and alignment between the ambitions of Ngāti Rangi Group and iwi members. Participants were asked to write a postcard back from the year 2035 to themselves in 2019.

Participants were asked to share their individual ideas for what Ngāti Rangi could do to lift the social, cultural, or economic prosperity of our people using ‘HOW MIGHT WE…’ PROMPT QUESTIONS FOCUSED AROUND THE THREE STRATEGIC POU.

Voice of the People Activities Activity:

Our Big Ideas (Part 1)

The purpose of this activity was to engage and energise iwi members around potential initiatives that will bring the Ngāti Rangi strategy to life. Ideas were crowd-sourced to inform strategic initiatives and understand the ‘What’, ‘How’, ‘Where’ and ‘When’.

NGĀTI RANGITANGA (IDENTITY)

RAUKOTAHI (EMPOWERMENT)

TE AO TŪROA (NATURAL RESOURCES)

How might we:

• Strengthen knowledge of our history, reo and tikanga amongst all uri? • Increase engagement of and connection across all uri? • Enable our people to connect with their identity and purpose? • Celebrate our culture and successes to inspire and empower future generations?

• Enable whānau to improve their social, cultural, economic, and environmental wellbeing through learning and development opportunities? • Empower the ambitions and aspirations of whānau through education? • Equip whānau with the necessary skills to navigate life confidently in the 21st Century.

• Nuture and manage the taiao to ensure that it continues to sustain and inspire our future generations? • Grow the understanding of all uri, locals and visitors to care for the taiao? • Leverage or be inspired by the taiao as a tool to help transform the lives of our people?

Voice of the People Activities Activity:

Our Big Ideas (Part 1)

Participants were then asked to work in groups to choose one idea from any of the strategic pou and build out the idea in more detail using an Ideas Canvas.

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Tamariki worked in groups to create an illustration that showed their view of the NgÄ ti Rangi community of the future.

WHAT DOES YOUR WORLD LOOK LIKE IN 2035?

Voice of the People Activities Activity:

Designing Our Future The purpose of this activity was to engage and energise tamariki to provide an insight into their view of the future to understand if there is clarity and alignment between the ambitions of the NgÄ ti Rangi Group and iwi members.

Insights relating to Ngāti Rangitanga Ngāti Rangitanga:

Future Vision

MĀORI LEADERSHIP

TE REO MĀORI

ARTS & CULTURE

WHĀNAU ‘HUBS’

“ My baby girl has achieved top marks in Law and Māori. She also has a huge social media following and has been named as Aotearoa’s biggest social influencer for not only fashion but her views on being a young Māori in today’s society.”

“ All my mokopuna are now fluent in Te Reo. That has been my dream.”

“ My children have embraced our culture and are now teaching their mokopuna our tikanga, kaupapa, reo, and haka. It was awesome watching my mokopuna perform on the stage for haka!”

“ I would like to have a drop-in centre, where whānau can come and just hang out, meet new whānau, learn new things their culture and go on new adventures and make loads of memories.”

“ Today we can celebrate that we as a whānau are confidently holding Te Reo me ōna tikanga. I now see our mokopuna taking on positions of governance within the local and central government and they have been able to openly support Ngāti Rangi aspirations.”

“ Tomorrow I will be attending my inauguration as Kawana of Aotearoa, this will happen at our marae at Maungārongo in Ohakune where our three official languages will be used with Te Reo being the main form of delivery. Our whānau, hapū, and iwi will all be fluent in Te Reo.” “ Our whenua and heritage sites are identified and active management plans ae implemented along with archives of our kōrero is accessible to our people, so that we know who we are and where we come from.”

“ Your babies have achieved Te Reo me ōna tikanga. Tui and Kahleya continue to lead the way with the kaikaranga roles. Your twins have achieved and continue to teach mau taiaha within Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Ngāti Rangi. Khyani is now a master carver. We have overcome our challenges of learning tikanga by moving home to Taumarunui.”

“ I’ve lived out my life long dream and established our own whare tupuna on whānau/hapū land surrounded by a kōhanga and kura kaupapa with a block of kaumātua flats at the central rear of the whare.” “ Open a Ngāti Rangi hub centre here in Brisbane – Elderly check ins; youth/ activities-excursions; kapa group; monthly gatherings.”

Insights relating to Ngāti Rangitanga Ngāti Rangitanga:

Ideas themes

Ideas related to this strategic pou were wide ranging, with the key themes outlined below. Strategic initiatives centred around these themes will likely gain traction with iwi members in the short and medium term.

WĀNANGA

GO DIGITAL

LIVING MARAE

Regular wānanga on cultural practices, tikanga, Te Reo Māori and history. This would be whānau focused to encourage reconnection and whanaungatanga amongst whānau members. Wānanga would be held across different locations to ensure physical contact between uri, whānau and their Ngāti Rangitanga.

Leverage technology to capture and share Ngāti Rangitanga. This includes development of animated e-books (specifically focused on tamariki), Ngāti Rangi media channels (Ngāti Rangi ‘flix’, YouTube, online forums, social media), digital historical repository (e-library, digital database of Ngāti Rangi knowledge and artefacts that are accessible by iwi members). A digital platform provides access for uri from any location.

Invest in a living and thriving marae that acts as the primary conduit or centrepiece of Ngāti Rangitanga. A physical location that people are drawn to when they are seeking to connect with their identity or learn about Ngāti Rangitanga.

INTERACTIVE LEARNING

CELEBRATING SUCCESS

Interactive camps, walks/tramps, school holiday programmes, and events to connect whānau and enable them to learn about Ngāti Rangitanga and connection with taiao. This includes visits to historical landmarks and transferring mātauranga Māori to participants.

Identifying and recognising success of iwi members through a celebratory event eg awards dinner, winter ball, scholarships.

INTEGRATION WITH SCHOOL CURRICULUM Partnering with schools to ensure Te Reo and Ngāti Rangitanga are taught in local schools or made available to iwi members.

Insights relating to Ngāti Rangitanga Ngāti Rangitanga:

Our Big Ideas

9 of the 24 Ideas Canvas, that participants chose to focus more time on, related to this strategic pou. The following key ideas may easily translate into actionable initiatives in the short and medium term:

NGĀTI RANGI TAWHITO

BILINGUAL SIGNAGE

PAEPAE SUCCESSION

Online collection of our history including oral and written histories, digital stories, photographs, waiata, whakapapa, reo, pūrakau, artefacts, virtual tours that are accessible to local, national, and international audiences.

Ensure there is bilingual signage throughout rohe to raise awareness and cultivate Ngāti Rangitanga in our communities and visitors.

A development programme to strengthen paepae succession through the generations.

The purpose is to capture our history, increase accessibility to this knowledge, and empower our people with this knowledge.

This includes ensuring that reo is being used everywhere, paepae are able to carry tikanga, and we are able to manaaki visitors. Aim for 4 graduates of programme per marae.

Insights relating to Raukotahi Raukotahi:

Future Vision

Insights from participants indicated that the future success of this strategic pou should be measure around 4 key performance areas:

HIGHER INCOME CAREERS “ Ngāti Rangi helped and inspired me and my whānau to learn Te Reo. Now I’m working as an Audit Partner at EY, where I audit Māori businesses and other organisations around the country.” “ I’ve just finished becoming a specialist cardiologist studying at Otago University and have already travelled majority of the world. My siblings have just started university and doing well. Te Reo Māori and Pasifika representation is very high now, which has obviously been our goal.”

FINANCIAL FREEDOM

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

“ My mokopuna have all attended College and have gained degrees in building, hospitality, business, and environmental care. These will enhance their caring for our whenua and the environment while ensuring they can earn a good living.”

“Te Wehi Ltd is thriving. It took 5 hard years, but now we have a critical mass of qualified and highly skilled Māori staff helping Māori pursue more indigenous opportunities.”

“ Happily retired, travelling and in good health and not having to rely on anyone else. To be self-funded and comfortable.” “ We have provided well for our family financially, and also donate to charity organisations.”

“We’ve achieve so much in the last 16 years and delivered some really big projects – whānau housing, that sustainable power station, discovering a new geothermal field, our international ‘first peoples’ consulting practice, and winning Māori Business of the year was just the best!”

CONTRIBUTING TO COMMUNITY SUCCESS “Ngāti Rangi are thriving! They helped more than 50 whānau enterprises and have established marae grants that have led to innovation and tech opportunities for our people. They are now coowners of a company that is about to go public.” “We have done our part for our awa which is NOW blue and fresh and our mokopuna are swimming in them. We have plenty of Kai from our tuna which are plentiful and healthy. Our mokopuna now manage and operate our Maunga, successfully employing a large number of our people.”

Insights relating to Raukotahi Raukotahi:

Ideas themes

WHĀNAU LED/ WHĀNAU CENTRED LEARNING Empowerment of individuals by focusing on empowering the whānau unit was seen as the most effective approach in enabling and equipping iwi members to improve their wellbeing. This included whānau led/whānau designed empowerment programmes, ‘power up programmes’ to assist whānau in achieving excellence through education system, initiatives that advocated for life long learning that begins at home, whānau life skills programmes, marae-based programmes for intergenerational knowledge transfer, embedding whānau ora in all initiatives, investing in navigator programmes that help whānau create their own whānau plans and toolkits to support their passions and aspirations.

EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION There was a strong drive towards learning opportunities, excellence in education or being leaders in their field of choice, whether it be trades or professional careers. This includes investing in tertiary level scholarships and institutional partnerships that will provide access to higher levels of learning and career opportunities. Ideas around the types of education subjects ranged widely from trades to professional career pathways, but the most important feedback was to invest in education that are targeted at the personal passions and goals while ensuring that they are equipped to be part of the future workforce.

GROWTH MINDSET

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

TE REO MĀORI

Initiatives aimed at improving mindset that will empower iwi members to aspire to their greatest potential. This included mentor programmes that are aimed at equipping iwi members to help themselves, build confidence through action and success, and provide personal/professional development support.

The creation of whānauowned businesses and entrepreneurial mindset. This would equip and inspire iwi members to follow their passions while providing a means to improve their wellbeing in a self-sustaining manner. Ideas included investing in whānauowned businesses, teaching tikanga Māori business skills, building business capability or helping provide access to business advisors to support business owners. Ideas also centred around the ability and desire to give back through growing opportunities for the iwi and wider community. An important element within this theme was responding to the specific needs of Ngāti Rangi through the use of Ngāti Rangi resources, both people and knowledge.

Strongly linked with the Ngāti Rangitanga pou, there is a strong desire to be fluent in Te Reo in everyday life in order to reconnect with their culture and own a significant piece of their cultural identity. This would be largely achieved through iwi members engaging with education and development programmes from early childhood through to adults, whether it be through marae-based activities or formal education institutions.

Insights relating to Raukotahi Raukotahi:

Our Big Ideas

6 of the 24 Ideas Canvas that participants chose to focus more time on related to this strategic pou. The following key ideas may easily translate into actionable initiatives in the short and medium term:

FINANCIAL LITERACY & CONFIDENCE Empowering iwi members to gain financial freedom through financial management, savings, investments, and budgeting. This includes wānanga and programmes that help iwi members (including tamariki and rangatahi) improve their financial literacy, understanding how to create passive incomes, unlocking financial assistance, achieving higher incomes, and being financially self-sustaining.

WHĀNAU ENGAGEMENT

NGĀTI RANGI ‘UNIVERSITY’

Although whānau led learning was seen as the most effective means of empowering iwi members, engagement with whānau was seen as a challenge and potential barrier to success. These key ideas centred around use of communication channels including tech-based platforms to communicate and inspire whānau to engage with empowerment initiatives. This would also aim to create safe environments for whānau to actively participate and contribute in a manner that is comfortable for them.

Partnering with universities or creating post-graduate level marae-based classrooms that enable graduates to progress to high learning and higher value work opportunities, while actively contributing to Ngāti Rangi vision. Focus would be on STEM subjects including environmental studies, whānau ora/ health, engineering, and construction (civil and housing).

Insights relating to Te Ao Tūroa Te Ao Tūroa:

Future Vision

Insights from participants indicated that the future success of this strategic pou should be measure around 4 key performance areas:

VALUES-BASED LIVING

LIVE OFF THE LAND

RECONNECT TO TAIAO

“ Our Ngāti Rangi lands are highly sought after. Luckily our climate change strategy at Tirorangi has provided us with an eco-papakainga. We have gone back to sustainable living.”

“ I am living on my whenua in my iwi rohe. We live in an eco-house, off the grid, and grow most of our own kai. Ngāti Rangi advocated and invested in our own values-based way of living. These values influence the community values on social and environmental responsibility.”

“ We’ve been offered education tools to help grow and develop our understanding of our taiao to nurture and revive our rongoa and rakau.”

“I t has been good to see you so well. Having 3 mokopuna and 1 great moko. Now living on a self sustainable farm, we can enjoy and appreciate great health.” “ We are all paddling in the same waka. There is water in our rivers now to do so! Maximum flow returned to once again flow down the ancient river beds of our lands. Uri come home often. There is peace and harmony once again within our people.”

“ Sustainable living is available as well as maara kai, teaching basics to hunt and gather.” “ Self employed. Living off the land and off the grid.”

“ Our awa and our whenua are well on the way to recovery, and we as Ngāti Rangi are totally self sufficient at all levels. Many of our uri hold positions of responsibility at government level as well as across all trades. We are now autonomous, and self sufficient.” “ Walk up Ruapehu to see my whanaunga making steps to protect the land and enable our people to gather together easier and protect resources.”

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES “ I’m working as a mentor in Putaiao related to matauranga Māori and Geoscience within the rohe of Ngāti Rangi. My oldest daughter now works with the iwi in the legal team ensuring our environment and the businesses we work within are using sustainable practices.” “ Our Ngāti Rangi people are recognised nationally and internationally for our place, our relationship with our land and tourism interpretation of Te Kāhui Maunga World Heritage Site. People visit our place to be inspired and move practice globally towards climate change restoration.”

Insights relating to Te Ao Tūroa Te Ao Tūroa:

Ideas themes

SCIENTIFIC CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

MARAE-BASED TAIAO EDUCATION

SUSTAINABLE GO DIGITAL BUSINESS PRACTICES

RECONNECT WITH TAIAO

The establishment of world-leading hubs or knowledge centres that would advance taiao knowledge and practices, combining the best of Ngāti Rangi specific mātauranga Māori and western knowledge to enhance the status and value of the natural environment for future generations. This would focus on the unique central plateau environment as well as the native flora and fauna in the Ngāti Rangi rohe, with regular mention of volcanology, astroscience, rongoā, and the natural world in general. These institutions would be staffed by scientists, educators, facilitators, guides, and other staff of Ngāti Rangi descent.

Wānanga, education programmes, and visitor experiences targeted at sharing and educating our uri and others on Ngāti Rangi’s taiao vision and encourage participation/contribution to this vision. This includes teaching people how to reconnect with and look after our taiao, and how to live in mutual respect with the taiao eg grow kai, sustainable farming practices, koro clean ups, how to recycle.

Advocating for and supporting business who have sustainable business practices that minimise impact on the taiao. This includes Ngāti Rangi investing in a tikanga-based businesses with a focus on taiao and tourism, creation of Māori green spaces, and restoration of native flora and fauna.

Regular visits to Ngāti Rangi natural landmarks to reconnect and learn about our taiao and its significance to Ngāti Rangi. Ideas around reconnecting through educational initiatives focused on low-waste lifestyles, sustainable energy consumption and growing your own food at home, school or in the community.

Use of technology and social media platforms to engage and inspire people on the taiao. The most common idea was a youth-led YouTube channel on our taiao issues. This is strongly aligned with the ‘design the future’ posters created by tamariki, which overwhelmingly showed that our young generation are particularly concerned with the environment, climate change, pollution.

Insights relating to Te Ao Tūroa Te Ao Tūroa:

Our Big Ideas

It was interesting to note that 9 of the 24 Ideas Canvas that participants chose to focus more time on related to this strategic pou. The following are the key ideas that may easily translate into actionable initiatives in the short and medium term:

TIKANGA-BASED INDIGENOUS MĀORI MEDICINE BUSINESS Ngāti Rangi owned and operated, internationallyrenowned, Involved in research, development (growing natural fauna used in medicines), and production of Māori medicinal products that improve the health and wellbeing of people in the rohe and around the world. This will leverage our natural resources to create health and economic benefits for Ngāti Rangi.

WEBSITE THAT COMMUNICATES, EDUCATES, AND MONITORS TE TAIAO The purpose is to share Ngāti Rangi’s taiao vision with iwi members and those who are interested in supporting/ contributing to this vision.

MARAE-BASED WĀNANGA AND CONFERENCES Helping people reconnect and understand our whenua, and learn about the spiritual aspects of our awa and maunga.

YOUTH PROGRAMMES Involving rangatahi in taking care of the taiao while also gaining valuable work experience.

Voice of the People Report

Insights from Strategy Focus Groups November 2019

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