Date: |
18 Jun 2026, 5.00PM – 6.30PM |
duration: |
1 hr 30 mins |
Venue: |
WDC Manaia Conference Theatre |
Address: |
9 Rust Avenue Whangārei |
Cost: |
Free event |
Join the Northland Branch for a workshop on navigating Whangārei’s distinct, hapū-based cultural landscape and non-Treaty settled context. Understand the roles of mana whenua, whakapapa, and kaitiakitanga and gain practical tools to build early relationships, manage cultural risk, and integrate effective engagement practices across your full project lifecycle.
Part One | Understanding the Whangārei Context
This section explores Whangārei’s unique cultural environment as a historically dynamic, non-Treaty claims settled (and its implications), primarily hapū-based landscape shaped by whakapapa (shared genealogy), ahikā (continuous occupation), and kaitiakitanga (guardianship and stewardship). It examines distinctions between local Māori communities and those holding local ancestral authority, unpacks overlapping hapū interests and shared cultural landscapes, and explains why engagement is rarely a “single stakeholder” process.
OUTCOMES – Participants will gain practical understanding of Whangārei’s distinct hapū-based cultural landscape, including the implications of its non-settled Treaty context, enabling them to better recognise mana whenua responsibilities, navigate overlapping interests, identify cultural risk, and engage in ways that are locally informed, respectful, and responsive to both mandated and lived cultural authority.
Part Two | Development, Engagement, and Legislative Change
This section focuses on how engagement with mana whenua, hapū, and Māori communities should occur across the full project lifecycle – from concept and feasibility through planning, consenting, construction, monitoring, and completion. Emphasis is placed on early engagement, relationship-building, cultural risk management, tikanga-based communication, and the practical application of mātauranga Māori (cultural knowledge). The session also explores evolving legislative and policy reforms shaping expectations around partnership, cultural impact, and Te Tiriti-informed practice.
OUTCOME – Participants will gain practical tools to engage effectively, navigate cultural complexity, manage risk, and align professional practice with evolving cultural and legislative expectations.
Register now and look forward to seeing you there!
A comprehensive workshop on understanding Whangārei’s distinct hapū-based cultural landscape and learning how to engage effectively with mana whenua across the entire lifecycle of your projects.
Join the Northland Branch for a workshop on navigating Whangārei’s distinct, hapū-based cultural landscape and non-Treaty settled context. Understand the roles of mana whenua, whakapapa, and kaitiakitanga and gain practical tools to build early relationships, manage cultural risk, and integrate effective engagement practices across your full project lifecycle.
Part One | Understanding the Whangārei Context
This section explores Whangārei’s unique cultural environment as a historically dynamic, non-Treaty claims settled (and its implications), primarily hapū-based landscape shaped by whakapapa (shared genealogy), ahikā (continuous occupation), and kaitiakitanga (guardianship and stewardship). It examines distinctions between local Māori communities and those holding local ancestral authority, unpacks overlapping hapū interests and shared cultural landscapes, and explains why engagement is rarely a “single stakeholder” process.
OUTCOMES – Participants will gain practical understanding of Whangārei’s distinct hapū-based cultural landscape, including the implications of its non-settled Treaty context, enabling them to better recognise mana whenua responsibilities, navigate overlapping interests, identify cultural risk, and engage in ways that are locally informed, respectful, and responsive to both mandated and lived cultural authority.
Part Two | Development, Engagement, and Legislative Change
This section focuses on how engagement with mana whenua, hapū, and Māori communities should occur across the full project lifecycle – from concept and feasibility through planning, consenting, construction, monitoring, and completion. Emphasis is placed on early engagement, relationship-building, cultural risk management, tikanga-based communication, and the practical application of mātauranga Māori (cultural knowledge). The session also explores evolving legislative and policy reforms shaping expectations around partnership, cultural impact, and Te Tiriti-informed practice.
OUTCOME – Participants will gain practical tools to engage effectively, navigate cultural complexity, manage risk, and align professional practice with evolving cultural and legislative expectations.
Register now and look forward to seeing you there!
Presenters
Northland Branch
