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Whitiora Executive Director Tania Wati says: “We have been working alongside ChristchurchNZ for some time now, and we have always appreciated the approach to understanding the views and aspirations of Mana Whenua. The team at ChristchurchNZ have shown their true commitment to honouring an authentic partnership with Whitiora and it is a testament to the values of the organisation. True partnerships support more transformational changes rather than transactional methods, which are constantly challenged by inequity.”
Over the next five years 50,000 new jobs are projected throughout the Ngāi Tahu Takiwā. The highest growth will be in highly skilled roles and Whitiora and ChristchurchNZ are committed to helping the growing Māori workforce be ready for these future-focused jobs.
Whitiora is already at work helping whānau into employment, training, upskilling and enterprising. Although the organisation has a strong focus on Māori and Pasifika, Whitiora works with people of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Liz Kereru, Pou Manaaki at Whitiora, who has affectionately become known as Aunty Liz around the ChristchurchNZ office, is also at work helping staff more authentically weave Te Ao Māori and Ngāi Tahutanga into the organisation’s economic development work to help realise Mana Whenua aspirations and therefore improve economic outcomes for the whole community.
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