Iwi Education Partnership Package

Overview

This package partners with iwi to articulate and progress their education aspirations for tamariki and rangatahi. It supports iwi to confidently navigate and influence education systems, while strengthening pathways, partnerships, and outcomes within their rohe. Grounded in rangatiratanga and whanaungatanga, the work positions iwi as leaders in shaping education success—aligning aspiration with practical action across schools, Kāhui Ako, and Ministry structures.

This package is suited to:

  • Iwi seeking to clarify and strengthen their education aspirations

  • Iwi wanting to engage more effectively with schools, Kāhui Ako, and the Ministry

  • Iwi looking to influence education outcomes for their uri within their rohe

  • Iwi developing or refreshing strategic education plans or priorities

  • Iwi requiring support to navigate complex education systems with confidence

Who This Package Is For

The purpose of this package is to support iwi to move from aspiration to action within the education system. It strengthens iwi capability, positioning, and influence, ensuring that their priorities are clearly defined and actively shaping education pathways, partnerships, and outcomes for their uri. The work focuses on creating alignment between iwi vision and system response, so that education provision reflects and responds to iwi aspirations now and into the future.

Purpose of This Package

  • Facilitated hui and wānanga to surface and refine iwi education aspirations

  • Development of an iwi-led education vision and strategic priorities

  • Support to navigate education structures, systems, and decision-making processes

  • Strategic advice to strengthen partnerships with schools, kura, Kāhui Ako, and the Ministry

  • Mapping of education pathways and opportunities for tamariki and rangatahi

  • Identification of key gaps, challenges, and opportunities for impact

  • Co-design of a practical education action plan or roadmap

  • Ongoing advisory support to strengthen capability and sustain progress

What This Package Could Include