What We Offer

At Te Ara Ki Hawaiki, we offer a suite of kaupapa‑driven services designed to strengthen leadership, uplift practice, and support meaningful transformation across all parts of Aotearoa’s education sector. Whether you are a Primary, Intermediate, Secondary, Area School, Kura Kaupapa Māori, Rūmaki/Bilingual unit, or a mainstream kura, our packages are crafted to meet you where you are and help you grow in ways that honour your identity, community, and aspirations.

From personalised Tumuaki coaching, to aligning senior leadership teams, to deepening culturally sustaining pedagogy and behaviour practice, to bespoke solutions tailored specifically to your context — every pathway we offer is grounded in kaupapa, relational integrity, and practical expertise that makes real change possible.

  • Full 12‑Month Programme

    A kaupapa‑first coaching and advisory programme that strengthens principal confidence, clarity, and capability. Grounded in lived experience of leading a kaupapa Māori kura, this package provides deep relational, strategic, and cultural support across the full spectrum of school leadership.

  • A programme that strengthens collective leadership and builds coherence across the kura.

    Support your SLT to lead with clarity, consistency, and cultural alignment — turning your strategic goals into everyday practice.

  • A whakapapa‑informed, relational approach to behaviour and pastoral systems.

    Develop behaviour systems that honour mana, build connection, and reflect who your community is — not “off‑the‑shelf” models that don’t fit.

  • For kura needing something outside our core advisory services, Te Ara Ki Hawaiki offers a flexible, custom-designed package that responds directly to your needs, context, and kaupapa. This package allows us to work together on unique challenges, one‑off projects, specialist reviews, or strategic kaupapa that don’t fit neatly into traditional PLD models.

    Whether you need schoolwide insights, targeted support, or specialist problem-solving, we can create a tailored solution that honours your community and strengthens your kura.

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Tumuaki Leadership Advisory

Perfect for: Principals seeking a trusted thought-partner who understands kaupapa Māori spaces, complexity, and real school pressures.

What’s included

  • Focus on embedding culturally sustaining practice into your school

  • Professional Learning Cycle: Both group or individual plan options

  • Empowering Principals to lead with a culture forward lens

  • Strategic planning support & leadership decision‑making guidance

  • Advice on staffing, operations, systems, and community relationships, critical friend

  • Supporting culturally located curriculum design

  • Fortnightly or monthly coaching sessions

  • Termly leadership reflection + progress mapping

  • Annual report on what we have done and the progress to share with your board

  • Optional:

    • Board communication support

    • Board workshops

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Senior Leadership Team Alignment & Capability

Perfect for: Schools wanting a leadership team that pulls in the same direction.

What’s included

  • Focus on embedding culturally sustaining practice into your school

  • Professional Learning Cycle: Both group or individual plan options

  • Implementation support for cultural, curriculum & system changes

  • Tools for leading change across staff

  • Clear leadership expectations & role alignment

  • Termly SLT development hui (half-day or full-day)

  • Leadership routines: walkthroughs, coaching, feedback

  • Optional:

    • Individual coaching sessions as needed

    • Strategic/Annual plan review

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Culturally Located Behaviour Practice & Systems Support

Perfect for: Schools wanting behaviour systems that reflect their values, identity, and aspirations.

What’s included

  • Review of current behaviour systems

  • Workshops on behaviour as whakapapa & relational practice

  • Design of culturally aligned behaviour pathways

  • Mana‑enhancing and restorative approaches

  • Whānau engagement tools

  • Staff capability building

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Bespoke Kura Solutions Package

Perfect for: Kura with a specific challenge, a unique kaupapa, or a one-off project that needs culturally grounded leadership expertise, strategic insight, and practical solutions — all delivered with a deep commitment to identity, relationships, and kaupapa integrity.

What this package can include

  • Whole‑staff workshops on identity, culture, pedagogy, behaviour, relationships, or kaupapa development. (designed sparingly — only when high impact is needed)

  • Culturally Sustaining Practice Audits

    • Leadership alignment

    • Curriculum review

    • Classroom walkthroughs

    • Whānau and ākonga voice

    • Pedagogy, systems, and culture analysis

    • Clear strengths/area for growth map

  • School Financial & Systems Insights

    • Budget clarity and decision-making support

    • Sustainable staffing pathways

    • System redesign (finance, admin, leadership routines, internal evaluation)

  • Strategic Issue Solving

    • Behaviour system redesign

    • Community engagement models

    • Curriculum refresh or kaupapa realignment

    • Identity and culture integration planning

  • One-off Board or Kāhui Ako facilitation

  • Short-term leadership support during transitions

Let’s Work Together

If you're interested in working with us, complete the form with a few details about your project. We'll review your message and be in contact with you as soon as we can, so we can lock in an initial hui to ensue we are both excited about the opportunities we can create together.