Who Can Help

Below is a list of providers that can help with different actions detailed in the GEM. If you are a Māori or Pasifika owned provider that would like to be added, please contact us.

Cultural Competency Training and Consultancies

  • Courageous Conversation, South Pacific Institute: provides certified training in leading an organisation through discussions on systemic bias and inequities.

  • Diversity Works NZ: the national body for workplace diversity, equity and inclusion; provides a range of products and services supporting inclusion.

  • Hybridges: cultural intelligence consultancy using practical and proven methods that weave Pacific cultures into the workplace.

  • Indigenous Growth Limited: assists organisations to create environments where Indigenous peoples can thrive.

  • Kahui Tautoko Consulting: range of services and support to build capacity of indigenous communities.

  • LeVa: offers Pacific Cultural Competency classes.

  • Maurea Consulting: teaches Māori culture by offering training, translations, partnerships, and indigenous consulting.

  • Pacific Education Centre: cultural competency workshops and Pacific translation services.

  • Takapaukura: expert consultancy to support resource creation, development or learning on te ao Māori, tikanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

  • Tupu Toa: provides cultural competency training for employers.

  • Tūtira Mai: assists organisations to connect with te ao Māori, including how to use Te Reo, Tikanga and learning more about Māori worldviews.

  • Vasa Consulting: diversity and inclusion specialist services.

  • Annie Ualesi: Helping organisations navigate and understand the complexities of culture in a safe and supported way. Schedule your free 30-minute free consultation - phone: 021-02611808 or email: annie@called.world.

Social Workforce Intermediaries

  • 3 Bags Full: assists with recruitment, pastoral care and cultural competency for companies, and mentoring and training for young people.

  • Social Labour Supply: pastoral care and employment pathways provider for Māori and Pasifika, also includes labour supply to construction sites.

  • Tupu Toa: partners with employers to provide supported internship or employment pathways for Māori and Pacific tertiary students.

Training Providers with Strong Cultural Competencies in Delivering Training to Māori and Pasifika

  • Literacy Aotearoa: national organisation of adult literacy providers and a leading commentator on literacy issues in Aotearoa New Zealand.

  • Mission Ready HQ: education provider primarily focused on the technology sector offering industry specific training and pathways into industry for Māori and Pasifika.

  • Oceania Careers Academy: Pasifika Private Training Establishment offering industry-aligned education and training programmes.

  • Project Ikuna (project of Tātaki|Auckland Unlimited): in-work training to upskill Pacific workers.

  • Public Service Pacific Mentoring Program: nine-month program that matches senior Pasifika leaders in public service and Pasifika public servants wanting to develop their careers.

  • REA: technology education provider with a focus on early-stage talent that is technically competent and has soft skills for work.

  • Tupu Toa: mid-career leadership programme for Māori and Pasifika professionals.

  • Zeducation: Pasifika owned training provider that offer bespoke training solutions for employers.

Pay Gap and Pay-Setting Support

  • Strategic Pay: specialist advice on setting fair and competitive pay, including tools to address pay equity.’

  • MindTheGap: campaign and registry to know and report pay gaps.

  • Kia Toipoto: Resources on pay gaps and pay equity from Public Service Commission.

See also the Amotai register of Māori and Pasifika-owned businesses.