In a meeting at the University of Waikato with Manukura Tom Roa of Ngāti Maniapoto, Anjum and Nona were honoured to be given a Māori name for Inclusive Aotearoa Collective. Tom called our project ‘Tāhono’ and gave us this story for our new name.
Inclusive Aotearoa Collective | UPDATE #09
We are referring to this phase of the project as “conversations” which implies that we are part of something rather than separate from it. The two questions we will be asking are:
What is stopping you from feeling like you belong to Aotearoa?
What needs to change for you to feel like you belong to Aotearoa?
Inclusive Aotearoa Collective | UPDATE #08
Shortly after joining the team, Sandra and Nona had a few distance meetings to start developing the questionnaire for the online survey. The survey was made available to our mailing list and to the general public through our website. The responses from the survey were discussed at a meeting with our Communications advisors, Tracey Bridges and Kate Smith.
Inclusive Aotearoa Collective | UPDATE #07
Since our last update we’ve had two very productive meetings: a Zoom meeting on 20 August to gather input on the mission, vision and values of the Inclusive Aotearoa Collective, and then a smaller group of volunteers got together in early September to discuss this input and further the discussion. We have brought on board two new team members as of mid-September, and both are very excited to be part of this project.