‘Māku anō e hanga tōku nei whare’Waana Watene

Acknowledgements• Doctor Rangi Matamua• Matua Tame Pokaia • Matua Rahui Papa • Whaea Tama Te Ora Kepa

Purpose of Study

To examine 4 key events that shaped the leadership style of ‘Tūkāroto Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero Tawhiao

To explore how the learnings from these experiences and his leadership qualities can be transferred into my own leadership practice

1. Te Kingitanga

Potatau Te Wherowhero Tawhiao

2. Invasion of Waikato

3. Raupatu/Land Confiscations

4. Life in Maniapoto

“Māku anō e hanga tōku nei whare,

ko ngā whare pou ō roto, he māhoe, he patatē

ko te tāhuhu he hīnau.

Me whakatupu ki te hua o te rengarenga

me whakapakari ki te hua o te kawariki”

Kīngi Tawhiao

(Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Lands Trust, 2011, p. 4).

Tongikura

Key Learnings Rangiriri – courage, heroic bravery, and

determination Maniapoto – realisation that his people were

suffering. Created statements of self-determination‘Māku anō e hanga tōku nei whare’, to uplift hispeople

Survival - physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, cultural, social and political

Resilience, perseverance, selflessness

Leadership of Tawhiao

Te Kīngitanga Rebuild and repair a displaced, broken people Tongikura; statements of self-determination Values - aroha, manaaki, humility, tautoko, awhi,

rangimārie and peace Pacifist Visionary Prophet Advocacy for social justice issues including the rights of

his people – land confiscations

Leadership of Tawhiao ‘Te Hōkioi’ Newspaper ‘Te Pēkē o Aotearoa’ Created Te Kauhanganui

parliament Formed the Land League

between Waikato and Taranaki

Poukai, (Te Puna kai) –‘pooling of resources’

Fairness andsocial justice

Ōrite

Collaborative partnerships

Mahitahi

Respectmana

Accountability and

responsibility Caring, sharing Manaakitanga

Whanaungatanga relationships

Diversity and difference

Honesty, integrity,

tika, pono

Peace, goodwill

Rangimārie MaungārongoUnity

Kotahitanga My Leadership

Te Kīngitanga – 157 years later…

‘Māku anō e hanga tōku nei whare’