Te Ara Whakamana: Mana Enhancement is our tool designed in Aotearoa/New Zealand that introduces ancestral archetypes through the Māori creation story, and employs animals, colour, shape, imagery, narrative and metaphors as powerful tools to connect individuals to their Mana (spiritual authority), their sources of strength, and their world.
Te Ara Whakamana allows you to work with people for positive behaviour change and wellbeing in ways that you have probably already thought about and even actually do, but can’t quite describe, share or measure.
With Te Ara Whakamana you get a simple and effective tool that supports cultural identity, builds capacity, raises academic achievement and achieves positive outcomes for all involved – individuals, whānau and families, staff, support workers, agencies and organisations – that can be clearly identified, shared and measured.
Te Ara Whakamana supports
- Cultural identity
- Cultural responsiveness
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Academic achievement
- Positive behaviour change
- Whānau, Hapū, Iwi engagement
- Hauora/wellbeing
Storytelling
Pūrākau
Whakataukī & Whakatauāki
Visualisation
Values
Creating success
Te Ara Whakamana is a tool that creates an environment for wellbeing and positive behaviour change. Talk to us and find out how Te Ara Whakamana can transform organisational culture and professional practice.
Te Ara Whakamana in Education
We work with schools, kura, early childhood education, kohanga reo, and alternative education to provide a transformational tool for positive behaviour through self awareness, self regulation and development of social and emotional literacy.
Te Ara Whakamana in Social Services & Health
Social services and health providers are under increasing pressure to provide holisitc, culturally responsive and respectful approaches for those in their care. We train professionals such as social workers, psychologists, counsellors, youth justice, probation officers and prison staff to provide an effective Model of Practice for enhanced wellbeing of staff and those they serve.
Te Ara Whakamana Self-Directed Online Training
Te Ara Whakamana Self-Directed Online Training is now live!
This 10-module online course contains:
- Full training in Te Ara Whakamana: Mana Enhancement – a culturally centred, strength-based approach to positive behaviour change
- A Te Ara Whakamana: Mana Enhancement Manual
- Direct video from the co-creators of Te Ara Whakamana – Susan Ngawati-Osborne and Nigel Marshall
- Key Māori concepts, protocols and practices that improve cultural responsiveness and build cultural capacity
- Introduction to ngā Atua Māori and their dualities
- An understanding of the Neuroscience that aligns with Te Ara Whakamana and how it supports emotional regulation
- Te Ara Whakamana practitioners sharing their perspectives
- Case studies, Model examples and personal experiences
- Your own personal Te Ara Whakamana Model
- Downloadable Te Ara Whakamana resources
- A Te Ara Whakamana Course completion certificate
About us
Te Ara Whakamana is a tool designed by: Ako Solutionz
Plans and Strategies for Positive Change.
Get in touch
PO Box 585, Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, Gisborne 4040
info@akosolutionz.com
+64 27 226 8395