Kaitiakitanga is secured
As a future-focused organisation, we are committed to ensuring
our own future and protecting our natural environment. Beyond
bricks and mortar, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is the manifestation
of our collective efforts to provide a nurturing and supportive
learning environment that meets the needs of our people. We
place huge value on the efforts of those who have gone before
us and we recognise our organisation as a taonga (or treasure) – a
mark of deep respect and an acknowledgement of the sacrifices
our predecessors made for us in a spirit of service.
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he natural environment, too, is considered a taonga.
Our connections with the land, the water and the air
are embedded deep within our culture, within our
worldview and within our ways of being. Our complete
reliance on the biosphere demands that we make
significant efforts to protect our planet. We do this
because we value the lives of those who will follow
us and we wish to honour them with an inheritance
worthy of the name.
Kaitiakitanga describes our efforts to fulfil our
obligations and meet our objectives for sustainability
of these taonga.
Alignment with Te Rautakinga
The Kaitiakitanga outcome aligns with three of our
2030 strategic attributes:
• Te Wānanga o Aotearoa respects Papatūānuku
in urban and natural settings and seeks
opportunities to rejuvenate our environment
to create a sustainable future for our tamariki
and mokopuna
• Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has strategic relationships
with iwi and other stakeholders that include
equity investments in collaborative ventures
resulting in positive outcomes for Māori and
peoples of Aotearoa
• Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is a current, agile
and financially sustainable organisation with
significant funds available to be used to further
its mission.
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Outcome
Initiatives and projects
Our commitment to Kaitiakitanga reaches into every
corner of our organisation. Kaitiakitanga encourages
our kaimahi to make the most of limited resources
and to be creative and innovative in their use of these
resources. Kaitiakitanga exhorts kaimahi to contribute
to the best of their ability in support of our tauira
and our organisation in alignment with Ngā Uara
and Te Kaupapa.
The following are a few of the more significant
Kaitiakitanga projects we engaged with during 2012:
• development of Rautaki Taiao, our organisational
environmental management system
• development and promulgation of the Ako
Wānanga framework to further embed Te Kaupapa
throughout our organisation.
Output measures
Outputs for Kaitiakitanga are those that ensure our
organisation continues to operate in a financially
sustainable and socially responsible manner. These
outputs are core to our values as we seek to nurture
and support the communities within which we operate
and to fulfil our mission to make contributions of
consequence, to care, and to make our world a better
place. During 2012, we achieved all Kaitiakitanga
output targets that were assessed.
Te pŪrongo 2012
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