T.I.I.N.A.

Practical, marae-tested governance training for trustees and board members of iwi authorities, post-settlement entities, marae committees and whanau trusts, built around the realities of governing in te ao Maori rather than an imported boardroom template. Good governance is the difference between an entity that protects and grows what its people have fought for, and one that quietly erodes it.

A complete grounding in the fundamentals of running a pākihi: direction, structure, the numbers, growth strategy and a clear plan to act on. Built for owners who want the full picture in one immersive wānanga, rather than piecing it together one workshop at a time. Many business owners are excellent at their trade but were never taught the fundamentals of running the business itself. This two-day wānanga closes that gap in one sitting.

Practical leadership development for emerging and current leaders across iwi entities, Māori Lands Trusts, hapū organisations, Pasifika trusts, community organisations, and any organisation where leadership carries accountability beyond the boardroom. Leadership in many community-centred organisations carries a different weight. A leader is accountable not only to a board or a budget, but to whānau, hapū, iwi, āiga and the wider community they serve. Co-designed by T.I.I.N.A.'s leadership team, including our Pasifika directors, so the content speaks authentically across cultural contexts.

A grounded, practical group session helping business owners understand their climate and environmental risk exposure, build a resilience plan, and identify genuine commercial opportunity in the transition economy. Drawing on T.I.I.N.A.'s experience supporting marae and communities through extreme weather events, this is a business planning session grounded in the realities of operating in the regions of Aotearoa. Suitable for any business owner preparing for climate volatility, not a generic sustainability seminar.

Foundational digital capability training for business owners who want their data working for them: choosing the right tools, building a simple dashboard, and keeping the business safe online. Many small businesses are sitting on data they never use because the tools feel overwhelming or disconnected. This session strips that back to the essentials: what to track, what tool to use, and how to read what the numbers are actually saying. Open to all business owners regardless of sector or background.

Training in relationship-led business development: mapping your network, building genuine partnerships, and growing through trust rather than transactions. In te ao Māori, business has always moved through relationships first, and Pasifika business carries the same understanding through the concept of vā. These principles apply across all business cultures. This session teaches relationship-led growth as a deliberate strategy, helping owners map their existing network, identify the strategic partners worth investing in, and build the kind of long-term relationships that generate referrals, contracts and collaboration.

A focused, one day session for business owners who have moved past start-up and are ready to grow. Growth exposes the gaps that survival hid. This session is built for any business owner who is already trading and wants a clear, honest look at what is holding growth back, whether that is pricing left too low, cashflow that is too tight, or systems that have not kept pace with demand. Participants work through their own numbers and operations during the day.

Comprehensive health and safety training designed to get a workforce site-ready, compliant and confident from day one. This session works through the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 in practical terms, covering site-specific hazard identification, risk management and incident reporting, so participants understand not just the rules but how to apply them on a live site. Suitable for any construction, civil, or infrastructure workforce. Delivered by practitioners with direct experience leading infrastructure and construction programmes.

A tailored, one-to-one capability package for a Maori or Pacific business owner ready to compete for government and corporate procurement. Government and large corporates are actively seeking Maori and Pacific suppliers, but the procurement system rewards businesses that understand how it works. This package demystifies that system for one specific business, from registering on supplier panels through to pricing, writing and submitting a tender already in the business's pipeline.

Tailored, tikanga-informed people leadership coaching for a business owner or manager, covering recruitment, onboarding, performance and retention, shaped around the specific people challenges that business is facing right now. The approach is people-centred, treating staff as people to be developed rather than resources to be managed. Applicable to any organisation that values its workforce, regardless of sector.

Tailored training in measuring, tracking and maximising the economic benefit of procurement activity, helping an organisation assess where value is created, retained and distributed across its supply chain. The package covers progressive procurement policy, social procurement frameworks and supplier diversity programmes, alongside practical economic impact measurement, so participants can build the evidence base that funders, councils and government agencies increasingly require. Relevant to any organisation seeking to understand and maximise the local economic impact of its procurement spend. Built on T.I.I.N.A.'s proprietary procurement intelligence platform.