Community Governance Aotearoa and the Institute of Directors (IoD) partner to run the Tuakana Teina programme for new chairs of not-for-profits. The collaboration aims to strengthen and support the community governance sector with best-practice expertise of the IoD. This is a National Action Plan initiative in response to ensuring the boards of all community organisations are well chaired.
The concept of Tuakana Teina is a Māori values-based principle of ako (two-way learning), which draws upon shared experience, knowledge and support. 25 teina (mentees) are matched 1:1 with tuakana (mentors) for an eight-month programme, enhanced by additional training, support, and online and in-person events and workshops.
2024 is our third year running the Tuakana Teina Programme. Read about our 2024 Teina mentee profiles here.
You can check out the 2023 wrap up event here. And hear from some of our 2023 cohort of teina below as they share why they love community governance!
