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CHIEF EXECUTIVE Leith Comer
MĀORI TRUST OFFICE John Paki Māori Trustee
RELATIONSHIPS & INFORMATION Alison Thom Deputy Secretary
SUPPORT SERVICES Craig Owen Deputy Secretary
POLICY Kim Ngarimu Deputy Secretary
Māori succeeding as Māori
Realising Māori Potential
Te Puni Kōkiri – moving forward together
Te Puni Kōkiri’s efforts are directed towards its Strategic Outcome of Māori succeeding as Māori, which recognises the importance of Māori achieving a sustainable level of success without compromising what it means to be Māori. Māori succeeding as Māori includes:
As a state agency solely focused on Māori, Te Puni Kōkiri is in a unique position to provide leadership and support to its stakeholders. This is achieved by leading and supporting government through high quality policy advice, effective monitoring, and building and maintaining strong relationships.
Te Puni Kōkiri is the principal advisor on Crown-Māori relationships through leading Māori Public Policy and managing Relationships and Information
Significant potential exists in the growing Māori population and Māori asset base. Te Puni Kōkiri’s purpose is to assist in unlocking and realising this potential so that Māori can succeed as Māori.
To achieve this purpose, Te Puni Kōkiri has developed the Māori Potential Approach; an innovative, forward looking policy approach that aims to better position Māori to build and leverage off the potential of their collective resources, knowledge, skills and leadership capability to improve their overall quality of life.
Te Puni Kōkiri’s approach of moving forward together recognises the need to work with a common purpose, commitment and focus as an organisation internally and in collaboration with external stakeholders including state sector agencies, whānau, hapü, iwi, Māori organisations and communities, local and international businesses and other organisations.
