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Leadership advisory for iwi and Māori entities

Governance training, strategy, communications, and AI readiness. Over a decade of results shaped by kaupapa Māori, trusted by 140+ iwi, government agencies, and corporates across Aotearoa.
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✔ Governance Training for Boards
✔ Strategic Communications and Brand Building
✔ AI Readiness with Data Sovereignty Policy
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He aha te kai o te rangatira? He kōrero.
(What is the food of a chief? Conversation.)
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Worked alongside some of Aotearoa's most respected organisations

Relationships built on trust, delivery, and a shared commitment to Māori and community wellbeing. Here's who we've walked alongside:

Amotai registration badgeMBIE logoTe Kahu o Taonui logoAuckland council logo Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi logoTe Hiku Iwi Development Trust logo

AI Readiness for Māori Organisations

Your organisation is expected to use AI. Your team isn't sure where to start.

Practical AI training and advisory for iwi, hapū and Māori organisations — grounded in tikanga, protected by Te Mana Raraunga, and led by people who know your world.

✔ No tech jargon
✔ Your data stays yours
✔ Four services, from team training to board-ready strategy

See How It Works

Working in partnership with you

As your dedicated team we won't treat you as a faceless client, customer or a number — we want to build a meaningful relationship with you. In order to understand what you need, we:

  • Mā te whakarongo ka marama: It's important for MEA to listen carefully to your story, to understand the context, dynamics and challenges you face.
  • Mā te whakaaro ka kōrero: We will have a yarn. We ask strategic questions to unpack what you really need, what your priorities are, and what we need to do.
  • Mā te kōrero ka mōhio: Together, we work out a plan of action. We co-create an agreement and aim to delight you with the end outcome.

We co-create solutions with your business or organisation

We're a team with over a decade's experience co-creating amazing outcomes with community-focused businesses and organisations.

Nōu te rourou, Nāku te rourou - ka ora ai tātou
(With your contribution and mine - we shall all flourish)

Our Work in Action

A snapshot of the kaupapa, communities, and collaborations that define Making Everything Achievable. Each project reflects our commitment to impact, innovation, and indigenous-led transformation.

Communications Support for Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi

MEA supports and grows internal and external communications through storytelling, service updates, and trust-building. Includes social media management, e-panui, website maintenance, strategic communications planning, press releases, and stakeholder engagement.

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Māori Technology Ecosystem Mapping and Insights Research Kaupapa with MBIE

Māori research mapping the Māori tech ecosystem with NZTech, including interviews, wānanga, surveys, case studies, and a published report to support Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment’s Digital Tech ITP.

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Strategic Communications and Digital Storytelling Services for Ngāpuhi Iwi Social Services

MEA delivers kaupapa Māori–led communications support across social media, content, storytelling, podcasting, campaigns, reporting, and audience growth—engaging Ngāpuhi whānau, boosting digital participation, and aligning strategy, with project management and rangatahi cadetship support.

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Communications support for Te Kahu o Taonui

MEA supported TKOT members to strengthen communications and information sharing, including building a web platform for document sharing and news, reviewing admin requirements, coordinating key needs and managing a project team. Services included system development, protocol creation, tech build, and coordination.

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“Get Connected, Get Protected” COVID Communications Support for WDHB

MEA delivered kaupapa Māori communications for Waikato District Health Board’s COVID programmes, including branding, strategy for vaccination, testing, isolation and preparedness, Māori engagement, website development, and project support.

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WOCA – Māori Economies Empowering Whānau Summit 2020 and Archiving Content

MEA supported the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency by delivering the Māori Economies Empowering Whānau Summit 2020 regional hui series—covering event delivery, coordination, livestreaming, and reporting. Whilst in 2024, we archived 10 years of content through structured systems for long-term access.

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TPK Covid 19 Advisory and Communications Support for Te Hiku ō Te Ika Iwi Development

Provide communications services comprising management of the Te Hiku Delta Plan communications platform, development of content to provide the Te Hiku community with regular, factual updates via print and online, and provide communications support to organisations involved in increasing the vaccination uptake of whānau in Te Hiku.

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Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua Communications National Campaign

MEA supported Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua with full delivery of a national campaign—covering stakeholder analysis, risk and mitigation planning, key messaging, influencer engagement, communications planning, digital resources, and wānanga—alongside ongoing communications support including web maintenance, e-pānui, social media, surveys, and hui engagement.

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Wai 262 Brand and Communications Platform Establishment

We supported Ngā Pai Kitea Tāpui Ltd (Te Pai Roa Tika) by providing strategic communication services for their symposium and online platform. This included delivering seven digital kōrero, creating promotional tiles, coordinating a streaming partner with the hosting Iwi, video editing and transcription.

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Ngā Hua

For over a decade, our mahi has taken us across community development, government policy, te taiao, and indigenous tech, working alongside more than 140 organisations along the way. What follows is a snapshot of that journey, told through the voices of those we've worked alongside.

"A big mihi to the MEA team. Their strategic approach, creativity, and timely delivery have significantly boosted our online presence. The team’s dedication and innovative ideas have truly set them apart, making them an invaluable asset to our brand’s success."

Tia Ashby
Chief Executive Officer,
Te Hau Ora O Ngāpuhi

"MEA curated creative media and communications for TKOT from March 2020. Appreciate the creative mahi, awhi and tautoko from MEA across our Iwi Collective, they have been responsive, transparent and have the ability to move at scale and pace across Te Tai Tokerau. 'Me mahi tahi tatou'."

Kiri Sloane-Hobson
Operations Manager, Te Kahu o Taonui

“Partnering with MEA has been an advantageous experience because of the skills and experiences they shared in the world of comms, public relations and effective tools and methods to connect to our unique stakeholders. Their commitment to collaborate, support and innovate for and with us has helped us grow our capability.”

Carol Berghan
Chief Executive Officer,
Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust

“MEA has facilitated team development and strategic planning sessions with leadership rōpū across the council. She has an enormous kete of knowledge across a range of kaupapa Māori and leadership arenas. This is coupled with a beautiful wairua, steeped in tikanga and te reo Māori as well as possessing a great sense of timing that ensures the best is drawn out of people.”

Jane Aickin
Māori Outcomes Lead, Auckland Council

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Meet MEA

Dedicated to co-creation and working together to achieve transformation and impact.

As an intergenerational whānau-led enterprise we work across Iwi, the private, public, and social sectors to provide trusted advisory and growth services. We have exceptional partners located across Aotearoa and Australia and combine indigenous expertise and local insight to transform problems into achievable solutions.
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Ready to work together?

We love co-creating amazing outcomes with others. Do you have an upcoming project or gnarly problem that needs solving and you need some professional support from a team that's been weaving magic for a while. Get in touch below.

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