Māori Governance Wānanga – Wellington

Networking

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Speaker(s): Dr Jim Mather, Julia Steenson
Date: 8:30am — 1:45pm, 31 October 2023
Venue: Wharewaka Function Centre
Location: 2 Taranaki Street, Taranaki Wharf, Wellington
Price members: $0.00 incl GST
Price non-members: $0.00 incl GST

Overview

Facilitated by Julia Steenson LLB MInstD and Dr Jim Mather CFInstD, this event will provide an opportunity for participants to wānanga with the Institute of Directors on how it could:

develop its focus as a Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner; and
better serve Māori governors on their governance path.

We will use our time together to explore these topics and provide a space to kōrero together.

For further background on the IoD Māori Governance Wānanga series

Dr Jim Mather

Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe

A Chartered Accountant with the Chartered Accountants of New Zealand/Australia and Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors (IoD), Jim has been a professional director and the founder of a specialist Māori development consultancy, holding a Masters of Business Administration from the Henley Business School in England and a Bachelor of Business Studies (Accounting). He also completed a PhD in Māori economic development through AUT University in 2014.

With business management experience spanning 25 years, Jim has held a variety of private sector roles and currently holds numerous governance roles within private, government and iwi organisations. In 2018 he completed his final Chief Executive role with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (New Zealand’s second largest tertiary institution) after a 5-year term. This followed a 9-year tenure as Chief Executive of Māori Television, and prior to that he was Chief Executive of the Pacific Business Trust for almost three years.

Jim is passionate about Māori development and contributing to the strengthening of all entities that he is entrusted to support in either advisory or governance roles.

Aligned with his commercial background, Jim is also a former officer in the New Zealand Army, and was awarded the Sword of Honour in recognition of his distinguished achievements in Officer training. He served for six years in the NZ Army before leaving to further his career and educational aspirations.

Julia Steenson

Ngāti Whātua, Tainui, Ngāti Hine

As a director, trustee, lawyer, and former Royal Commissioner, Julia brings a broad range of skills the committee, including a wide range of networks to assist with organising diverse events.

She currently sits on Youth Horizons/Kia Puawai Trust and is a director of Whai Manawa Holdings Group for Te Runanga o Ngāti Whātua. She is also on the board of Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei Trust.

Among her former roles, Julia has been chair of the Kia Puawai Charitable Trust Waikato, and General Counsel for Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA). She founded the NZFreeLaw Podcast providing better access to legal services for New Zealanders.

Additional information

Covid-19 precautions

By registering for this event you are confirming that you agree to adhere to our Covid-19 health and safety measures. If you are unwell or have any Covid-19 symptoms please do not attend this event.