Join us to learn about Te Ao Māori!

Why you should attend:

• Knowledge of Te Ao Māori is something employers are looking for
• Network with CAANZ members
• You'll get to hear Cheri (Panda) Waititi speak
• And of course, free food!

We will cover topics such as:

• Business through a Māori lens
• Practise active-listening & open-thinking
• Demystify Te Tiriti O Waitangi
• Self-directed growth
• How to be a better ally

More about guest speaker Panda:

Cheri (Panda) Waititi

Cheri has been in Education for over 40 years; spending 20 years in primary, intermediate, secondary, and Private Sector teaching. She also has over 20 years in Tertiary Education training teachers. Cheri is presently a part-time teaching fellow at Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education in the Division of Education at the University of Waikato, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato. She holds a PGDipEd, BEd, DipStats, TTC, and is currently completing her Masters in Education. Cheri has held many leadership roles within the various educational sectors she has worked in from local, regional, and national positions.

She thoroughly enjoys teaching and facilitating educational and cultural learning and experiences for all learners, no matter what demographic. Cheri takes every opportunity to contribute to other sectors, including; health to improving Māori statistics; interrupting the embedding of systemic institutional racism; and inequity towards a collective drive for change for everyone.

Cheri loves gardening, photography, music, whitiwhiti kōrero, being with nature, the sea, and bush. She also values whānau, whakapapa and history.