Join us for the opening session of NZ Talks Impact, September 28

Hear from keynote speaker Awerangi Tamihere, COO of Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency, followed by a panel discussion on Wellbeing as a Lens for Impact. Together, we’ll share different perspectives on what wellbeing means in corporate, government, and indigenous contexts and how we can collaborate to maximise impact for wellbeing outcomes.

About our panellists:

Rangimarie Hunia: Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei

Rangimarie is the Cheif Executive of Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei's social development company, Whai Maia. Whai Maia is responsible for the well-being of its 2600 tribal members and focuses on education, health, employment and environmental areas. Rangimarie is also a member of Global Women and was a finalist in the Westpac Women of Influence Awards 2014. She also is the first wahine Chair in the history of Te Ohu Kaimoana.

Matt Trent, Manager Social Responsibility at Fonterra

Fonterra is a New Zealand company which is responsible for approximately 30% of the world's dairy exports, with revenue exceeding NZ$17.2 billion. Matt is the Manager of Social Responsibility for Fonterra, helping to lead Fonterra’s global wellbeing response through COVID, including developing their recovery model, principles for caring for the most vulnerable, and creating connection points to share wellbeing stories and tools.

Brad Norman: Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency

Whānau Ora is a culturally-based, and whānau-centred approach to wellbeing focused on whānau (family group) as a whole, as the decision-makers who determine their goals and aspirations. As the Director of Data Systems, Analytics and Insights at the Wh`ānau Ora Commissioning Agency, Brad is deeply involved in developing tools and systems to embed the theory of Whānau Ora into daily practice with families and communities.

Clementine Baker, Ākina

Clementine has ten years’ experience helping public, private and not-for-profit organisations increase their social impact and reduce disadvantage. She is a board member of Social Value Aotearoa and Associate Director of DebtFix. She was previously a social impact consultant at Social Ventures Australia, a board director of the Good Sams Foundation and before that, a charities lawyer and an environment lawyer.

Our Facilitator: Jo Nicholson, Social Value Aotearoa

Jo Nicholson, Director of Social Value Aotearoa, joins us to facilitate this kōrero. Jo comes from a background in education, innovation, and community development. She has been the Director of Social Value Aotearoa since its inception, and sits on the Board of Social Value International.

More information

NZ Talks Impact is a week of online activity to bring the NZ impact community together. It is connected to, and will draw from, Social Value International’s Social Value Matters online conference, which has over 50 impressive international speakers and a broad international audience (tickets to the full conference available here).

Funders, corporates, impact makers, consultants, researchers, and others will come together to make connections, share stories, and hear from organisations working to make a positive impact.

Join us for the opening panel on September 28, then reconnect online throughout the week for a series of webinars, online workshops, interviews and discussions.

NZ Talks Impact seeks to:

• Contextualise the wider international conference for a New Zealand audience and create links to what is happening in our own communities here in Aotearoa.

• Bring new perspectives, including Te Ao Māori perspectives, into the international impact conversation.

• Highlight local practice and explore opportunities for collaboration.

• Continue conversations from the Social Enterprise World Forum, happening the previous week.