2020 was an extraordinary year for Māori. Join us to find out why.

In 2020, for the first time since Aotearoa New Zealand’s colonisation, Māori achieved better social outcomes than non-Māori.

And Sacha McMeeking — Ngāi Tahu, head of Aotahi - University of Canterbury’s School of Māori and Indigenous Studies, co-founder of Tū Māia and co-director of Māori Futures Academy (Tokona Te Raki) — has a compelling hypothesis for why that was.

Brought to you by Boma NZ in partnership with Global Women, join us for a free webinar on Friday, 10 September (NZST), hosted by Boma NZ founder and CEO Kaila Colbin.

You’ll hear what was different about that remarkable year — and what we can learn from it to help us build a better future.

This event will be live close captioned.

About the speakers

Sacha McMeeking

Sacha McMeeking (Ngāi Tahu) brings a serial entrepreneur’s approach to working with and for Iwi Māori. From instigating United Nations proceedings to architecting a Māori social enterprise fund and leading commercial negotiations, she is known for solution-building that meets Iwi Māori aspirations.

Sacha is co-founder of Tū Māia, co-director of Māori Futures Academy (Tokona Te Raki), co-director and partner of Maui Lab, and head of Aotahi — University of Canterbury’s School of Māori and Indigenous Studies where she leads research, lecturing and publishing in the areas of indigenous development.

Recognised as an emerging New Zealand leader, Sacha won the inaugural Fulbright Harkness Fellowship in 2010. She is a change agent who believes in our collective ability to create, shape and build the futures we aspire to, and a desire to support and grow the next generation of Māori scholars.

Tū Māia is a collaboration of Ngāi Tahu women who design and deliver inspirational leadership and entrepreneurship programmes from a base of ngākau Māori, and with insight into catalysing and growing its people. Māori Futures Academy (Tokona Te Raki) aims to provide rangatahi with an ‘apprenticeship in changing the world’. Māui lab connects students with communities and organisations to create next generation solutions for Te Ao Māori.

Sacha holds a Master of Law (Hons) from Canterbury University and a Master of Innovation in Strategy and Organisation from Cambridge University.

Kaila Colbin

Kaila Colbin is a co-founder of Boma Global, CEO of Boma New Zealand and a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator. She is a renowned and sought after international public speaker, having presented to more than 25,000 people about the exponential technological trends coming our way and how we can be more intentional and intelligent about the future we’re creating.

Kaila spearheaded the hugely successful SingularityU New Zealand and Australia summits, introducing more than 2,500 people to exponential technologies and their impact on humanity. Kaila was also formerly the curator and licensee for TEDxChristchurch in New Zealand and TEDxScottBase in Antarctica.

She is also a co-founder and trustee of the non-profit Ministry of Awesome and has extensive governance experience, including serving as chair of the New York-based Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, and deputy chair of ChristchurchNZ and CORE Education Ltd.

Kaila became a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator after training with Brené Brown and has worked with hundreds of people to increase courage as a core competency. She is also a certified ExO consultant, a Climate Project Ambassador who trained with Al Gore, and a project management professional. A native New Yorker, Kaila speaks English, Spanish, French and Italian. She holds a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration from Cornell University and has been a serial entrepreneur since the age of 22. Her purpose in life is to be an uplifting presence.

If you have any questions about this event, please email us on nz@boma.global. We look forward to seeing you online!