He kōrero mai i a Peter Winder | A note from Peter Winder
Kia ora koutou,
This week I want to share with you four key things:
- Our operational regions
- 2023 general election
- Cyclone Gabrielle and the impacts across Hawkes Bay in particular.
- Pastoral Care Code
Operational regions
Firstly, I know many of you have been keen for an update on where we have landed with confirming our organisational regions. You’ll be aware that as part of the engagement on our executive structure, we received differing views on the specific boundaries for these regions, some of which conflicted.
Since then, we have been engaging specifically with iwi to understand how we could best balance that feedback while creating more manageable operational groupings.
I’m pleased to say they’ve now been finalised. They are:
- Rohe 1 | Region 1
includes Te Tai Tokerau Northland and Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland - Rohe 2 | Region 2
includes Waikato, Waiariki Bay of Plenty, Te Tai Rāwhiti and Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke’s Bay - Rohe 3 | Region 3
includes Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Te Tauihu-o-te-Waka a Māui Marlborough and Whakatū Nelson Tasman - Rohe 4 | Region 4
includes Te Tai Poutini West Coast, Waitaha Canterbury, Ōtākou Otago and Murihiku Southland.
Regardless of Te Pūkenga operational regional boundaries we landed on, we’ve committed to working with iwi in a way that respects their mana and the tribal rohe of iwi as determined by iwi themselves.
We will encourage collaboration across these regional operational boundaries, particularly as we recognise some iwi, employers, industry, and other stakeholders are located across multiple regions.
Now that our regions have been confirmed the recruitment for our new regional co-leads can be finalised and I expect to have an update on these roles soon. As always, I will update you on this as soon as I can.
2023 general election
As a Crown Entity, Te Pūkenga and all of our people are public servants. That means we have obligations of confidentiality, neutrality, and separating our personal views from our professional roles. As we have seen play out publicly lately, there can be greater focus on the comments of public servants in an election year and political neutrality is a key foundation of the New Zealand public service. Te Kawa Mataaho | Public Service Commission has recently released updated guidance, which I encourage all of you to read. Please ensure that you comply with guidance
Cyclone Gabrielle update
Last week I was able to visit our Hawkes Bay campus in Taradale, to meet with those working on the clean-up and with local leaders. To say the impact is confronting is putting it lightly. It’s also difficult to adequately express my thanks and appreciation to those who have been on site, working tirelessly to remove mud and silt, carpet and damaged furniture, and to those who have worked from home, the airport, their whānau and friends’ houses to contact their colleagues and ākonga, and to find ways to deliver education in really trying circumstances. You are all exceptional and you have my utmost thanks.
Thank you to those who joined our Monday karakia to awhi (support) those who have been doing it tough. We hope those of you doing it tough know how many of your colleagues across the motu have your back. Watch the video of Monday's karakia to send aroha to our hoamahi (colleagues) impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Pastoral Code
Finally, a big mihi to those of you doing the Code of Practice self-review work. I know this is a significant piece of mahi and we are all grateful for the work you are doing in this space. The Pastoral Code is about better meeting the needs of our ākonga (learners) in our care – and I hear we have some real champions in this space.
Ngā mihi
Peter Winder
Tumuaki | Chief Executive
ODC Programme update
We know kaimahi are wanting more certainty, so we are working at pace to progress workstreams as quickly as possible.
We are continuing integration between the four key workstreams for the business groups Ako Delivery, Learner and Employer Experience and Attraction, Academic Centre and Learning Systems, and Tiriti Outcomes.
At this stage, there are no definite dates for when formal consultation with kaimahi will begin – this will evolve throughout the design process, and we will provide a revised timeframe for what can be expected over the next 6-9 months.
We are involving kaimahi in this early design phase, drawing on their invaluable experience and subject matter expertise. Learner Employer Experience and Attraction (LEEA) representatives from Marketing and International have been involved in design workshops and Academic Centre and Learning Systems (ACLS) also have their design hui under way.
We’re also kicking off the design process for the Tiriti Outcomes business group including workshops with a small number of kaimahi to take place over the next few weeks.
Design work for the Communications function (part of the Office of the Chief Executive) will also get underway and be aligned with the Marketing business group design work.
The consultation period for Finance and Property kaimahi at NorthTec and EIT has been extended for one week due to the extreme weather events. Kaimahi at those sites will be able to send their feedback in via yourvoice@tepukenga.ac.nz until 5pm, March 15.
Digital and PCW are finalising recruitment and are looking to complete this round by end of March. Transition planning to ensure business continuity as the new structure is implemented is also underway.
Questions? Comments? Feedback?
You can email the ODC Programme team at yourvoice@tepukenga.ac.nz. The Programme team will answer questions and respond to feedback.
Programme Director Stephen Henry will hold an all-staff online hui in the next few weeks so get your questions in now. A confirmed date and time for the online hui will be in the next edition of Ngā Taipitopito.
More information about the ODC Programme is on Te Whare.
Pōwhiri for Te Pūkenga executive leadership at MIT
Local mana whenua supported by leadership and kaimahi of Manukau Institute of Technology and Unitec warmly welcomed the executive of Te Pūkenga at Ngā Kete Wānanga Marae, Ōtara on Tuesday.
The whare is also known as the ‘open hearted gateway’ to life at the institute. The place where all ākonga and staff journeys begin.
Formally welcomed onto MIT marae alongside some of the kaimahi Māori from Te Pūkenga head office were:
- Tumuaki | Chief Executive Officer Peter Winder,
- Pourangi Hua Tiriti | DCE Tiriti Outcomes Paora Ammunson,
- Pourangi Tangata | Chief People Officer Keri-Anne Tane,
- Pourangi Matihiko | Chief Digital Officer Teresa Pollard,
- Pourangi Pūtea | Chief Financial Officer Michelle Teirney,
- Pourangi Mātauranga me ngā Pūnaha Ako | DCE Academic Centre and Learning Systems Megan Gibbons,
- Pourangi Ako | DCE Ako Delivery Gus Gilmore,
- Pourangi Kaimahi | Chief of Staff Ziena Jalil,
- Pourangi Ākonga me te Ahumahi | DCE Learner and Employer Experience and Attraction Andrew McSweeney; and
- Kaiwhakahaere mātāmua, Uepu Ahumahi | Managing Director, Work Based Learning Business Division Toby Beaglehole.
“To make sure we transform Te Pūkenga to deliver on the expectations and what Aotearoa New Zealand needs from vocational education, we know we will not achieve that alone,” Mr Winder said at pōwhiri.
“There are many strands that need to be woven together. We look forward to doing that with all of our people across the motu. We know there are many partnerships that need to be enlivened and ways of working that need to change. Together we can make a huge difference,” he said.
It was a privilege for our national leadership to be welcomed by local mana whenua and onto their whenua where many of the ELT will be based through the year and also see familiar faces who have had long associations with vocational education in south Auckland.
Te Pūkenga Commute Survey
Kaimahi are invited to complete a confidential Commute Survey to support Te Pūkenga mahi around sustainability. The Survey results will contribute to our mahi around identifying key emission sources and calculating our carbon footprint. Kaimahi can find out more about the survey and complete it here.
The Survey opens today and closes Friday 31 March at 4pm. Find more information on sustainability on our wellbeing platform, Taumauri Emissions | Taumauri (synergyhealthltd.com)., kaimahi can also complete the survey from here.
New module: Ko te Ākonga te Pūtake | Ākonga at the Centre
Check out the latest module in our series to help you learn more about Te Pūkenga as we learn and grow together. In this series, we look at why we place Ākonga at the Centre, this includes a research project and the resource outputs that have been developed to enable Te Pūkenga to be a responsive and flexible organisation to the needs of ākonga. This module will provide you with an overview and background information to our research and how you can seek to incorporate our learnings into your everyday mahi.
Head over to Te Whare to complete this module.
Performance Expectations for Te Pūkenga
The 2023 Statement of Performance Expectations broadly outlines what we expect to deliver in 2023 and how we will measure our progress. We will use this as a basis for our high-level organisation performance reporting over 2023. As a Crown Entity, Te Pūkenga is required under legislation to produce this document annually.
Our 2023 measures take account of our establishment and transition journey as well as our strategic intentions which are outlined in our Transitional Statement of Intent 2021-2024.
The performance measures cover a broad range of activity across the whole of the organisation and are grouped into three core outputs:
Education and training
- providing a range of education and training that is developed collaboratively, is responsive to and meets the needs of employers and community, and is equitable, barrier-free, and consistent for all ākonga (learners).
- performance measures include participation, completion, equity outcomes, ākonga and partner satisfaction and graduate employment.
Research
- undertaking research, with a focus on applied research, which responds to real-world regional and national societal and industry issues.
- performance measures include research active kaimahi, research revenue, and the development of a Rangahau research and innovation strategy.
Establishment / Transition
- a seamless transition to a fully functioning, cohesive and integrated national institute that operates in line with our Charter.
- performance measures include kaimahi engagement and retention, progress on organisational structure, financial performance, and the ISSP technology roadmap.
The 2023 Statement of Performance Expectations can be found here.
International Academics to present on vocational and apprenticeship research
In early April, Ara Institute of Canterbury will host a presentation from an international academic on their research into apprenticeships and vocational education.
Kaimahi across Te Pūkenga will have the opportunity to attend the presentation online via Teams. Each session will include the opportunity to ask questions.
Professor Dr Antje Barabasch is the research head for the Swiss Federation University of VET. She is currently on a sabbatical, hosted by the University of Canterbury. Her project focuses on innovation in VET and apprenticeship and the role of industry and providers in extending and supporting this. She is undertaking a comparative project between the Swiss and the Aotearoa systems to find out what the support factors are for VET innovation.
If you are interested in attending these presentations, please go through this link to register your interest.
Images at the heart of our transition journey
As part of the kaimahi transition project, a network wide kaimahi photograph competition was held in November 2022 to celebrate and encourage kaimahi to capture the history of their legacy organisation.
The competition called for you to individually or collectively submit a photograph that summarises what you bring with you from the past into the future, from your former technical institute or industry training organisation into Te Pūkenga.
The competition has three categories:
- “Manawa, this is us” - a photo which captures the spirit strength of your organisation
- “Community/Place” - photo which shares the connection your organisation has with whenua/community
- “From the archives” - a photo taken over the years which shares your unique history
The competition ran through the month of Noema (November) and was hosted on the Taumauri (Synergy Health) platform. There were 43 entries received from seven business divisions. Entries were voted on by kaimahi using the “like” function in Taumauri, which established a shortlist for each category.
Shortlists were reviewed Te Pūkenga national office People, Culture and Wellbeing team to put forward the winning photograph for each category.
Over the next three editions of Ngā Taipitopito we will be announcing winners for each section.
Today we’re proud to bring you our first winner of the three categories, ‘Manawa, this is us’ a photo which captures the spirit and strength of your organization. This photo was submitted by Megan Smith from UCOL and we think this is both beautiful and moving. E mihi ana ki a koutou o UCOL!
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