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Heather was recently asked to speak at the Uru Kahikatea Physiotherapy conference this is a synopsis of that kōrero.Thanks for the invitation to speak. I wish to acknowledge the good folk of Tae Ora T...

We are currently living in times marked by intense cultural wars, divisive political rhetoric, and a profound lack of empathy from those who manipulate fear and misinformation to maintain the colonial...

One of the devices Heather Came & Associates use in the classroom is the Too Hard Basket - as featured in E-tangata. We use it has a mechanism to co-create curriculum. The questions are collected at t...

SATURDAY, 12PM. NZ Wars: Stories of Waerenga-a-Hika combines the accounts of iwi historians and Dr Vincent O'Malley to tell the story of Waerenga-a-Hika.

There is a paucity of published literature about Tiriti-based organisational change. People tend to lean into doing the work rather than writing about it. This silence makes it hard for potential chan...

“Over the years, the questions have ranged from ‘Why do we need a Māori cultural liaison person at our workplace?’ to ‘How do we have hard conversations with colleagues to do better?’” — Atakohu Middl...

In our collective, ongoing efforts to disrupt institutional racism and build a society rooted in genuine Tiriti justice, we must always look to the wisdom of those who have long stood on the front lin...

Heather Came & Associates are pleased to announce Te Kawenata Tapu (The Sacred Covenant), our new self-directed e-learning course on Tiriti-based practice is now open for subscribers. This peer-reviewed course was co-designed by Dr Heather Came and Grant Berghan and consists of eight modules – one on colonisation and decolonisation, one on Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the remaining six focused on the five elements of the Māori text. Subscribers receive six months' access to the complete course, or

Tiriti organisations journeys range from local relational place-based arrangements through to the complex experiences of national organisations. Te Tiriti was negotiated between the Crown and hapū but...

The Crown’s approach to the disability has long been a monocultural project that prioritises bureaucratic convenience over the inherent mana of tāngata whaikaha as showcased. Our recent paper, (based ...

Dame Lynda Topp, John Came, Heather Came and Dame Jools Topp.      Photo credit: Gil HanleyFor those of you that don’t know I am working on my as of yet untitled memoir. Rather than an ...

One of the devices Heather Came & Associates use in the classroom is the Too Hard Basket. We use it as a mechanism to co-create curriculum with what are learners are curious about. The questions are c...

Lashings of Tiriti workers at the AWEA – 100th birthday celebration in 2014.Last year we were lucky enough to interview a cohort of senior Tiriti workers about Tiriti-based organisational change. We w...

Join us for a kōrero to imagine, articulate, and collaborate for a just society.

On October 28, 2025, amidst some truly challenging Wellington weather, 63 passionate individuals gathered at Te Herenga Waka marae. Scholars, trade unionists, community leaders, activists, and students all came with one vital purpose: to kōrero about how we can achieve honourable kāwanatanga in Aotearoa. This was a deeply relational day, a part of our wider Honourable Kāwanatanga project, where we sought to understand what a Tiriti-based future could truly look like.The date was chosen with inte

I am always amazed at how far a single idea can go. Te Tiriti based futures + antiracism was born in 2020 a response to a tweet-based challenge from Moana Maniapoto to Pākehā about what we were doing ...

The Honourable Kāwanatanga Project is a multi-year research initiative, supported by the Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund, that explores how kāwanatanga - authority to govern - can be exercised ...

The Honourable Kāwanatanga Project is a multi-year research initiative, supported by the Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund, that explores how kāwanatanga - authority to govern - can be exercised ...

The Honourable Kāwanatanga Project is a multi-year research initiative, supported by the Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund, that explores how kāwanatanga - authority to govern - can be exercised ...

One of the devices Heather Came & Associates use in the classroom is the Too Hard Basket. We use it has a mechanism to co-create curriculum with what are learners are curious about. The questions are ...

The Honourable Kāwanatanga Project is a multi-year research initiative, supported by the Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund, that explores how kāwanatanga - authority to govern - can be exercised ...

Workforce development is vital for achieving equitable health outcomes for Māori. For decades, Māori have called for more Indigenous practitioners, as Māori-led care consistently produces higher quali...