Aukaha welcomes new independent director

It is a busy time for Aukaha as I sit down to write my first pānui as interim Chief Executive. Our kaimahi are juggling business as usual alongside preparations for our November AGM, including signing off on our annual report. It has been a pleasure to flick through its pages and celebrate the incredible work undertaken in the previous financial year.

CEO Blog October 2023

A huge mihi to the team for pulling our annual report together, and for many achievements and milestones it celebrates. Our annual report can be viewed here, and I encourage you to take the time to scroll through and learn more about the work of Aukaha.

Our upcoming AGM will also be the first since Mike Collins joined our board as an independent director. Many of you will know Mike from his role as the Chief Executive of Business South – his excellent understanding of the economic climate in our region as well as his extensive network are just a couple of the reasons we’re pleased to have him on board. Since he was appointed in August, we have already seen Mike’s skills and expertise mesh well with those of our existing directors. He is a strategic thinker with an inclusive and collaborative approach to his mahi, and brings his experience in business transformational change, risk management and people and culture enablement. I know you will all join me in welcoming Mike to the Aukaha whānau.

Outside of preparations for our AGM, business as usual continues for the kaimahi of Aukaha. The upcoming change of government presents an important opportunity for Aukaha to strengthen existing relationships and build new ones where required, to enable us to continue delivering outcomes for kā papatipu rūnaka.

Mā te wā,

Caron Solomon-Ward
Kāi Te Ruahikihiki, Kāti Moki, Kāi Te Pahi

Wainono

Kā mātāpono Our Values

Testimonials

1. Rakatirataka

We act with integrity, responsibility, and authority, reflective of the mana and rakatirataka of the manawhenua we work on behalf of.

2. Whanaukataka

We are inclusive and cooperative: with rūnaka, whānau, kaimahi stakeholders, partners and clients.

3. Manaakitaka

We work to build the capacity of ourselves and of our rūnaka, whānau, and hapū. We are supportive of our partners, clients, and stakeholders.

4. Kotahitaka

We work collaboratively to maximise our collective strengths and achieve hapū aspirations. This occurs across all of our pou; with our board, manawhenua panels, rūnaka and whānau; and with our partners, stakeholders and clients.

5. Mōhiotaka

We are responsive and communicative, and actively value and work to increase the knowledge systems within which we work.

6. Auahataka

We are innovative in our work, finding new ways to test our thinking, develop new ideas, generating new knowledge, and ways of operating.

7. Tautiakitaka

We operate with prudence and with awareness of the wider implications of our actions within financial, social, cultural, and environmental contexts.