Te Pae Tawhiti: Te Tiriti o Waitangi Excellence Framework is a self-reflective tool which enables kaimahi (staff) to understand how they are tracking towards quality practices that deliver equity for and with Māori as well as how meaningfully they are partnering with Māori.

By January 2023, Te Pūkenga will be the largest Māori education provider in the country and one of the largest providers to an indigenous community in the world.  Sharing information, data, initiatives and innovations through Te Pae Tawhiti self-reflection and review, as well as improving organisation-wide accountability for outcomes, has the potential to be transformative for the entire network.

Te Pūkenga has published extensive overview reports of the insights gleaned from three self-reflective practice processes – for the network of former Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs), business divisions of Te Pūkenga Work Based Learning (WBL) and National Office.

A review by Te Pūkenga in early 2022 has helped to inform an enhanced version of the framework.

The next phase of review and refinement of Te Pae Tawhiti – including an organisation-wide Te Tiriti o Waitangi Excellence Strategy and Implementation Plan – will be undertaken with ākonga (learners) and kaimahi representatives as well as Te Tiriti o Waitangi partners during 2023.