Ag Research Māori Strategy

AgResearch is one of Aotearoa’s leading Crown Research Institutes, with a dedicated Māori Research & Partnerships team committed to embedding te ao Māori across science and innovation.

A two-day workshop was facilitated with the team to review and refine the Te Ara Tika: Transforming AgResearch strategy. The workshop brought together new and existing leaders & scientists to reflect, align, and strengthen the strategic direction. A refreshed strategy was developed – grounded in te ao Māori, integrating evolving science priorities and reaffirming collective aspirations to embed mātauranga Māori across AgResearch.

The team chose our Hina te Pō Hina te Ao Strategy & Action Plan Package, delivered over two consecutive days, to move the group from vision to action. This approach allowed us to design a clear, practical roadmap that connected the project’s cultural and scientific aspirations with tangible steps to directly address the barriers that Māori people and organisations experience when working with a traditional science organisation such as AgResearch.