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Pou Whakahaere Whanaungatanga (Stakeholder Coordinator)
Te Kahui oTaranaki
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Applications close:
This is the lead coordination role for Ki Tua. You will hold the relationships that make the programme move: hapū, community, agencies, and the Rāhui Steering Committee. You will facilitate all hui and engagement, set the strategic direction for programme communications, lead the 186A Temporary Closure workstream, and provide day-to-day leadership to two direct reports.
Key responsibilities:
- Build and hold trusted relationships across hapū, community, agencies, and partners, and own the MPI relationship end to end
- Lead and facilitate all hui and engagement processes, including a dedicated rangatahi activity
- Set key messages and communications direction, and approve all external-facing content
- Lead the 186A extension workstream through to submission (target: RSC-ready 30 September 2026)
- Coordinate programme workstreams, timelines, risks, and Steering Committee reporting
- Lead and mentor two direct reports
Overview
Requirements
About you:
- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder engagement experience — able to hold whanaungatanga with mana
- Experience working with iwi, hapū, marae, whānau, or kaupapa Māori initiatives
- Excellent facilitation skills across diverse and sometimes competing interests
- Strong coordination and programme leadership skills, and confidence setting communications direction
- Understanding of tikanga Māori and mātauranga Māori
What we can offer you
Who we are
Te Kāhui o Taranaki Iwi is the post-settlement iwi authority for Taranaki Iwi, working to advance the collective aspirations of our uri, whānau, hapū, and Iwi across five strategic whenu — guided by our vision, Me tongai harakeke. The Western Taranaki Rāhui Steering Committee holds the kaupapa mandate for Ki Tua. Established by and accountable to Ngā Hapū o Taranaki Iwi and the wider community, it provides strategic leadership, sets priorities, and guides engagement while representing the collective voice of the kaitiaki driving the transition from rāhui to a permanent Mātaitai Reserve.
