Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 9, 2018 17:30:12 GMT 12
SPARK JUMPS ON THE WAKA, ASKING STAFF TO BRING 'THEIR REAL SELVES' TO WORK
But now Spark is embracing Māori culture, with its own waiata (song) and an app providing a Māori interpretation of its corporate values.
Spark Agile coach Te Arepa Morehu wrote the waiata for Spark that concludes with the words: "Through collaboration we will all stand with purpose to hear the language from within".
Mihi – Māori welcomes – are incorporated into all significant staff meetings and Spark's annual meetings are now opened and closed in te reo Māori.
General manager of human resources and diversity Rhonda Koroheke says Spark is encouraging staff to embrace their Māori identity as part of a wider bid to persuade employees to "bring their real selves to work".
"For the most part people will start learning about Māori principles and values and the 'gold' is where they start connecting what is important to them inherently to something that is common within the Māori world," Paraku says.....
www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/106737509/spark-jumps-on-the-waka-asking-staff-to-bring-their-real-selves-to-work
NEW ZEALAND FIRE SERVICE TO OVERHAUL FIRETRUCKS WITH TE REO MAORI
New Zealand's fire trucks are to be emblazoned with te reo Māori, with one of the first trucks marked 'AHI' rolling out of Wellington Central.
The te reo Māori word will sit alongside its English equivalent, 'FIRE', on about 2000 New Zealand Fire and Emergency vehicles as they're repaired and replaced in the coming years.
A truck with the the new markings will take part in a hīkoi through Wellington on Monday to mark the start of Te Wiki o te reo Māori (Māori language week)......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/maori-language-week/106888849/new-zealand-fire-service-to-overhaul-firetrucks-with-te-reo-mori
But now Spark is embracing Māori culture, with its own waiata (song) and an app providing a Māori interpretation of its corporate values.
Spark Agile coach Te Arepa Morehu wrote the waiata for Spark that concludes with the words: "Through collaboration we will all stand with purpose to hear the language from within".
Mihi – Māori welcomes – are incorporated into all significant staff meetings and Spark's annual meetings are now opened and closed in te reo Māori.
General manager of human resources and diversity Rhonda Koroheke says Spark is encouraging staff to embrace their Māori identity as part of a wider bid to persuade employees to "bring their real selves to work".
"For the most part people will start learning about Māori principles and values and the 'gold' is where they start connecting what is important to them inherently to something that is common within the Māori world," Paraku says.....
www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/106737509/spark-jumps-on-the-waka-asking-staff-to-bring-their-real-selves-to-work
NEW ZEALAND FIRE SERVICE TO OVERHAUL FIRETRUCKS WITH TE REO MAORI
New Zealand's fire trucks are to be emblazoned with te reo Māori, with one of the first trucks marked 'AHI' rolling out of Wellington Central.
The te reo Māori word will sit alongside its English equivalent, 'FIRE', on about 2000 New Zealand Fire and Emergency vehicles as they're repaired and replaced in the coming years.
A truck with the the new markings will take part in a hīkoi through Wellington on Monday to mark the start of Te Wiki o te reo Māori (Māori language week)......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/maori-language-week/106888849/new-zealand-fire-service-to-overhaul-firetrucks-with-te-reo-mori