Governance
How we can help
Reretahi Consultancy’s corporate governance services merge policies with specialised sector knowledge, offering unique capabilities to clients during pivotal periods. Managing regulatory aspects alongside essential policy requirements is a vital aspect of effective corporate governance and strategic planning. We offer impartial and robust advice, enabling you to develop and execute a corporate governance framework that incentivises and acknowledges appropriate performance from your team. This approach also ensures alignment between the board, shareholders, management, employees’ and stakeholder interests.
Furthermore, we deliver a governance assessment program that empowers you to make well-informed decisions.
We recognise the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi rangatiratanga and kawanatanga in the digitization of Māori knowledge, including language and culture. Reretahi Consultancy supports the realisation of Māori kaitiakitanga through development of an Indigenous Evaluation Society, a robust Indigenous Nations Data Ecosystem, and the promotion of Indigenous Place-making.
Governance Consulting Services
Enhancing Board effectiveness and organisational integrity
- Analysis of governing processes and bylaws
- Stakeholder perception evaluation
- Self-assessment tools for boards/trusts, chairs and individual directors/trustees
- Reviewing board composition alignment to an appropriate skills matrix
- Facilitated wānagna to explore governance strengths and challenges
- Confidential interviews and thematic analysis
- Actionable insights and development plans
- Optional integration of Te Ao Māori frameworks and cultural indicators
Strengthening Your Governance Through Reflective Practice
At Reretahi Consultancy, we support boards to grow their collective impact through culturally grounded, evidence-informed evaluation processes. Our approach to board evaluations is relational, strengths-based, and designed to enhance mana whakahaere and strategic clarity.
We believe that effective boards are reflective boards — committed to learning, evolving, and leading with integrity.
Why Board Evaluations Matter
Regular board evaluations are a powerful tool for:
- Strengthening governance capability and cohesion
- Identifying opportunities for growth and succession
- Enhancing accountability to stakeholders and communities
- Embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles in governance practice
We leverage cutting-edge research on governance to guide you in crafting a strategic oversight approach.
Policy Consulting Services
Embedding equity, integrity, and Te Tiriti into policy practice
- Policy drafting and review (new or existing policies)
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi integration and equity frameworks
- Stakeholder engagement and co-design processes
- Plain language and accessibility editing
- Implementation support (e.g. procedures, training, rollout plans)
- Circulating policy changes to relevant kaimahi
- Publishing updated policies to the policy library
Strengthening Your Policies Through Co-Design
At Reretahi Consultancy, we support organisations to craft clear, culturally grounded, and future-focused policies that reflect their values, obligations, and aspirations. Our policy writing services are designed to uphold mana motuhake, strengthen governance, and ensure alignment with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
We look also review at processes, identifying gaps and providing support to kaimahi on co-designing improvements.
We believe that policy is not just a document — it’s a living expression of values and vision.
Types of Policies We Support
- Governance and organisational policies
- Health & Safety
- Education delivery
- Equity, inclusion, and cultural safety policies
- HR and training policies
- Data sovereignty and information governance
Our process is collaborative, strengths-based, and grounded in kaupapa Māori principles.
Whether you’re starting from scratch or refreshing existing documents, we can help ensure your policies are fit for purpose and future-ready.
Quality Management Systems Consulting Services
Our corporate governance consulting services include:
We believe that a QMS should reflect the values, aspirations, and cultural context of the communities it serves. We can help you with:
- QMS design and implementation planning
- Procedure development and process mapping
- Internal audit frameworks and tools
- Staff training and capability building
- Integration of cultural safety indicators
- Support for accreditation or compliance processes
Strengthening Your QMS Through Insight & Process Excellence
At Reretahi Consultancy, we support organisations in designing and implementing Quality Management Systems (QMS) that are not only compliant and effective but also culturally grounded, people-centred, and aligned with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Strengthening your QMS not only enhances your performance, but it is also often an audit requirement. A robust QMS supports compliance with regulatory standards, increases customer trust, and reduces operational risks. It also empowers teams through clear processes, data-driven decision-making, and a culture of quality—ultimately leading to greater efficiency, stakeholder confidence, and long-term impact.
Data Sovereignty Consulting Services
Design and evaluation of tangata whenua data sovereignty
Reretahi Consultancy specialising in the design and implementation of First Nations Data Sovereignty in practice. Reretahi Consultancy applies a tailor-made, evidence-based conceptual framework that acts as a mechanism for designing and evaluating with principles of Data Sovereignty in mind.