https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/events-edit-info daily 0.75 2022-06-12 https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/events-edit-info/event-one monthly 0.5 2020-08-24 https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/events-edit-info/event-two monthly 0.5 2020-08-24 https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/events-edit-info/event-three monthly 0.5 2020-08-24 https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/events-edit-info/vaka-speaker-series-toa-o-smoa monthly 0.5 2022-06-12 https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/home daily 1.0 2022-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597045398280-0F3I274S8B823ZMLPDTV/V%C4%81-Relationships.png Home - The Vā-Relationships and Collective Leadership “Vā is the space between, the betweenness, not empty space, not space that separates but space that relates, the space that is context, giving meaning to things.” - Albert Wendt We believe in caring for the Vā, and coming from communal, Indigenous Pacific and Māori cultures, we deeply understand community, peer-to-peer connections and collective leadership to address challenges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597045501327-DNFCN545JKAF81WHQE1K/Co-Design.png Home - Co-Design “O LE TELE O SULU E MAUA AI FIGOTA”THROUGH COLLABORATION, THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS CAN BE OVERCOME. - SĀMOAN PROVERB Getting the right people in the room will bring clarity on the challenge and through multiple talanoa, we co-design bespoke solutions to complex issues that can be implemented and adapted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597045467223-5G9JTAHT6P069TU81M1V/Talanoa.png Home - Talanoa “FOFOLA E FALA KAE TALANOA E KĀINGA” ROLL OUT THE MATS SO THE FAMILY CAN DIALOGUE. - TONGAN PROVERB This is an invitation for people to talanoa, to listen deeply, to present, debate and come to a collective understanding on a way to move towards collective success. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597045743686-JXX4PPY36X2WW5JOOX6B/Daisy%2BLavea-Timo.png Home Daisy Lavea Timo — Director https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597298401510-FT7MPQDV1D968T83U4TK/MPP-Master-Vertical.png Home Ministry for Pacific People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597045766753-PSNK63GNFP5TFBT3JW6J/Seta+Timo+.jpg Home Seta Timo — Director https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597298473829-V4NPIGRXA5YEW8S6ITBM/10.jpeg Home Read NZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597045781519-LC294TS25WYRBL7RRO6K/Dr+Karamia+M%C3%BCller.jpg Home Dr Karamia Müller — Head of Research and Evaluation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597298531146-ZTKRIDWYF4818CIUEPDR/Kristin-Logo-medium-2.jpg Home Kristin School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597193411119-FDXNOQREVEZ9O55N5GGG/Screen+Shot+2020-08-12+at+12.05.15+PM.png Home Jeremy Faumuinā — Consultant / Facilitator / Eventst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597298622656-QP04IM9YBQ5H7HNRDX1J/1462af87-9441-4907-a505-6ce6df418a8c.jpg Home Vodafone Foundation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597045765546-JJ2C7RSZJ5R2GWRH6LUM/Futtz.jpg Home Fati Tagoai — Consultant / Facilitator / Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1599022019573-MP4X7EZ5CC62J7OPTQT9/Logo_Christchurch_City_Council.png Home Christchurch City Council https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597298697359-UDDGRQG97ECF91KL7FZS/ot-logo-social-media-tw.jpg Home Oranga Tamariki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1598242758285-QV2D8WCT9QWZ4DYITW09/Charntay+Poko+.png Home Charntay Poko – Consultant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597045764556-NLDSBJYB96ZTYAUTS1OX/93792449_125409805776800_4495578445232734208_n+%281%29.jpg Home Dietrich Soakai — Consultant / Facilitator / Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597459413347-RFJN7A6T7Q0KQ9A0UZ6E/Jody+Hohaia.jpg Home Jody Hohaia-O'Sullivan — Researcher and Facilitator/ Consultant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1598242778976-7AR8418PJ7RRK2SP0GVA/Karira+Allen+.jpg Home Karirā Allen — Research and Evaluation, Cultural Competency Coach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/3eae460d-0f0f-410d-ba4d-2d79fb2da737/Borell+bio+pic.jpg Home Phil Borell (Ngāti Ranginui, Pirirākau) — Lecturer https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/dietrich-soakai daily 0.75 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597192528396-KUII9BLD7DOTU2EUAXVD/Dietrich+Soakai.jpg Dietrich Soakai - Consultant / Facilitator / Events Dietrich Soakai is a spoken word poet and aspiring author. Dietrich was lured into Spoken Word by an ‘informal’ date gone wrong. Being of Tongan, Sāmoan, German, Irish, Scottish, English and Fijian heritage, Spoken Word was never something he aspired nor heard of. Little did he know his upbringing of hip hop, punk and bible verses would be the poetic sustenance that would grow him into the poet he is today. Dietrich was a member of the South Auckland Poets Collective and was employed for 3 years by the legendary Not for Profit Organisation - Action Education. He had the privilege of facilitating Spoken Word workshops up and down the country and was a founding member for the first Inter-high school poetry slam called “Word The Front Line”. Dietrich believes poetry is what it means to be human, to be alive, to share story, perspective and feeling. He is currently writing his first book of poems and hopes to share them with the world soon. https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/seta-timo daily 0.75 2020-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597190463000-9NUDL695MSCBRS0ZLH3U/Seta-Timo.jpg Seta Timo - DIRECTOR Seta is a creative with a wide range of experience in education, project management and creative leadership. After a stint of teaching English in Japan, Seta came back to New Zealand to manage and play in various bands and festivals which include opening for Stevie Wonder and Lionel Ritchie with Christchurch artists L.A Mitchell and Tribalincs. Seta holds a Diploma in Jazz majoring in Double Bass (CPIT), a Bachelor of Music and Graduate Diploma of Teaching and Learning from The University of Canterbury. He is the Arts Co-ordinator at Haeata Community Campus, and is also a keen basketball player, budding photographer and a long-suffering Warriors fan. https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/daisy-lavea-timo daily 0.75 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597188180393-9TLXQDHYRQ28MRI9M6F6/Daisy+Lavea+Timo.png Daisy - DIRECTOR Daisy has spent over 15 years working in the education, youth and government sectors as an educator, youth worker, engagement practitioner and facilitator (IAP2). She founded Cross-Polynate with a desire to combine a team of Avengers to improve outcomes for people and communities across the motu and Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa. Daisy is a proud wife and mum. She’s also the 2017 New Zealand Slam Poetry Champion, a 2020 Creative New Zealand NZ Leadership Scholar, has spoken and performed internationally, has a few degrees from the University of Canterbury and dabbles in Rugby League. https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/jeremy-faumuina daily 0.75 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597190808751-VDQAJCBXDWZ9TZGEPAXT/Jeremy+Faumuin%C4%81.png Jeremy Faumuinā - Consultant / Facilitator / Events Jeremy is a multipotentialite: Navigator, Pastor, Care Planner, Motivational Speaker, Public Relations Consultant and Design Lead of various Educational Leadership Training Programmes across Aotearoa and in Sāmoa. Jeremy has had significant leadership roles in a career spanning over two decades in Māori and Pasifika organisations, local communities and the Education sector. Jeremy is a devoted father to 5 children and a fierce advocate of the Rainbow community. He understands community in the true sense of the word, and is just as comfortable contributing around a board table as he is supporting some families and children in the most disadvantaged and traumatised communities. An astute awareness on how to teu the vā (build and tend to relationships) has allowed him to work with various government agencies, Whānau ora, not-for-profit, business, schools, families and other community groups. A keen basketballer, lolly connoiseur and positive-straight-talking sums up Jeremy’s intent on changing lives for the better. https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/dr-karamia-muller daily 0.75 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597191414066-7TL5NNF7QMZ3LAV40FUE/Dr+Karamia+Muller.jpg Dr Karamia Müller - Head of Research and Evaluation Dr Karamia Müller is a Pacific academic specialising in indigenous space concepts. Currently a Lecturer at the School of Architecture and Planning, Creative Arts and Industries, University of Auckland, her research specialises in the meaningful ‘indigenisation’ of design methodologies invested in building futures resistant to inequality. Her research also explores contemporary Pacific architecture and art, women’s architectural and art production in the region, and the use of social media and other online digital technologies by Pacific peoples in the creation of digital space. In particular, she is interested in how these disciplines constitute and inform the lived experiences of Pacific Diaspora. She is the project lead for the time-mapping research project and exhibition, Violent Legalities, currently showing at Te Pātaka Toi / Adam Art Gallery in Pōneke / Wellington. https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/fati-tagoai daily 0.75 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597191663347-QYLDPE6QWYDWF8FA1BVD/Fati-Tagoai.jpg Fati Tagoai - Consultant / Facilitator / Events Fati has had the privilege of working with and for people for over 15 years as a manager specialising in strategic management, development and delivery, and with people, in their nature, environment and communities. He is passionate about imparting knowledge, and has a deep passion for growing individuals, organisations and communities. Currently a Youth Services Team Lead at the Ministry of Youth Development , Fati has multiple qualifications in Social Work, Social Services, Psychodrama and Strategic Management. A proud husband and father, Fati is also a fantastic storyteller and holder of space. https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/jody-hohaia-osullivan daily 0.75 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1597459033084-2T62JXY80LLYH0OTCHXF/Jody+Hohaia.jpg Jody Hohaia-O'Sullivan - Researcher and EVALUATION/Facilitator Jody (Ngāi Tahu, Raukawa, Waikato Tainui) lectures in the Education Department at the University of Canterbury. An experienced educator and facilitator, she has worked internationally and taught in numerous Christchurch primary and high schools over the past 15 years and has also managed the Te Kaupapa Whakaora Alternative Education Secondary School. Jody completed a Master of Education (MEd) with First Class Honours in 2017, and is working towards her Doctor of Education (EdD). https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/contact-us daily 0.75 2020-08-16 https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/karira-allen daily 0.75 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1598243035828-0W5IJ80WOHS0Z0NFCR9Z/Karira+Allen+.jpg Karirā Allen - Research and Evaluation/FACILITATOR Karirā is a PhD candidate and a member of the Academic Leadership Team that oversees the transition programme at the University of Canterbury, and personally developed the Māori and Pasifika learning cohort, entitled, “Te Waka Talanoa” within the bridging programmes at the University of Canterbury. A Tiriti o Waitangi educator for seven years at tertiary level, and cultural competence facilitator for staff, Karirā is well versed and passionate about family, music, Māori and Polynesian educational empowerment and the advancement of indigenous influence. https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/charntay-poko daily 0.75 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1598243134388-YOM77Y6RO1IXROZQ1GNP/Charntay+Poko+.png Charntay Poko - CONSULTANT AND FACILITATOR Charntay Poko’s (Te Arawa, Arorangi - Cook Islands) prodigious playmaking and kicking game has seen her simultaneously represent her province in 13-and-15-a-side games. Poko was named in the Warriors’ NRLW inaugural squad in 2018, but she was ruled out of the campaign after it was revealed that she had two broken tibias- stress fractures that had developed into full breaks. Ever resilient, she rehabbed and recovered in time for the 2019 club season, flying from Christchurch to Auckland every week to play for Richmond Roses. Poko kicked four goals and produced a try-assist on Test debut in the Kiwi Fern’s defeat of Fetu Sāmoa and was one of the standouts of the NRLW premiership, nominated for the Dally M Women’s Player of the Year. Poko is an experienced youth worker and is a member of the Senior Leadership Team at her Premier Women’s team, where she leads the development of systems and processes of accountability, team development, and Tuakana-Teina mentoring. https://www.crosspolynate.co.nz/phil-borell daily 0.75 2021-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1a9c17ca5a6f1c30bef8db/1624653333343-68LDZZGYLTF5U3U6PMOL/Phil+Borell.jpg Phil Borell - LECTURER Phil is a career academic as well as being a father, husband, rugby league trainer, gym owner and aspiring DIY aficionado. Phil has been a lecturer at the University of Canterbury since 2008 and has designed and delivered courses in Te Tiriti o Waitangi; Colonisation and its impact; as well as Sport and Culture among other topics. His primary research focus is dedicated to the aspirations of Māori and Pasifika youth in their quest for professional sporting careers and disrupting and recreating narratives around Polynesian masculinities. Through the use of pūrākau (oral traditions and storytelling) and talanoa (conversation) Phil is forever exploring new ways of articulating Polynesian voices in the institutions that once never wanted them heard.