Whetūmaiangi

Whakaarotia te pitomata kei a tātou

E anga ana tātou ki hea?

He aha te aronga?

He aha te otinga?

Ko tā mātou he huakina i ō karu ki ngā

whakautu e kite pea ai ērā atu

Mā mātou koe e awhi ki te kimi

i te ara whakamua

Ahakoa e aua ana te otinga

ki te āwhina, ki te māhere, ki te whakatere,

Kei tō taha mātou i ngā wā kātoa

ki tō otinga

kei konei mātou

Ko Whetūmaiangi

a ki te tautoko anō i a koe

Whai Mai

Think about our greatest potential

Where are we headed?

For what are we aiming?

What is our destination?

Ours is to help you realise yours, so that others might realise theirs

Even if the destination is unknown

We’ll help find a way

We’ll be beside you whenever you need us

To help plan, navigate, and support you

Towards your destination

We are here for you

We are Whetūmaiangi

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Tō Mātou Tohu

Our Identity

As we do for those we work with, we applied our methodology to developing our own brand. Armed with our name, and with a clear vision, mission and purpose we brainstormed and explored ways we might represent ourselves visually.

Our name is a precious gift to us. We wanted that to be represented visually if not in its entirety. And we wanted something symbolic that would represent how we work and what we offer. After much exploration, we settled upon the sound of our initial – ’wh’. We transformed the visual from two english letters into something symbolic of the journey we are on along with those we work with, adding to that our goal – represented by the whetū.

We have packed a lot into our Tohu, making sure it represents us in a number of ways.

Ko Wai Mātou

Whetūmaiangi began in 2020 – Skye Kimura working as a Consultant of Te Ao Māori to mainstream communications agencies, government agencies and corporates. After a three year stint building a successful Māori cultural consultancy and brand design agency as CEO, Skye returned to Whetūmaiangi and to her original kaupapa driven values with a new vision: Māori realise their full potential.

We, the Whetūmaiangi whānau, are like-minded in our approach to our mahi; share common values; and bring diverse experience and skill sets to the table. Ours is a culture of genuine collaboration that embraces our extended whānau – clients, partners, and specialist providers.

Our name was gifted to us by Hon Peeni Henare, who at that time was the Minister for Whānau Ora and Assoc Health (Māori).

Who Are We

Ka Awatea

Cultural Competency Programme