Who We Work With

In Education:
  • Resource Teachers of Learning and Behaviour
  • Guidance and Careers Teachers
  • Primary and High Schools
  • Charter Schools  
  • Catholic Schools
  • Alternative Education
  • Kura Kaupapa Māori



In Social Services:
  • Kaupapa Māori Services
  • Domestic and Sexual Violence Agencies 
  • Faith based Services
  • Men's Groups
  • Disability and Rehabilitation
  • Probation
  • Community Police

Te Ara Whakamana: Mana Enhancement has been used within a wide range of education settings including:

  • As a whole of school approach to improved Māori Responsiveness
  • As a tool used by school counsellors, deans and behaviour and learning specialists to build  self awareness and culturally effective strategies around both academic and behavioural challenges (including special needs and ASD students)
  • As a whole of class approach to develop cultural awareness, empathy, unity and cohesion
  • As an induction Model for all new students
  • As a staff development tool to build a deeper understanding of the Māori world and improved communication between staff, Māori students and their whānau
  • As a transition Model for all primary to intermediate/intermediate to high school/high school to university students
  • As training for Resource Teachers of Learning and Behaviour clusters. 
,Schools, agencies and organisations we have worked with include:
  • Manawatu College
  • Cullinane College
  • Palmerston North High School
  • Whanganui College
  • Richmond School Napier
  • Arahoe School, New Lynn, Auckland
  • Cobham School, Gisborne
  • Elgin School, Gisborne
  • Tiaho School, Wairoa
  • Wairoa College
  • Wairoa Primary
  • St Joseph Primary School, Wairoa
  • Frasertown School, Frasertown
  • Irongate School, Flaxmere, Hastings
  • Matapuna Training Centre NZQA Levels 1,2,3
  • Te Aratika Academy, Hastings
  • Resource Teachers of Learning and Behaviour
    - Cluster 21- Potaka ki Mohaka: East Coast, Gisborne-Wairoa
    - Cluster 8 - Tamaki/Remuera/Maungakiekie  
    - Custer 34 - Aranui/Linwood/Port Hills/Shirley
  • Tauawhi Men's Centre, Tairawhiti/Gisborne
  • Te Aka Ora, Gisborne
  • Tu Wahine Trust* - a Kaupapa Māori community agency responding to domestic violence and sexual violence in West Auckland
  • CORE Education Ltd (CORE), a  professional learning and development and consultancy organisation
  • Gisborne Police Youth Services
  • Department of Corrections - Te Tai Tokerau/Auckland
  • Behaviour Support Specialists for People with Disabilities - Tairawhiti/Gisborne
  • Northland DHB, Health Promoting Schools
* AKO Solutionz has a special partnership relationship with Tu Wahine Trust where Kaupapa Māori Training in Te Ara Whakamana: Mana Enhancement is offered to Māori Social Service Providers.  Please contact us for further information on Kaupapa Māori Training.