Workshops to build confidence in Te Tiriti

For companies, councils, schools, health providers, and organisations who want Te Tiriti explained in a way that is factual and immediately useful in the real-world.

Led personally by human-rights lawyer and bestselling author Roimata Smail.

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The workshop your people will still be talking about weeks later

A clear, factual, and highly engaging 2-hour session designed for groups at every stage of learning.

Together, you’ll unpack:

  • what Te Tiriti promised

  • what happened next

  • what that means in practice today

  • how it relates to your organisation’s real-world work

The result is more than understanding.

Your people leave with shared language, deeper confidence, and a stronger sense of what meaningful action can look like.

  • 2-hour in-person workshop

  • Up to 50 participants

  • Led personally by Roimata Smail

  • Optional 1-hour Reflection + Kōrero add-on: a relaxed, team-led kōrero gently guided by Roimata to help everyone connect the learning to your own mahi.

What is te Tiriti o Waitangi?

Totally new to this? Read a basic outline here

Why these Te Tiriti workshops work

Why organisations say this workshop feels different

Every session is built on evidence, law, lived experience, and practical relevance — never slogans, spin, or shame.

Roimata combines two decades of Te Tiriti and human-rights legal work with a rare ability to make seemingly complex issues feel calm, accessible, and actionable.

Participants often say they leave realising:

they didn’t know what they didn’t know.

What changes is not just knowledge, but t’s the confidence to discuss Te Tiriti thoughtfully across teams, leadership, governance, and real world work.

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New online option

For organisations wanting learning people can revisit, or for individuals who want to build confidence in their own time, Te Tiriti Online offers the same trusted teaching approach in 9 short self-paced modules.

Perfect for:

  • post-workshop reinforcement

  • remote teams

  • board members

  • new staff onboarding

  • school staff PD

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Roimata Smail using a computer for Te Tiriti Online Course

What organisations are really buying

Some groups come wanting to meet obligations.

They leave with something much more valuable:

  • clarity on what those obligations actually mean

  • language teams can use confidently

  • reduced fear of saying the wrong thing

  • stronger alignment across staff and leadership

  • a sense of shared purpose about what comes next

Many teams say the workshop helps them finally join the dots in a way that makes sense.

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About Roimata Smail

Trusted legal expertise, taught with warmth and clarity

Roimata Smail (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui, England, Scotland, Ireland) is a human-rights lawyer and author of the national bestseller Understanding Te Tiriti.

Her workshops have supported companies, schools, councils, health providers, and community organisations across Aotearoa to build genuine confidence with Te Tiriti in action.

Reflection + Kōrero add-on

Turn learning into action with Reflection + Kōrero

Add a one-hour facilitated follow-up conversation to help your team process the workshop,and begin connecting the learning directly to your own mahi.

No preparation is needed.

Because the workshop naturally sparks questions, this add-on helps convert insight into practical next steps, shared responsibility, and momentum.

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Results and trust

Thousands of New Zealanders have already learned through Roimata’s books and workshops:

  • Roimata recently facilitated 2 workshops for Te Kaunihera ā Rohe o Taupō - Taupō District Council. She facilitated the workshops in an engaging and interactive manner that helped attendees feel at ease and build their understanding of the promises entailed in Te Tiriti. Her expertise in this space really came to the fore. Lots of positive feedback from attendees. Definitely recommend.

    David Rameka, Iwi Relationships and Co Governance Manager, Te Kaunihera ā Rohe o Taupō.e

  • Ahakoa te taumaha o te take, he ngāwari te wānanga. Pai rawa te kaiwhakahaere o te wā ko Roimata

    Workshop participant, Tauranga

  • Thanks so much for your energy, enthusiasm and advice in presenting at our Hui recently. You reminded us how important it is for organisations to undertake this type of training. I congratulate you on making a challenging topic so interesting and relevant to our group - it was greatly appreciated

    Shelley McMeeken, Chief Executive, Halberg Foundation

  • Training today was SO good! It was a really interesting session and she presents in a way that makes it easy to understand. For example - even though I’ve had Treaty training before, I actually saw a couple of things quite differently after today.

    Primary school teacher

  • Roimata came and presented to our first year physiotherapy students. Even with a large group, the session was engaging and interactive. The students and staff all got a lot out of it – many students reflected that while they had learnt a bit about Te Tiriti o Waitangi at school, this was the first time they really understood its significance.

    Nicola Jepsen, Lecturer – physiotherapy, Auckland University of Technology

  • It seemed everyone learnt so much. The feedback has been very positive and people expressing a range of emotions in regards how they felt. They were very complimentary about the session and your style.

    Kereyn Smith, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary General, New Zealand Olympic Committee

  • Our teachers found the workshop engaging, accessible and informative. Completing this workshop together has been a positive experience for our school.

    Janet Pinchen, Principal, Glamorgan School

Investment and Format

A high-impact investment in team confidence

Each 2-hour workshop is $3900 + GST for up to 50 participants.

Many organisations tell us the session delivers more clarity and alignment in two hours than they expected possible.

For smaller organisations, co-hosting keeps the per-person cost highly accessible while preserving the quality of the shared learning experience.

For not-for-profits, tailored kaupapa-aligned pricing may be available, contact us.

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What is te Tiriti o Waitangi?

Totally new to this? Read a basic outline here

Ready to give your team calm confidence with Te Tiriti?

Whether your goal is staff alignment, governance confidence, onboarding, school PD, or organisational clarity, this workshop creates shared understanding that lasts.

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