
Hui ā Tau | Annual Meeting 2025
Monday 22 – Wednesday 24 September
Energy Events Centre, Queens Drive, Rotorua
Energy Events Centre, Queens Drive, Rotorua
Sunday 21 September
- 2.00 – 5.00pmRegistration at the Energy Event Centre
Monday 22 September
Pou: Whanaungatanga
- From 7.45amRegistration
- 9.00amPōwhiri
- 9.30amKapu Ti
- 10.00amHāukainga
- 10.45amTe Manukura & Te Manuhuia | Introduction
- 11.30amHui session | Tania Waikato
- 12.30pmLunch & Unconference Sessions
- 1.15pmPasifika Session | Karanina Sumeo
- 2.15pmConstitution Review Workshops
- 3.15pmAfternoon Tea
- 3.45pmAnnual Meeting
- 5.00pmDay One Close
Tuesday 23 September
Pou: Tikanga
- 8.30amDay Two Welcome
- 9.00amTe Kupenga Rangatahi (NEN) Panel
- 9.45amEru Kapa-Kingi | Toitū Te Tiriti – lessons from mobilising against attacks on Te Tiriti
- 10.45amMorning Tea
- 11.15amSector-based Workshops
- Standing up for teacher professionalism
- Building a movement across our diverse early childhood sector
- Professionalism and networks for support staff
- Tumuaki Tū, Tumuaki Ora – Tumuaki who stand up to be counted benefit all
- Building power to win in MoE Learning Support
- 12.30pmLunch & Unconference Sessions
- 1.30pmSkill-Development Workshops
- Grab their attention! Placard-making, chant writing...
- Recruitment – what drives objections and how to overcome them
- Building workplace power
- Growing power to win – using social media
- Widening community reach
- Presenting to groups with confidence
- Building whānau and community power
- Collective actions that build kotahitanga
- 2.45pmAfternoon Tea
- 3.15pmHonours & Scholarships
- 4.45pmDay Two Close
- From 6.30pmConference Dinner
Wednesday 24 September
Pou: Rangatiratanga
- 8.30amDay Three Welcome
- 9.00amFuture Focus Panel | Shamubeel Eaqub and Richard Wagstaff
- 9.45amKoriporipo Report
- 9.55amCommunity Actions | Building Support for Kimi Haeta
- 11.00amMorning Tea
- 11.30amClosing Address | Te Manukura, Te Manuhuia & Korimako Tangiata
- 12.15pmPoroporoaki
- 12.30pmConference Ends