Stakeholder and Community Engagement

Our expertise in communications and passion for connecting with people make us an ideal choice for engaging with your stakeholders, customers and community.

We excel at building alignment and designing tailored engagement solutions to facilitate kōrero, gain insights, and deepen understanding. As expert facilitators in community consultation, our people-focused approach ensures effective outreach, whether through community consultations, private workshops, digital surveys, or focus groups. We help you engage successfully with those who matter most. We offer a range of support, including:

  • We work with you to recognise and map out all individuals, groups, or organisations that could be affected by a project or decision, including their level of influence and interest.  We help build a relationship plan and support connections and relationship building based on stakeholder needs.

  • We’ll work with you to build a communication and consultation strategy, seeking stakeholder input through surveys, focus groups, or public meetings to gather their perspectives and concerns. A clear communication strategy will then support you in sharing information clearly and transparently with stakeholders, including meetings, surveys, workshops, and online platforms. 

  • We’ll help you work with stakeholders to co-develop solutions and decision-making processes, ensuring opportunities for stakeholders to feel empowered to actively participate and contribute to the decision-making process.

Examples of recent mahi include:

  • Facilitating in-person and online workshops across Tāmaki communities and multiple agencies to inform policy and strategy development.

  • Engaging with marae, hapū, and whānau to explore future aspirations and test potential solutions through online and virtual wananga, digital engagement solutions, governance and project reporting, and event and website management.

  • Discovery interviews, workshops and surveys with leaders and teams to recommend evolving operating structures and improving employee engagement levels.

We are proud to collaborate with valued partners, enabling us to also support communications campaigns with website and social media content, stakeholder liaison, event coordination and management, and graphic design.

Our community and stakeholder engagement mahi is most often done via our retainer model, and we are pleased to be able to offer discounted rates for not-for-profit organisations. For more information on our coaching support, please connect to talk further.

  • "We put people before position or process. Because that's where true transformation takes place."

    Whakawhitinga Value Statement

  • "Future-fit progression matters to us. This means we will choose long-term, sustainable benefits over short-term wins."

    Whakawhitinga Value Statement

  • "We believe that better results emerge when different viewpoints are considered - when people connect and truly understand each other."

    Whakawhitinga Value Statement

  • "We don't do things at you, but with you. We see ourselves as an extension of your team for a moment in time."

    Whakawhitinga Value Statement

Get in touch

Often it’s easier to talk through your project or opportunity direct. Please feel free to get in touch. We’d love the opportunity to explore your current project and look forward to hearing from you.