Practice Foundations: Navigating Te Ao Hurihuri

with Karl Wixon

‘Te Ao Hurihuri’ seems a fitting theme for 2023, it describes an ever-turning world, a world where the only constant is change.  This interactive session asks; “as co-design agents for transformative change, how do you remain a koha (gift) and not be seen as a hōhā (annoyance)?”

There is no question 2023 has been hard for many, a year where ‘once in a hundred years’ events seem to be a weekly occurrence, a year where societal pressures are at boiling point and people and systems are at breaking point. 

Perhaps more than ever the need for fresh thinking, new approaches and foundational change is evident, yet in this climate of constant change and a constantly changing climate, change is becoming a source of anxiety and enemy of stability – something to be resisted not embraced.

This session explores how we can navigate these challenges and the role tikanga me mātauranga Māori provides as guidance.

This wānanga explores these pātai:

•            What are the strategies that you use to navigate change?

•            What are the points of stability, safety, continuity that serve you and your mahi?

•            How do you identify and involve points of influence that are part of your change ecosystem?

Practice Foundations is a monthly public sector community of practice event hosted online by the Auckland Co-design Lab in collaboration. We have a shared interest in promoting and prioritising ethical whānau-centred and led design and innovation practice and the active involvement of community, families, whānau, aiga and rangatahi in wellbeing, design, decision-making and leadership. Write to aucklandcodesignlab@aklc.govt.nz to be added to the mailing list, or ask to be removed.

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