Practice Foundations: What's the mauri of the system?

What’s the mauri of the system? If I am asking for the system to change, what change am I asking of *myself*? Since a colonial system cannot naturally produce indigenous outcomes, how do we help the systems we work in to indigenise? In this Practice Foundations session, Dickie Humphries will lead us through some of these questions, based on his own experience of responding to these same questions in his practice. He will introduce concepts and tools from Moana Nui, and reflect on practical and real-life lessons from his work in indigenising systems.

Dickie Humphries (Ngāti Nurou o Nukuroa) is the Head of Community Impact in the Customer and Community Services Directorate of Auckland Council. His ability to weave western and indigenous practice models has seen him work with Māori and Pasifika communities in Aotearoa, and indigenous communities across the world.

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 baruk.jacob@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz to be added to the mailing list, or ask to be removed.