Ako Aotearoa Southern Hub Regional Forum

Reconnecting and collaborating: Addressing current sector challenges and supporting strategies for the future.

Ako Aotearoa is holding a face-to-face forum in Ōtautahi Christchurch and welcomes tertiary educators and providers. We are keen to bring the tertiary community together from across the sector to explore successful strategies to overcome challenges that have arisen over the past three years.

You will have a chance to hear from local speakers address themes of diversity, wellbeing, re-engaging ākonga/learners and implementing adult language, literacy, numeracy and cultural capability programmes.

The programme includes the following:

Helen Lomax
Ako Aotearoa, Tumuaki Director

Eruera Tarena
Tokona Te Raki Kaiwhakatere

Diana Law
Te Pukenga Pastoral Code Lead, Contractor

Saba Azeem
Ako Aotearoa, Evaluation Advisor

Vai Punivai
BCITO, Business Strategy Manager

Dr Kay-Lee Jones
University of Canterbury, Senior Lecturer Faculty of Education

Hemi Hoskins
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Director, Organisation Culture and Capability – Kiriwhanake

Joanna Fox
Hagley Adult Literacy Centre, Manager

Ainslee Collins
Ara Institute of Canterbury, Senior Organisational Development Advisor

Analiese Robertson
ACE Aotearoa, Tumuaki Director

Specialist staff from Ako Aotearoa will also be available to share information about cultural capability, language, literacy, and numeracy programmes.