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Creat a policy that helps your business to become more culturally responsive
Does your business reflect the bi-cultural nature of Aotearoa, would I be able to stand anywhere in your workplace and see two cultures reflected, including aspects of the local Māori narrative (history)?
​No, I do not. 
Within your policy you need to outline ways in which your business is able to reflect the bi-culural nature of Aotearoa whilst also representing and honoring the local narrative. You need to think about including the following aspects of Mana Ūkaipo:
 
  • Your business needs to reflect the place of where it is e.g. local narrative. To do this you could do the following:
    • Seek out and form a positive relationship with mana whenua (local hapū / iwi). Once this relationship has been established you can begin to find out any local stories
  • All staff need to know and understand these local Māori stories and about the local narrative/history and should be able to say who the mana whenua are and know some information about them too
  • Your business should offer opportunities of whakawhanaungatanga to local hapū/iwi and be open to any ways in which you could collaborate with them
  • Use the narrative to inform aspects of your business e.g. colour schemes, names of places within your business (please note that this process MUST start with the formation of a positive relationship with local hapū first, and they are the ones who may be able to gift these names). 
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