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KAUPAPA DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT
We are leaders in tikanga-centred recruitment practices.
At Mana Mahi we bring close to two decades of expertise across HR, organisational development, and recruitment, spanning the full spectrum from graduate programmes and specialist roles through to senior leadership, executive, and governance appointments. Our experience extends across sectors including legal, engineering, construction, science, health, education and supporting our people doing the mahi within Māori entities, iwi, hapū, and trusts.
We provide expertise for businesses seeking a people-centred and values-led approach. For Māori entities, we walk alongside you to recruit in a way that honours who you are, without the need to explain or compromise culture.
We are a trusted partner for organisations seeking recruitment solutions that are both mana enhancing and future focused.
OUR MAHI
PROFESSIONAL BRANDING
Your personal brand is how you’re seen, remembered, and connected in the market. We help you strengthen your position, build visibility, and grow networks. We make sure your skills, values, culture, whakapapa, and story are clear, authentic, and working for you.
Taking into account people are at different levels of confidence and capability with this sphere, we commence with a 15 minute consultation to ascertain your needs before recommending an appropriate approach. Depending on your needs, our services may include:
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Digital Warrant of Fitness; pulse checking all digital spaces with your footprint.
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Personal brand strategy unpacking your values, ‘why’, and aspirations
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Professional profile written: CVs and positioning documents tailored to your goals
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LinkedIn overhaul: bio writing, content alignment, critical links/articles, and visual presence
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Digital Warrant of Fitness: a check-up on your digital footprint across platforms
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Social media engagement strategy: connecting authentically with like minds and professionals
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Networking guidance: strengthening relationships and visibility
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Career advice and strategy: building on insights from the process above
Recruitment
Our recruitment services are grounded in tikanga Māori practices and a commitment to mana-enhancing outcomes. We deliver across the full spectrum of hiring, from graduates and specialists to senior leadership, executive, and governance.
Drawing on nearly two decades in both in-house and agency recruitment, we bring a balance of organisational insight and the agility of agency practice.
We get the fit right. We identify what makes your workplace unique and connect you with talent who will thrive in your culture. We also support you to define your Employer Value Proposition (EVP) so you can attract, engage, and retain the best talent.
What this includes:
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End-to-end recruitment processes
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Hard-to-fill and high-volume roles
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Executive and governance appointments
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Candidate care grounded in whakawhanaungatanga
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EVP definition and alignment with culture
Inclusive Workforce Diagnostics
We provide consultation in recruitment transformation for workplaces wanting to embark on a Te Ao Māori journey, weaving cultural integrity into hiring. We help create safer spaces for Māori talent and strengthen workforce practices with Māori values that benefit everyone. Our mahi is diagnostic, strategic, and transformational, unpacking systemic challenges that limit authentic attraction and retention of Māori.
We embed Te Ao Māori into every stage of the recruitment journey, ensuring processes are inclusive, relational, and mana enhancing.
What this can includes:
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Employer Value Proposition (EVP), defining for Māori talent
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development of culturally aligned ad writing and outreach
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Position descriptions, workforce design and planning
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Recruitment systems, screening, and interview processes
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Onboarding practices such as mihi whakatau
KO WAI MĀTOU? WHO ARE WE?
Angela Reddy
Kaitaritari Kaimahi Mātāmua
Senior Recruitment Consultant
WAIKATO TAINUI
FIJIAN INDIAN
Angela has almost two decades of recruitment expertise across both agency and in-house settings. She is a seasoned practitioner with a particular specialty consulting in diagnostics and organisational transformation, where she supports businesses to unpack systemic challenges and embed effective ao Māori recruitment strategies.
Driven by equity and inclusion, Angela ensures her mahi is meaningful, and is deeply committed to creating opportunities where Māori and Pacific people thrive.
angela@manamahi.co.nz
Junelle Kunin
Kaiwhakatū | Pou Tāhūhū
Founder | Principal Consultant
NGĀI TE RANGI
NGĀTI PŪKENGA
NGĀTI TŪWHARETOA
Founder of Mana Mahi, Junelle brings close to twenty years of experience across HR, organisational development, and recruitment.
She has led recruitment at every level, from graduate programmes and specialist roles through to senior leadership, executive, and governance appointments, across sectors including legal, engineering, construction, science, health, and education.
Her mahi is grounded in manaakitanga and tikanga Māori, ensuring recruitment that is both professional and culturally safe.
junelle@manamahi.co.nz
Aretha Kimitaunga
Kaitaritari Kaimahi Mātāmua
Senior Recruitment Consultant
WAIKATO TAINUI
NGAATI APAKURA
NGAATI NAHO
Aretha is an exceptional recruitment consultant with expertise across both internal and agency settings. She has specialised in the construction sector, with more recent experience in education and engineering.
A particular strength of Aretha’s is her ability to embed tikanga Māori into recruitment practices. Known for her gift in reading people, she creates recruitment experiences that honour the whole person.
Aretha helps organisations attract and retain talent in ways that are authentic and mana enhancing.
aretha@manamahi.co.nz
OUR CLIENTS
TESTIMONIALS
"I know Junelle's motivation is very sincere and she wants to help people, especially those who have difficulties, so I am always in support of her. I've said many times, I trust her."
The Dalai Lama