How - A Step-by-Step Guide to the Te Arotūriki Process - CONTINUED

DETAILS OF PROPOSAL STAGE

How to get started and questions to ask

1. Does your organisation have a Māori Business Development Manager/Team, or a Māori Strategist, Māori focus group, or Māori research leader? If so, ask them about any existing relationships with Māori, or any contacts that might be useful.
2. If you don’t have these relationships, try to identify people that do – they can be useful “door-openers”. Your contacts might help you find the right people. For extra assistance, you can also ask the Māori Unit of ERMA.
3. To correctly identify the key stakeholder, you need to think about who might be most affected by your research, either now or in the future. This should include thinking about implications for those in a specific geographical area (eg landowners if it is a field trial, etc.).
4. Are there any implications for a particular sector of activity? If so, what are the organisations, community groups or hapu/iwi that are most likely to be interested and involved.
5. Is your research, or parts of your research likely to be significant for any national organisations?
6. Establishing a relationship with Māori entities should have wider benefits to your organisation, so it is not expected that you work alone.

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