Partnerships and engagement

Our engagement and partnerships build on our commitment to Te Tiriti and tangata whenua.

The University’s knowledge, expertise and teaching are a taonga. Through partnerships, we express this: we are accessible; we value our
students, alumni and donors; we are open and committed to iwi, communities, organisations, industry and international partners. With a strong sense of duty, we contribute to central and local government policy, and with our partners we translate research into meaningful outcomes for people.

The opening decades of the 21st century have shaped Auckland City into one of the world’s most diverse cities. Its exponential growth has laid bare issues of sustainability, equity and social justice. Our unique, distinctive and place-based perspectives make us a valued partner when working with others to meet these community and world challenges.

We take our benefits of this distinctive and diverse engagement, infused by our values and the Māori guiding principles of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and kaitiakitanga to the world and our global partnerships. This makes us a unique and highly valued partner of choice for the world’s leading organisations and industries.

Acting as a knowledge broker, we not only share our insights, knowledge and understanding with the world, we ensure that the best of what the world offers is brought back to our Pacific shores all.

• Strengthen and deepen our relationship with tangata whenua.
• An ambitious and relevant partner that is globally networked.
• Deep engagement with diverse Aotearoa and Asia-Pacific communities.
• Enduring relationships with prospective students, students, alumni and donors.
• Diverse student body reflecting our communities.
• Recognised and valued by our communities for the contributions we make towards a more sustainable future for all.

Strategic initiatives for priority one

Strengthen and deepen our relationship with tangata whenua

• Collaborate with tangata whenua to co-develop a framework with an ethos of service built on Māori values, to support our mutual commitment to deep and ongoing partnership.
• Develop focussed workplans with mana whenua in Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau to achieve shared outcomes.

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Strategic initiatives for priority two

An ambitious and relevant partner that is globally networked

• Develop a values-led framework to identify, prioritise, resource and manage global and local partnerships that are strategically aligned, diverse and ambitious, with a focus on transdisciplinary priority areas that support research and student and staff mobility
• Lead, sustain and deepen our global networks to enhance the international outreach of our University, staff and students and share the benefits with local communities
• Develop policy, process, staff and capability to simplify engagement with the University and facilitate access university capability
• Develop work plans with identified partners to achieve shared outcomes with a focus on transdisciplinary policy areas
  

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Strategic initiatives for priority three

Deep engagement with diverse Aotearoa and Asia-Pacific communities

• Identify and prioritise where University transdisciplinary excellence is matched to community needs and develop work plans to achieve shared outcomes.
• Realise our commitments to Tāmaki Makaurau, Te Tai Tokerau, Pacific peoples here and in the Pacific, and our diverse communities in Aotearoa through collaboratively developed workplans.
  

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Enduring relationships with prospective students, students, alumni and donors

• In collaboration with students, alumni and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Strategic Engagement determine relationship attributes for cohorts across their life stages with the University.
• Design a programme of engagement for seamless, rich and reciprocal relationships with individuals in their personas as prospective student, current student, alumnus, parent, employer and donor.
  

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Strategic initiatives for priority five

Diverse student body reflecting our communities

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