‘A long time in the making’ – Te Pūkenga asks for input

<h2>Over a year since New Zealand&&num;8217&semi;s controversial vocational education sector merger to &&num;8216&semi;reimagine and build world-class vocational learning for Aotearoa New Zealand&&num;8217&semi;&comma; Te P&umacr;kenga asks for feedback on how it operates&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Published to share its vision and purpose&comma; formerly New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology &lpar;NZIST&rpar;&comma; Te P&umacr;kenga&&num;8217&semi;s Operating Model is &&num;8216&semi;a description of the future experience for learners&comma; employers&comma; staff&comma; iwi and hap&umacr; and how as a network&comma; Te P&umacr;kenga will advance equity&comma; especially for M&amacr;ori&comma; Pacific&comma; and disabled learners and staff&&num;8217&semi;&period; And it wants to hear your thoughts&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Te P&umacr;kenga Chief Executive Stephen Town&comma; formerly chief executive of Auckland City Council&comma; took on the role in July 2020&period; He said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;As you’ll know&comma; reaching this point has been a long time in the making&period; This mahi started over a year ago and since then we’ve worked hard to bring together all the best parts of our vocational education sector together to design Te P&umacr;kenga&period; Thank you to everyone who has contributed to date&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;21268" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-21268" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-21268" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;schoolnews&period;co&period;nz&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;Stephen-Town-1-300x246&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"246" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-21268" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Stephen Town<br &sol;>&NewLine;Image&colon; tep&umacr;kenga&period;ac&period;nz<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Our Operating Model must help us to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in governance&comma; management&comma; and operations&comma; as well as acknowledging M&amacr;ori leadership in regional development&period; This is fundamental to the way we will all work to achieve equitable outcomes for &amacr;konga M&amacr;ori &&num;8211&semi; M&amacr;ori learners and their wh&amacr;nau &&num;8211&semi; as well as achieve equity between peoples in opportunity and outcome&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Town said this current phase of engagement by the country&&num;8217&semi;s largest tertiary education provider will be open until November 8 and will focus on&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>The services Te P&umacr;kenga will offer to meet the needs of learners&comma; their wh&amacr;nau and employers&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The experiences Te P&umacr;kenga wants people to have when learning&comma; teaching&comma; and engaging&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Some initial thinking about how &&num;8216&semi;we arrange ourselves to move closer towards equity and inclusion for underserved learners and communities&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Te P&umacr;kenga is seeking your feedback and engagement from everyone&comma; including learners and their wh&amacr;nau&comma; employers&comma; iwi and interested individuals and groups&comma;&&num;8221&semi; says Town&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I encourage you to ask questions about what is in the proposed Operating Model&comma; join one of our Operating Model presentation sessions with Te P&umacr;kenga senior leaders &lpar;details on how to register are set out in this newsletter&rpar;&comma; talk with your colleagues about the proposed Operating Model&comma; and provide feedback via our online engagement website at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;email&period;vocationaleducation&period;ac&period;nz&sol;MzA1LUFVWi0xNjMAAAGARA5QJMwg4zzNeyZbCFL9TlmIk0XI8p50fT7shzOPt&lowbar;jPfPvnKS5J9lTzESxkH9SYE4nKpGs&equals;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank"><strong><u>yourvoice&period;tepukenga&period;ac&period;nz<&sol;u><&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period; More details can also be found on our website <strong><u><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;email&period;vocationaleducation&period;ac&period;nz&sol;MzA1LUFVWi0xNjMAAAGARA5QJAV4kqCJcXh6kqNdmTnw48GHmHHOh66AUclDgdVHVSccpGIXmJB2X2kp1q6Lh82jSVA&equals;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">tepukenga&period;ac&period;nz&sol;opmodel<&sol;a><&sol;u><&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Kuhu mai in&amacr;ianei&excl; Get involved today&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This <strong><u><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;email&period;vocationaleducation&period;ac&period;nz&sol;MzA1LUFVWi0xNjMAAAGARA5QJLVss18nYSU3Pfv3IOBEMeeFOzjTp0lttr788q0caFhqa9vfiF8uGdE9f5LbXHDUy&lowbar;c&equals;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">video<&sol;a><&sol;u><&sol;strong> provides an overview of what Te P&umacr;kenga is doing and why input is sought&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;