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Waikato Principals' Association
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WAIKATO PRINCIPALS' ASSOCIATION
WPA A. G. M. POSTPONEMENT DATE:
DUE TO THE COUNTRY CHANGING TO COVID-19 "ORANGE" LEVEL,
THE WPA AGM WILL NOW BE HELD AT OUR
TERM 2 MAKING CONNECTIONS DAY, THURSDAY 16TH JUNE 2022
MAKING CONNECTIONS DAY'S 2022
TERM 2 THURSDAY 16TH JUNE - Shay Wright
Māori generally fall within the bottom 80% of indicators that the New Zealand' Government uses to measure wellbeing, and Māori are nearly three times as likely to be unemployed and/or convicted of a criminal offence.
Shay is working to empower the next generation of Maori entrepreneurs and leaders through the organisation he co-founded, Te Whare Hukahuka.
From the Far North iwi of Te Rarawa, Shay has been a champion for indigenous empowerment and leadership his whole life. He is particularly passionate about purpose-driven business and social enterprise. Shay worked in the Māori business development at The Icehouse, where he learnt a lot about start-ups, market validation and business models. In 2016, Shay was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia-Pacific for his efforts, and in 2019, was named an Obama Fellow.
Shay’s involvement with Inspiring Stories has been long-standing. He has attended and/or spoken at Festival for the Future multiple times. Shay was the inaugural winner of The Impact Award for Enterprise in 2019, and is a sought after speaker represented on Inspiring Speakers – the social enterprise speaker bureau run by Inspiring Stories.
TERM 3 THURSDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER
TERM 4 THURSDAY 3RD NOVEMBER
All events to be held at Claudelands Events Centre
Hamilton
WPA SCHOOLS CHALLENGE
FRIDAY 3RD JUNE 2022
6PM CAMBRIDGE HARNESS RACEWAY
GET IN QUICK, THIS IS OUR LAST TIME EVER OF THE WPA SCHOOLS CHALLENGE RACE NIGHT
SAVE THE DATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WPA STUDY TOUR 2022
TERM 3, WEEK 3, TUESDAY 9TH - FRIDAY 12TH AUGUST