Step 1: Set Up Your Profile - Update your profile photo - Add your details (including where you serve) Step 2: Read & Understand - Read our Kawa (Rules) - Understand that this space is here to grow your leadership in a way that honours your whakapapa, your whānau, and your future ancestors Step 3: Introduce Yourself Post in the “Who’s in the Whare?” / Introduction category and include: - Ko wai koe? (Who are you?) - Name (Ingoa) - Role & organisation - If alumni: which season and whānau - Where you’re joining from - Why you’re here - Favourite kai - One intention for your Te Tihi Tapu journey - What will help you get to your next taumata (level) Step 4: Engage with the Community - Comment on at least one other person’s post to tautoko (support) them Step 5: Start Learning - Go to the Classroom - Complete the “Start Here – Orientation” module

Kia ora e te whānau. Te Tihi Tapu is a deliberate pathway. "Ki te Tihi Tapu o Angitu”, climb toward your highest peak. Your definition of success. But this journey is bigger than personal growth. It exists to move Māori and Pasifika leaders to the decision-making table with mana, credibility, and authenticity intact. We have 7 Pou that guide that journey. This is not “fake it till you make it.” This is foundation first. You don’t change who you are. You upgrade who you are. You’ll revisit: - Tika - Pono - Aroha - Kawa - Strategy - Cultural intelligence Because strong leadership is built deliberately. If you’re the smartest in the room, it’s time to find another room. This is not a space for spectators. It’s a space for contributors. Te Tihi Tapu is a deliberate journey to the decision-making table grounded in Indigenous leadership as a superpower. If you’re here to grow, lets GO!