The Aotearoa Collaborative Working Group is an initiative by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), providing a platform for Aotearoa New Zealand members of RIAA to actively participate and collaborate on critical responsible investment and sustainability issues.
It aims to contribute to evolving best practice in responsible investment, sharing knowledge and work to align these with Aotearoa New Zealand's responsible investment and policy priorities. Through quarterly in-person events and shared insights, members commit to improving responsible investment outcomes within the group and influencing their own organisations and the wider investment community.
This meeting will follow the working group's regular agenda items including updates on the Educating, Advocating, and Connecting workstreams. For the Educating session, we will be joined by Daniel Hikuroa, Associate Professor at University of Auckland who will be presenting an introduction to the Mauri Model and how it is relevant to our work. Acknowledging the increasing interest in nature-related disclosures in Aotearoa and as mentioned in the ACWG workplan, investors are beginning to turn their attention to how we define, measure, and value nature in decision-making.
The Mauri Model, created by Dr Kēpa Morgan, is a "decision-making framework that combines a stakeholder assessment of worldviews, with an impact assessment of indicators to determine sustainability and trends over time. The Mauri Model measures mauri in four dimensions – environmental wellbeing (Taiao), cultural wellbeing (Hapū), social wellbeing (Hapori) and economic wellbeing (Whānau).
Further details on the agenda for this meeting will be shared soon.
About the contributors
About the speakers
Catherine Bodnar
(Co-chair of RIAA's Aotearoa Collaborative Working Group) & Investment Analyst
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Trust Management Investments Limited
Catherine joined Trust Management investment team in 2023, as a secondment opportunity from the community trust Foundation North, where she provided support to the executive team and board, gaining insights into the philanthropic sector and not-for-profit governance. Catherine has a Bsc majoring in Statistics and is working toward a GradDip in Actuarial Sciences. She is also a board secretariat for the Rule Foundation who supports rainbow communities and takatāpui to flourish and pursue systemic change for future generations. Catherine holds a certificate in Te reo Māori Kura pō-; Level 1, 2 and 3 from Unitec.
Dr Daniel Hikuroa
Associate Professor
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University of Auckland
Dan Hikuroa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Whanaunga, Pākehā) is a father, surfer, paddle-boarder, gardener, loves the taiao and is an Associate Professor in Māori Studies, Waipapa Taumata Rau-University of Auckland. Dan is an established world expert on weaving indigenous knowledge and science to realise the dreams of the communities he works with. Dan has been spearheading alternative ways of assessing sustainability, including braiding indigenous knowledge and epistemologies into policies, assessment frameworks and decision-support tools. Dan is UNESCO New Zealand Commissioner for Culture, member of Pou Herenga, Māori Advisory to the Climate Change Commission, has key roles within New Zealand's Centres of Research Excellence and advises national and regional government, communities and philanthropic trusts.
The Aotearoa Collaborative Working Group is an initiative by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), providing a platform for Aotearoa New Zealand members of RIAA to actively participate and collaborate on critical responsible investment and sustainability issues.
It aims to contribute to evolving best practice in responsible investment, sharing knowledge and work to align these with Aotearoa New Zealand's responsible investment and policy priorities. Through quarterly in-person events and shared insights, members commit to improving responsible investment outcomes within the group and influencing their own organisations and the wider investment community.
This meeting will follow the working group's regular agenda items including updates on the Educating, Advocating, and Connecting workstreams. For the Educating session, we will be joined by Daniel Hikuroa, Associate Professor at University of Auckland who will be presenting an introduction to the Mauri Model and how it is relevant to our work. Acknowledging the increasing interest in nature-related disclosures in Aotearoa and as mentioned in the ACWG workplan, investors are beginning to turn their attention to how we define, measure, and value nature in decision-making.
The Mauri Model, created by Dr Kēpa Morgan, is a "decision-making framework that combines a stakeholder assessment of worldviews, with an impact assessment of indicators to determine sustainability and trends over time. The Mauri Model measures mauri in four dimensions – environmental wellbeing (Taiao), cultural wellbeing (Hapū), social wellbeing (Hapori) and economic wellbeing (Whānau).
Further details on the agenda for this meeting will be shared soon.
