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PROJECTS People & Community
Mahere Reo (Māori Language plan) Staff wellbeing
In early 2022 we developed a formal Māori language Ehara tāku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini
plan (Mahere Reo) for Excel Digital. My success is not mine alone, but it is the strength
of many
Our goal was to create a transparent plan with
activities and goals to help us become comfortable At Excel Digital, we acknowledge that our successes
speaking te reo words and phrases in our everyday are due to working together as a team. We seek to
work life. Having a formal plan enables us to be clear create a working environment where people enjoy
about what we’re trying to achieve, and it’s a way their work and feel they are supported. Initiatives to
of recognising when we have reached the language support staff wellbeing include:
milestones we have set ourselves.
• Partnering with EAP Services to deliver therapeutic
You can download the plan from our website. counselling interventions
• Financial assistance with professional
development programmes
• An active employee wellness team that provides
Whitireia Foundation scholarship leadership and oversight to help make the
wellness programme effective
Excel Digital offers a $2,000 scholarship to be
awarded yearly to a Māori or Pasifika student
studying either a Graduate Diploma in Publishing
or a New Zealand Diploma in Creativity.
In 2022 the scholarship was awarded to a student Community sponsorships
studying for a Graduate Diploma in Publishing. This
student has a particular ambition to “embody kaupapa It is important to us that we support the communities
Māori in the publishing industry, and to help support we live in and the charitable organisations we
those who will come after me.” At Excel Digital, we are work with. We provide sponsorship and support to
delighted to be able to support them in their mahi. numerous groups, causes and charities each year.
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