1:1 and Group Leadership Coaching

Lead well. Live well.

Stronger teams. Better results. Less stress. Leadership that actually feels good.

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Kānuka Wellbeing and Leadership Coaching

Leadership doesn’t have to feel heavy.

Lead with confidence, lift your team’s results, and stay energised — all while avoiding burnout, even on tough days.

We'll Help You To:

Walk Calmly into Tough Conversations

Back Yourself, instead of Second-guessing

Feel Energised, not drained

Actually Enjoy your Mahi again

Build real confidence

Lift performance and get better results

Confidently tackle the things you’ve been avoiding

Strengthen trust and connection with your team

Set healthy patterns to avoid burnout

You don’t have to do leadership alone.
Let’s make it easier — and a whole lot more enjoyable.

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Practical, straight-up support that builds real confidence

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No fluff — you get real value every session

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A space for honest kōrero that actually helps

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Learn how to stay steady, even when work gets crazy

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Clarity and action, not confusion and delay

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Specific actions with accountability that keeps you moving

You’ll leave each session knowing exactly what to do next — with clarity, direction, and one clear action to take straight away.

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A te ao Māori approach to leading well and living well

Our coaching takes a te ao Māori view of you as a whole person – your energy, your whānau, your mahi, and the people you care for.

You don’t ned to be Māori to benefit from this approach. Being a good kaitiaki so you can manaaki others can support all leaders to lead in a grounded and sustainable way.

Alongside this you’ll also build practical leadership skills backed by science. These skills will improve your confidence, communication, focus, and decision making.

We help you look after yourself first (good kaitiaki) so you can show up well for and better manaaki your whānau, your team, your organisation, and the other kaupapa you’re involved in.

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Testimonials

Client Feedbacks

Annabel Johns

Kahu Taurima Team Lead, CMDHB

“It has been incredibly impactful personally and professionally. It has really helped me to look at how I work and challenge my own habits. Wiremu used really simple techniques that were easy to integrate into practice yet often had an immediate and significant impact. It has also spilled over into my personal life as these skills have proved really transferrable.”

Alex Deas

Team Lead, Poutiri Trust

“Every single session you come away with gems of wisdom and things to think about, and that helps us to serve others better. Be it in a leadership capacity or working with clients, you’re giving more of yourself because you understand yourself better and you’re striving to be a better person all the time.

I have coaching every fortnight, we set goals and talk about struggles. We’re working on something that is really challenging for me in terms of leadership, and that’s in conversations. We work through strategies of how to do that at the moment. I feel like I’m growing as a leader, and my team benefit from that because they’re getting all of those learnings passed forward to them.”

“Every single session you come away with gems of wisdom and things to think about, and that helps us to serve others better. Be it in a leadership capacity or working with clients, you’re giving more of yourself because you understand yourself better and you’re striving to be a better person all the time.I have coaching every fortnight, we set goals and talk about struggles. We’re working on something that is really challenging for me in terms of leadership, and that’s in conversations. We work through strategies of how to do that at the moment. I feel like I’m growing as a leader, and my team benefit from that because they’re getting all of those learnings passed forward to them.”

Rebecca Hawke

CEO, Cheal

“Coaching is one of the most understated but valuable parts of your programmes. Coaching one-on-one enabled us to get down deeper into each individual and then adjust the pathway for each of them so that they might meet the end result in a way that worked for them. The participants really found that valuable. They found it very exposing at times, which is why I think it was so successful – because it caused people to really take a good look at themselves, and they couldn’t just hide away.”

Matt Ryder

Cheal Consultants

“People who have been through this programme with the Kānuka team definitely say there’s a positive, very, very positive vibe, and people actually change for the better significantly. I can say this for myself as well. It’s not just your professional life; it’s also your life outside of work. The tools that you obtain are transferable into everyday life. It’s not just a work thing; it’s a life thing. I’ve seen that personally.

One of my team members said to me, ‘I did not think I would get this far in two sessions,’ and that her whole worldview on some things had changed.

You learn about yourself, you learn about the triggers that cause you to go into those stress spirals, and you’re able to identify that early and make adjustments to get back onto the right course.

“People who have been through this programme with the Kānuka team definitely say there’s a positive, very, very positive vibe, and people actually change for the better significantly. I can say this for myself as well. It’s not just your professional life; it’s also your life outside of work. The tools that you obtain are transferable into everyday life. It’s not just a work thing; it’s a life thing. I’ve seen that personally.One of my team members said to me, ‘I did not think I would get this far in two sessions,’ and that her whole worldview on some things had changed.You learn about yourself, you learn about the triggers that cause you to go into those stress spirals, and you’re able to identify that early and make adjustments to get back onto the right course.

Hariata Vercoe

“This experience gave me the time and space to really reflect on how I’ve always done things, and challenged me to think deeper about where my values come from. Sometimes we concentrate so much on the mahi, we actually forget why we do the mahi that we do, and why we’re here.

What stood out to me was the kōrero that emerged; it helped me reflect on my own expectations and assumptions. It wasn’t just personal growth — the benefit for our team has been powerful. It actually brought us closer together. We now have a greater understanding of each other, and it’s solidified us more as a management team.

That’s really crucial for the mahi we’ve got — because we’re leaders in our own right, and we’re expecting others we’re leading to come on board. But if you’re not sure where you’re going, it’s hard to give the team you’re leading that same vision.

For me, this process was about reassuring ourselves of why we’re here, and where we’re going.”

“This experience gave me the time and space to really reflect on how I’ve always done things, and challenged me to think deeper about where my values come from. Sometimes we concentrate so much on the mahi, we actually forget why we do the mahi that we do, and why we’re here.What stood out to me was the kōrero that emerged; it helped me reflect on my own expectations and assumptions. It wasn’t just personal growth — the benefit for our team has been powerful. It actually brought us closer together. We now have a greater understanding of each other, and it’s solidified us more as a management team.That’s really crucial for the mahi we’ve got — because we’re leaders in our own right, and we’re expecting others we’re leading to come on board. But if you’re not sure where you’re going, it’s hard to give the team you’re leading that same vision.For me, this process was about reassuring ourselves of why we’re here, and where we’re going.”

Kirsty Maxwell-Crawford

“I’ve done leadership programmes before, and I’d sit in those courses and think to myself, ‘That doesn’t quite fit how we work as a Māori organisation.’

With Kānuka, they customise the programme to where you’re at, and everything can be applied straight into our mahi. I love that the team and I can apply things, and then the next session Kānuka have taken how we’re applying things and built on that.

Everything we’re doing is really relevant — not only relevant to our kaupapa, but also to the context of where we’re at at the moment as an organisation. Kānuka has supported us to think about those things more intentionally, to think about how we use our time, how we activate our organisational values, our uara, and embed that in what we’re doing.”

“I’ve done leadership programmes before, and I’d sit in those courses and think to myself, ‘That doesn’t quite fit how we work as a Māori organisation.’With Kānuka, they customise the programme to where you’re at, and everything can be applied straight into our mahi. I love that the team and I can apply things, and then the next session Kānuka have taken how we’re applying things and built on that.Everything we’re doing is really relevant — not only relevant to our kaupapa, but also to the context of where we’re at at the moment as an organisation. Kānuka has supported us to think about those things more intentionally, to think about how we use our time, how we activate our organisational values, our uara, and embed that in what we’re doing.”

Kate Brown

Executive Director, GLISPA

“The coaching made a critical difference to how I thought about what I should be doing versus what I could get other people to do, and where the best value of my time was. A lot of my coaching was around time.

Another goal we worked on was supporting my son, who was about to go to university, to leave the nest effectively while not collapsing into a heap in the corner. Kānuka really helped me through that. We focused on the Te Whare Tapa Whā approach, and that mixture of real knowledge about what it takes to be functional and successful in work, combined with Māori values and perspectives, was really important for me.

It helped me move to the next level in the work that I do. I really recommend Kānuka and the whole team for their thoughtful approach, which helped me improve my revenue stream while at the same time creating the type of work-life balance I want — to be effective in my overall life, not just in a work setting.”

“The coaching made a critical difference to how I thought about what I should be doing versus what I could get other people to do, and where the best value of my time was. A lot of my coaching was around time.Another goal we worked on was supporting my son, who was about to go to university, to leave the nest effectively while not collapsing into a heap in the corner. Kānuka really helped me through that. We focused on the Te Whare Tapa Whā approach, and that mixture of real knowledge about what it takes to be functional and successful in work, combined with Māori values and perspectives, was really important for me.It helped me move to the next level in the work that I do. I really recommend Kānuka and the whole team for their thoughtful approach, which helped me improve my revenue stream while at the same time creating the type of work-life balance I want — to be effective in my overall life, not just in a work setting.”