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Te Hokinga ki Mauri

A Premium 4-Day Restoration & Transformation Retreat

Designed for executives, senior leaders, managers, health professionals, educators, community leaders, and those carrying significant responsibility, Te Hokinga ki Mauri offers a rare opportunity to step away from the demands of leadership and return to the source of your wellbeing, clarity, and purpose.

In a world of constant decision-making, performance pressures, and competing demands, this immersive four-day retreat provides the space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most. Grounded in Indigenous wisdom and set within the restorative beauty of nature, Te Hokinga ki Mauri supports sustainable leadership from the inside out.

Day One

Disconnect to Reconnect

Arrive, settle, and leave the demands of everyday life behind. Through intentional welcome experiences and guided reflection, participants begin the transition from doing to being, creating space for restoration and renewal.

Focus Areas

  • Leadership reflection

  • Intention setting

  • Stress decompression

  • Connection and belonging

 

Day Two

Restoring the Foundation

Great leadership begins with self-awareness and inner stability. This day invites participants to slow down, reconnect with themselves, and restore the internal resources often depleted by sustained responsibility and high performance.

Through nature immersion, Indigenous wellbeing practices, and restorative experiences, participants are supported to cultivate greater presence, resilience, and wellbeing.

Focus Areas

  • Burnout prevention

  • Nervous system restoration

  • Mental clarity

  • Personal wellbeing

 

Day Three

Transformation & Insight

Leadership often requires us to support others while neglecting our own needs. This day creates space for deeper reflection, emotional intelligence, and meaningful conversations that strengthen our capacity to lead with authenticity, courage, and compassion.

Participants are invited to explore the patterns, beliefs, and experiences that influence how they lead, communicate, and show up in the world.

 

Focus Areas

  • Emotional wellbeing

  • Self-leadership

  • Authentic leadership

  • Relationship and team dynamics

 

Day Four

Leading with Purpose

As the retreat draws to a close, participants integrate their insights and develop a renewed sense of direction for both their personal and professional lives.

Leaving with greater clarity, energy, and connection, participants are equipped to return to their roles with a stronger sense of purpose, presence, and sustainable leadership.

Focus Areas

  • Purpose and vision

  • Strategic reflection

  • Sustainable performance

  • Leadership renewal

Included Throughout the Retreat

✓ Indigenous Wellbeing Practices

✓ Leadership Reflection & Renewal

✓ Indigenous Sound Medicine

✓ Nature Immersion Experiences

✓ Luxury Accommodation

✓ Nourishing Cuisine

✓ Restorative Wellness Experiences

✓ Connection with Like-Minded Leaders

The Outcome

Te Hokinga ki Mauri is more than a retreat—it is an investment in the wellbeing of the person behind the role. Participants leave feeling restored, grounded, and reconnected to the clarity, resilience, and wisdom needed to lead themselves, their teams, and their communities with greater purpose and impact.

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Leadership Intergration Retreat

Full Day

Returning to Yourself

The journey doesn't end when the retreat concludes.

The Te Hokinga ki Mauri Integration Retreat is an exclusive follow-up experience for graduates of our Executive Renewal Initiative. It offers a dedicated space to pause, reconnect and gently integrate the insights and restoration experienced during the four-day immersion into everyday life.

Returning to work, whānau and the responsibilities of leadership can easily draw us back into familiar patterns. This retreat supports you to remain connected to the person behind the role, so that your renewed sense of self continues to guide the way you live, lead and serve.

During the retreat you will:

  • Reflect on your journey since Te Hokinga ki Mauri.

  • Reconnect with your mauri and personal intentions.

  • Strengthen practices that support your wellbeing.

  • Share honest kōrero within a trusted community.

  • Restore your energy through rest, nature and gentle restorative practices.

  • Create a personal pathway for living with greater balance and authenticity.

 

Our Philosophy

At Native Wisdom, we believe lasting change begins with the person, not the position.

We don't teach you how to become someone else. We create the conditions for you to remember who you are beneath the responsibilities you carry.

Because when the person is restored, the leader naturally follows.

"We don't transform people. We create the conditions for them to remember who they have always been."

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