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Sacha McMeeking / Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga
MPhil (Cambridge University), LLM (Hons) (University of Canterbury)

Sacha is the Associate Professor of Māori Wellbeing at UC, having held leadership roles at UC and with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. She has designed and delivered tertiary leadership qualifications, as well as found joy in curating career stair-casing across the teams in which she has held leadership roles. Sacha enjoys fusing theory and practice to grow people in ways most relevant to their personal and professional aspirations, to inspire, activate and unleash potential.

Together, we have designed over 15 capability development programmes for organisations including:

  • Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
  • Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu
  • Canterbury District Health Board

In her academic role, Sacha has also designed three bespoke qualifications with a particular focus on leadership development.