Papa Pounamu

Papa Pounamu
Focus area	How Inland Revenue Te Tari Taake is focusing on this
Te Urupare i te Mariu Addressing bias	We will continue to ensure all our people undertake unconscious bias learning. Our learning was updated in mid-2023 with a refresher module to specifically address bias in recruitment. We will review guidance for hiring leaders and recruitment panel members.
Hautūtanga kākano rau Fostering diverse leadership	Having leaders who reflect the diversity of New Zealand’s communities means we are more likely to understand diverse perspectives, value different worldviews, avoid assumptions and address bias. We actively support and develop future leaders from communities that have traditionally been underrepresented within the Public Service. We will continue to connect people to resources and learning showing the importance of building diverse relationships at work, including external development programmes for Māori and Pacific peoples, and continue to embed Te Pou o te Tangata, the way we do things at Inland Revenue Te Tari Taake (Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga and Mahi tika).
Te āheinga ā-ahurea Cultural competence	We will continue to connect people to a variety of learning options on cultural competency, and support both participation in learning and follow up actions they could take as individual or teams to ensure inclusive practices. In this context, this covers broad cultural competency across the many diverse groups and individuals at Inland Revenue Te Tari Taake, it will also link with Te Awatea – developing our Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Māori capability. We will continue to review and develop our cultural competency learning.
Ngā tūhononga e kōkiritia ana e ngā kaimahi Employee-led networks	Our employee-led networks, which we call people networks, foster many opportunities for our people to grow connections, create a sense of belonging and build their capabilities, as well as contribute to critical organisational decision-making. We will continue to support our networks and network leads to create action plans that support the purpose of the network within Inland Revenue Te Tari Taake and help leaders to see the value of employee attendance at network events. We will explore further opportunities for networks to support sector development opportunities for their members and continue to explore opportunities for networks to join up and co-host intersectional events.
Hautūtanga Ngākau Tuwhera Inclusive leadership	We will continue to add resources to our leadership learning library. We will support leaders to understand what inclusive leadership best practice is and areas they could improve on such as career development conversations and recruitment processes.