About RŌA
A kaupapa Māori consultancy built for strategy, economy and culture.
RŌA partners with organisations to confront the real issue, unlock new pathways and create outcomes that honour people, place and future generations.
We bring clarity, cultural integrity and commercial discipline into the spaces where decisions are made.
Why RŌA EXISTS
Our purpose is to disrupt the consulting industry by truly adding value.
We bring clarity, cultural integrity and commercial discipline into the spaces where decisions are made.
We enable organisations to move with confidence and create lasting impact for people, whenua and future generations.
Our mahi is grounded in three inter-connected Pou.
Rautaki Strategy
Bold strategy.
Clear direction.
Measurable outcomes.
Rautaki is about helping organisations understand where they are going, what needs to shift and how to move with purpose.
Ōhanga Economy
Stronger economies.
Shared prosperity.
Intergenerational value.
Ōhanga is about unlocking economic opportunity, strengthening capability and building pathways that create long-term value.
Ahurea Culture
Culture is capability.
Identity is an asset.
People are at the centre.
Ahurea is about strengthening culture, relationships and systems so organisations can move with integrity.
Pou Matua - Director
Teahooterangi Pihama
Prior to establishing RŌA, Teahooterangi Pihama spent 12 years in commercial banking and banking industry leadership.
Financially governing portfolios of diverse businesses has gaven him insight across a wide range of industries and the opportunity to deliver capital and financial solutions through a Waiaro Māori approach that looked for, understood and mitigated the true risk of a business.
In his previous leadership experience, Teahooterangi led Māori strategy within a national banking environment, influencing work across access to capital, organisational change, brand, communications, process improvement and product development. This gave him a rare view into how large organisations make decisions, where systems constrain Māori economic opportunity, and how strategy can be translated into practical, organisation-wide change.
He was the founder and co-chair of Tāwhia, the Māori bankers group, governance committee member of The Stewardship Code Aotearoa, associate director of Tainui Group Holdings, and was associate director of Te Mātāwai.
Through RŌA, Teahooterangi brings together commercial discipline, kaupapa Māori, governance experience and strategic truth-telling to support organisations ready to move differently.
Strategist | Governance | Advisor | Commentator | System Change | Transformation strategist
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