Ko koe te taonga. He ara ō kaha.
You are the treasure. Your strengths are the path.
Hiwa Collective is an Indigenous coaching and leadership practice certified in CliftonStrengths, helping individuals, leaders, iwi and organisations discover their strengths, grow their confidence, and lead with purpose.
Grounded in Te Ao Māori | Certified CliftonStrengths Coach | Supporting Individuals, Leaders, Teams & Iwi Across Aotearoa
Strengths-based development for every stage of your journey.
Whether you're seeking personal growth, developing your leadership capability, or strengthening a team, Hiwa Collective provides coaching and development grounded in te ao Māori and CliftonStrengths.
We work with iwi, leaders, individuals and organisations who are ready to lead from their strengths - authentically, sustainably and with cultural integrity.
Strengthening Leaders. Empowering Teams.
He aha tō mātou rerekētanga - What makes us different
Indigenous-led
Hiwa Collective is founded and led by a wahine Māori coach. Our kaupapa is not a cultural overlay - it is the foundation everything is built on. Te ao Māori is not an add-on. It is the lens through which all of our mahi flows.
CliftonStrengths Certified
Francesca is a certified CliftonStrengths coach - one of a small number in Aotearoa integrating this globally proven methodology with Indigenous frameworks. CliftonStrengths and whakapapa speak the same language: your strengths are not learned, they are who you are. When leaders understand this, everything changes. The result is a coaching experience that is both evidence-based woven together with mātauranga Māori.
Whole-person approach
We don't coach the professional self and ignore the rest. Using Te Whare Tapa Whā, we work with the whole person - Taha Tinana, Hinengaro, Whānau, and Wairua - because that is where sustainable leadership lives.
Our mahi - Who we work with
Individuals
Discover the strengths you already carry
Leaders
Lead with confidence and authenticity
Organisations and Iwi
Build stronger teams through strengths-based development
Ko wai a Hiwa Collective?
Hiwa Collective takes its name from Hiwa i te rangi - the youngest star in Matariki. She is the whetū we turn to with our hopes, our moemoeā, and our intentions for the year ahead.
Grounded in te ao Māori and certified in CliftonStrengths, Hiwa Collective exists to help people discover the strengths they already carry and learn how to lead from them with confidence.
We work with individuals, leaders, iwi and organisations who want to grow authentically, sustainably and with cultural integrity.
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Send us a karere and let’s figure things out together.