Mana Rangatahi (MR)
Nau mai haere mai - Exciting news, 2026 registrations are open.
Mana Rangatahi is delivered across: Ōtepoti (Dunedin) | Ōamaru | Balclutha | Alexandra | Cromwell | Wānaka | Tāhuna (Queenstown)
With opportunities to join in person and online, there are more ways than ever to get amongst it.
Register your interest for these, by clicking here
Build your future | Discover how you lead | Join a global lifetime network.
It all starts with you.
Mana Rangatahi is our award-winning leadership and entrepreneurship programme for young Kiwis aged 15–24.
Since 2020, we’ve supported over 1,000 rangatahi across Otago and beyond to grow confidence, build real-world skills, and step into employment, enterprise, education and community leadership pathways.
This is more than a programme. Mana Rangatahi is a global lifetime network created to remove barriers to your success and connect you with mentors, opportunities, industry leaders, alumni and ongoing support.
And in 2026, there’s a new game changer: Innov8HQ’s Waka Roles. Using the waka as a metaphor for life and leadership, you’ll discover your own leadership profile, the natural strengths you bring to the journey, and how these can grow, shift and evolve across different stages of your lifetime.
What will you build?
Mana Rangatahi combines:
- Identity and self-awareness
- Leadership and entrepreneurship
- Confidence and resilience
- AI, innovation and future-ready skills
- Employment and learning pathways
- Real mentors, connections and opportunities
- Ongoing alumni and tuakana support
Start with a one-day intensive, followed by six weeks of two-hour sessions, delivered in person or online depending on your location.And when the programme finishes, the connection doesn’t.
Once you’re in, you’re in.
Mana Rangatahi is a global lifetime network designed to keep opening doors, removing barriers and helping you navigate what comes next.
Keen to get amongst it?
Your future doesn’t need to look like anyone else’s.
Discover who you are. Understand how you lead. Build from there.
Register your interest today by clicking here.
Got pātai? deb@innov8hq.com
Kia kaha. Kia māia. Kia tū pakari | Be bold. Be you. Be unstoppable.
