Uenuku Consulting empowers diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to take flight - grounded in the unique context of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
We support groups, individuals, and organisations to embed DEI at strategic, tactical, and operational levels through offering resources, training, and a broad range personal consultation services nationwide.
Te Whānau o Uenuku | Our Consultants
We have a range of passionate and experienced consultants ready to empower you and your organisation to enact change.
Sam Duffy (he/him)
Connor is the founder of Uenuku Consulting, and creator of the Ōhanga Rearea framework. Connor has worked in takatāpui and rainbow inclusion since the early 2010s, beginning in LGBTQIA+ youth work and development. He has worked with Q-Youth Inc. in Whakatū | Nelson, and InsideOUT Kōaro as one of the organisation’s first chairs and employees. Further to this, he has designed and implemented takatāpui and rainbow services at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington, and Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University.
Connor recently received the 2024 Rainbow Excellence Awards’ Supreme Winner category on behalf of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University, and is an accredited Workplace Inclusion Professional (regs. 2024).
Aaria Dobson-Waitere (she/her)
Connor is the founder of Uenuku Consulting, and creator of the Ōhanga Rearea framework. Connor has worked in takatāpui and rainbow inclusion since the early 2010s, beginning in LGBTQIA+ youth work and development. He has worked with Q-Youth Inc. in Whakatū | Nelson, and InsideOUT Kōaro as one of the organisation’s first chairs and employees. Further to this, he has designed and implemented takatāpui and rainbow services at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington, and Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University.
Connor recently received the 2024 Rainbow Excellence Awards’ Supreme Winner category on behalf of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University, and is an accredited Workplace Inclusion Professional (regs. 2024).
Ellyn Rose Smith-Whatley (he/they - Rangitāne o Wairau)
Connor is the founder of Uenuku Consulting, and creator of the Ōhanga Rearea framework. Connor has worked in takatāpui and rainbow inclusion since the early 2010s, beginning in LGBTQIA+ youth work and development. He has worked with Q-Youth Inc. in Whakatū | Nelson, and InsideOUT Kōaro as one of the organisation’s first chairs and employees. Further to this, he has designed and implemented takatāpui and rainbow services at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington, and Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University.
Connor recently received the 2024 Rainbow Excellence Awards’ Supreme Winner category on behalf of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University, and is an accredited Workplace Inclusion Professional (regs. 2024).
Julian Tanaka (he/him)
Connor is the founder of Uenuku Consulting, and creator of the Ōhanga Rearea framework. Connor has worked in takatāpui and rainbow inclusion since the early 2010s, beginning in LGBTQIA+ youth work and development. He has worked with Q-Youth Inc. in Whakatū | Nelson, and InsideOUT Kōaro as one of the organisation’s first chairs and employees. Further to this, he has designed and implemented takatāpui and rainbow services at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington, and Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University.
Connor recently received the 2024 Rainbow Excellence Awards’ Supreme Winner category on behalf of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University, and is an accredited Workplace Inclusion Professional (regs. 2024).
Connor McLeod (he/they - Rangitāne o Wairau)
Connor is the founder of Uenuku Consulting, and creator of the Ōhanga Rearea framework. Connor has worked in takatāpui and rainbow inclusion since the early 2010s, beginning in LGBTQIA+ youth work and development. He has worked with Q-Youth Inc. in Whakatū | Nelson, and InsideOUT Kōaro as one of the organisation’s first chairs and employees. Further to this, he has designed and implemented takatāpui and rainbow services at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington, and Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University.
Connor recently received the 2024 Rainbow Excellence Awards’ Supreme Winner category on behalf of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University, and is an accredited Workplace Inclusion Professional (regs. 2024).