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Our team are deeply experienced in Te Tiriti education and group facilitation. Groundwork was founded by Jen Margaret in 2015. We are now a core team of kaimahi delivering accessible and impactful Te Tiriti education to organisations and individuals across Aotearoa. Our tangata Tiriti facilitators respond to the call from tangata whenua to be active in building Te Tiriti honouring change. We work under the guidance of both tangata whenua and tangata Tiriti.
Jen Margaret
Jen is Pākehā, of Cornish, Scottish, Danish and German ancestry. Her ancestors arrived in Te Wai Pounamu in the 1860s. Raised on the Canterbury Plains, in the rohe of Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki, Jen was a late learner about Te Tiriti, first engaging with it at university in the 1990s. Since then, she’s been active in Te Tiriti education and has been guided in this work by many inspiring Māori and Pākehā people.
Groundwork was established by Jen Margaret, a dedicated advocate and educator for Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Jen is a knowledgeable and skilled facilitator. A recipient of Winston Churchill and Loxley Fellowships, Jen has researched the work of non-indigenous allies in North America, Australia and Aotearoa. Jen is driven by the question posed by her mentor Mitzi Nairn, “How might we be the honourable people that the rangatira thought they were entering into relationship with in 1840?”
Jen lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She collaborates with colleagues around the country to provide workshops and services that support personal, organisational and societal change. During 2026, Jen stepping away from day-to-day management of Groundwork to focus on developing new Te Tiriti resources.
victoria owen
Victoria began working as a facilitator with Groundwork in 2019, she is managing Groundwork for 2026. Of Pākehā, English, Scottish and Irish descent, she was born and raised in Aotearoa.
Victoria is one of Groundwork’s deeply experienced Te Tiriti facilitators.
Victoria has been involved in Te Tiriti education for more than 20 years, working alongside central and local government, and with community organisations. Victoria is skilled in group facilitation and adult education. She enjoys working with organisations to design strategies and put them into practice, including through training and resource development for people on the ground.
victoria owen
Victoria began working as a facilitator with Groundwork in 2019. Of Pākehā, English, Scottish and Irish descent, she was born and raised in Aotearoa.
Victoria is one of Groundwork’s deeply experienced Te Tiriti facilitators.
Victoria has been involved in Te Tiriti education for more than 20 years, working alongside central and local government, and with community organisations. Victoria is skilled in group facilitation and adult education. She enjoys working with organisations to design strategies and put them into practice, including through training and resource development for people on the ground.
Louise chamberlain
Louise is of Scottish, Irish, Cook Island, and Niuean descent. She was born in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and raised in the seaside village of Paekākāriki.
Louise helps organisations translate Te Tiriti o Waitangi into practical actions.
Louise has spent much of her career working to improve outcomes for communities across Aotearoa. Her work has focused on strengthening understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and translating it into practical actions that support more equitable outcomes. Louise develops clear, workable approaches that help organisations give effect to Te Tiriti in their day-to-day practice.
Hannah Kyle-Parker
Hannah is of English and Irish descent. She was born in Ōtautahi and raised in a small town in the Kaimai Ranges.
Hannah keeps Groundwork running!
Hannah has skills in accounts, IT and Human Resources and has worked in government, NGOs and the private sector. Hannah has also been an active member of a number of community conservation groups over the last 15 years.
Hannah brought her skills to Groundwork in 2020. She set up and runs our online learning system and supports our work through her organisational and systems management skills.
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Stephanie Turner
Ngāti Raukawa
Steph is a highly skilled and experienced executive leader and facilitator.
Steph’s recent work has focused on improving health service provision and the health system using indigenous knowledge, Māori worldviews and solutions.
Her career has been centred in embedding and enacting Te Tiriti o Waitangi within institutions. Steph has worked in leadership roles across health, kaupapa Māori services, and the arts. She has a research background focused on Māori worldviews of art as therapy and is currently working towards her PhD in Indigenous Advancement. Steph is a strong advocate of the facilitation of mana motuhake, shifting power and resource to Māori-led organisations and initiatives/solutions designed by whānau, hapū and iwi.
Stephanie Turner
Ngāti Raukawa
Steph is a highly skilled and experienced executive leader and facilitator.
Steph’s recent work has focused on improving health service provision and the health system using indigenous knowledge, Māori worldviews and solutions.
Her career has been centred in embedding and enacting Te Tiriti o Waitangi within institutions. Steph has worked in leadership roles across health, kaupapa Māori services, and the arts. She has a research background focused on Māori worldviews of art as therapy and is currently working towards her PhD in Indigenous Advancement. Steph is a strong advocate of the facilitation of mana motuhake, shifting power and resource to Māori-led organisations and initiatives/solutions designed by whānau, hapū and iwi.
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