“a resourceful and uncomplicated guidebook” Cherie Chu, Victoria University of Wellington
Prepared by Cherie Chu (PhD)
Victoria University of Wellington
February 2017
The breadth of mentoring literature that has been researched and/or based within Aotearoa New Zealand contexts can be described as limited. In terms of the needs of the field, the demands of cultural understandings is on the increase. Further the attention on cultural perspectives and approaches in mentoring is also absent. So, when Holona approached me with his guidebook, I immediately became interested and excited in his proposed publication as a reviewer. The main theme of “Keeping it REAL” identifies the key purpose of the content which has been grounded in the solid mentoring and coaching experiences of the author – Holona. Such experiences have capably been blended with elements of theory and models used in the mentoring and coaching literature, globally.
I see this guidebook as being practical for a wide range of mentoring services and people-centred professions, such as teaching, policing, and nursing (to name but a few).
It is timely that this text has been created as mentoring is a fast growing movement for at least the past twenty years in Aotearoa New Zealand, with roots of development locked into much of the Western research. …
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