This guide was created to help communities and organisations run their own just transition processes in response to challenges like climate change, rapid technological change, employment changes in regions and the transition to renewable energy in a way that fairly shares both the positive and negative effects.

The idea of 'just transitions' has been around for decades. Responses to major challenges including climate change are amplifying its importance to communities. What does it mean today for Aotearoa New Zealand? How is it shaped by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and te ao Māori the Māori worldview? What actions are communities already taking? And how could communities mobilise the vision and leadership to change how we approach the challenges and opportunities ahead and ensure no one is left behind?

This guide offers practical ideas, methods and tools enabling communities to come together to solve problems in ways that work better for everyone. It draws on tikanga and mātauranga Māori, and includes brief case studies of transitions led by iwi, hapū and Māori communities, as well as other communities around Aotearoa.