About Natural Assets

Tessa Mackenzie started the company in 1998 with an emphasis on supporting people to develop their Natural Assets to achieve positive change.  Tessa offers facilitation, mentoring, and professional development with individuals, groups, organisations and communities. She specialises in community-led development that is collaborative and strengths based.

She also works with business who want to improve cultural competency and staff wellbeing through engagement in bespoke Social Change workshops and Programmes.  Having worked in areas of Corporate Social Responsibility as well as the Community and Social Sectors for two decades, Tessa understands how to support businesses to increase Social Value and maximise Social Impact.

A clinical background in Homeopathy together with BA in Social Policy and Post Grad Certificate in Professional Supervision (Social Work and Counseling), Tessa brings a wide perspective to her provision of Supervision for Social Workers and Complementary Health Practitioners who practice holistically with acknowledgement of wairua and mauri.

Natural Assets operates as a social business incorporating pro-bono, pay it forward, and community exchange in addition to paid services.  Tessa has held voluntary positions and contributed to community projects for most of her working life, including NGO governance positions (recently: SociaLink Tauranga Moana, Mauri Tau Mauri Ora – Rotorua). She also actively supports Community-led initiatives and currently co-coordinates the ‘Opuawhanga Community Resilience Network’ near Whangārei focussing on enhancing community connectedness, resilience and capacity building.

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Utilise your Natural Assets to Change for Good

“I trust Tessa, I value her opinion and I have no question about her integrity… I would highly recommend her… for all of the above and for her skill of getting to the point, getting to the core of what needs to be done. In a team situation, she is a brilliant facilitator… Tessa always manages to facilitate respectfully whilst bringing things out of people and getting them to talk – she creates a safe environment for people to do that and encourages a holistic approach, thinking outside of the square to get the best outcomes”    2007

Ali Kemp, Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki – Kaupapa Maori Mental Health Services

“Tessa is one who has the strength of will and the courage to bring the best out of people and of situations; to protect and cherish the ones left bruised and neglected; to give them a voice that can be heard and can make a difference; to create space for others to listen and to facilitate change.”

Christine, Relationships Aotearoa