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 developmentthat 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 ofCorporate Social Responsibility as well as theCommunity and Social Sectorsfor 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 Practitionerswho 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, and currently Co-chairs the SociaLink Board in Tauranga as well as actively supporting community-led development in Katikati.

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