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Te Kāhui Ahumahi

Te Kāhui Ahumahi is a governance group made up of Māori members of the Workforce Development Councils. This group supports the Workforce Development Councils to honour, give effect to and embed Te Tiriti o Waitangi and support Māori Crown relationships.

The members of Te Kāhui Ahumahi are:

Kāhui Ahumahi Chair, Muka Tangata

Turi Ngatai MNZM

Turi Ngatai MNZM, Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, is a Board member of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and a former school principal. He has served as a member of the interim Establishment Board for Muka Tangata, the Primary Industries WDC...
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Turi Ngatai MNZM

Kāhui Ahumahi Chair, Muka Tangata
Waihanga Ara Rau, Co-Chair

John Chapman

John Chapman, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau Apanui, is the owner and director of KAEA, an organization that delivers programs for Kāinga Ora, Māori Pacific Trades Training, and other community and whanau development entities. He has held senior positions...
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John Chapman

Waihanga Ara Rau, Co-Chair
Ringa Hora, Chair

Hinerangi Edwards

Hinerangi Edwards, Taranaki, Ngāruahine, Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Arawa is an executive director and co-owner of AATEA, a Kaupapa Māori professional services consultancy. She served as co-chair of the interim Establishment Board for Muka Tangata, the Primary Industries WDC, and currently chairs Ringa Hora, the...
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Hinerangi Edwards

Ringa Hora, Chair
Hanga-Aro-Rau, Co-Chair

Renata Hakiwai

Renata Hakiwai, Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine, Tūwharetoa, Waikato Tainui, is the Managing Director of HTK Group Ltd, an organization established in 2015 to provide Māori and indigenous professional services. With over 10 years of experience in senior executive and leadership roles,...
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Renata Hakiwai

Hanga-Aro-Rau, Co-Chair
Toi Mai

Rhonda Kite ONZM

Rhonda Kite ONZM, Te Aupōuri, Ngai Tākoto, Ngāti Kuri, is the Managing Director of Toi Te Hiku Trust, an economic development facilitator in the Far North specializing in screen, creative arts, cultural, and technology sectors. She has held executive and governance positions in...
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Rhonda Kite ONZM

Toi Mai
Muka Tangata, Chair

Erin Simpson

Erin Simpson, Taranaki, Te Atiawa, Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū, has had an extensive career in Horticulture and Vocational Education starting in the 1980s. His grassroots experience gives him a robust and insightful understanding of skill development pedagogy needed by learners to...
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Erin Simpson

Muka Tangata, Chair
Waihanga Ara Rau

Chantelle Bailey

Chantelle Bailey, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hāmoa (Lotofaga and Le’auva’a) is a Lead Structural Engineer at Aurecon, bringing over 25 years of experience in engineering with a specialization in structural and aircraft engineering. She has held positions at GHD, OPUS, and the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Chantelle actively...
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Chantelle Bailey

Waihanga Ara Rau
Waihanga Ara Rau

Tracy Davis

Tracy Davis, Ngāti Whatua, is Deputy Chair for Ngā Maunga Whakahii o Kaipara, the post settlement governance entity for Ngāti Whatua o Kaipara. He holds a number of other governance and advisory roles relating to infrastructure including the National Māori...
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Tracy Davis

Waihanga Ara Rau
Waihanga Ara Rau

Brendon Green

Brendon Green, Ngāti Hikairo, Ngāpuhi, is an experienced director with a portfolio that has focused on energy, climate change, asset management, and engagement with the Māori economy and Māori communities. He is currently on the board of Watercare, HIRINGA Energy Ltd and...
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Brendon Green

Waihanga Ara Rau
Waihanga Ara Rau

Daniel Haines

Daniel Haines, Te Rarawa, is the Head of Māori Outcomes for Eke Panuku Development Auckland. Recent employment includes Māori engagement and Treaty settlement work with Wynyard Edge Alliance and Auckland Council. He also was the elected president of the Auckland...
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Daniel Haines

Waihanga Ara Rau
Ringa Hora

Loren Heaphy

Loren Heaphy Te Atiawa, is the General Manager Destination and Attraction at ChristchurchNZ. She has previously held roles in a number of organisations in the tourism and events sector including ATEED, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Nelson Tasman Tourism, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology and World...
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Loren Heaphy

Ringa Hora
Muka Tangata

Kevin Ihaka

Kevin Ihaka, Ngāti Kuhungunu, is the founder and director of the FPS group of companies (FPS Forestry Ltd, FPS Forest Protection Services Ltd, FPS Geospatial Ltd). He is also holds governance positions with a number of organisations including being chair...
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Kevin Ihaka

Muka Tangata
Hanga-Aro-Rau

Stuart Lawrence

Stuart Lawrence, ko Uenuku te iwi, is Director – Programme Kaitautoko at Whatukura Ltd, a boutique consultancy firm where he has led a number of workforce development, pastoral care and community projects focusing on Māori and Pasifika development. He previously...
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Stuart Lawrence

Hanga-Aro-Rau
Toitū Te Waiora

Maria Ngawati

Maria Ngawati, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Porou  has more than 20 years’ experience in Māori health and education including positions with Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, Unitec Institute of Technology, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and AUT University. She has done extensive research and analysis...
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Maria Ngawati

Toitū Te Waiora
Toi Mai

Barry Soutar

Barry Soutar, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa, Ngāi-Tai-ki-Tāmaki, Ngāti Kahungunu-ki-te-Wairoa, is an executive-director of TORO Studios, a creative technology company based in Tairāwhiti, and a director of the AMO Collab, a collective of top export-focused creative production companies in New Zealand....
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Barry Soutar

Toi Mai
Ringa Hora

Hinurewa te Hau

Hinurewa te Hau Whakatōhea, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Maniapoto, Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa, is the General Manager of Creative Northland, the regional arts development agency for Te Tai Tokerau. With a wealth of experience as a business leader, she is a strong advocate for effective Treaty partnerships and the integration of Tikanga...
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Hinurewa te Hau

Ringa Hora
Toitū Te Waiora, Co-Chair

Matthew Tukaki

Matthew Tukaki, Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, is an experienced leader who is a champion for Māori health and social development. He is currently chair of a number of entities including the Ministerial Advisory Board at Oranga Tamariki, the National...
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Matthew Tukaki

Toitū Te Waiora, Co-Chair
Toi Mai, Co-Chair

Dr Kathie Irwin

Dr Kathie Irwin, Ngāti Rākaipaaka, is a passionate third-generation Māori educationist deeply committed to public service and social justice. Guided by Sir Apirana Ngata's whakatauāki "E tipu, e rea" (grow and thrive), she actively contributes to Aotearoatanga and nation building...
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Dr Kathie Irwin

Toi Mai, Co-Chair
Muka Tangata

Cheyenne Wilson

Cheyenne Wilson, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, is the founder and Managing Director of Te Kaharangi Hono, a specialist Māori Agribusiness and whenua Māori consulting firm. Cheyenne grew up in rural Southland and has a deep technical knowledge of farm systems....
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Cheyenne Wilson

Muka Tangata
Hanga-Aro-Rau

Gary Sue

Gary Sue, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Maru, Te Ātiawa, Ngāruahine, has a long-established career across the construction and infrastructure sectors and has extensive experience within the vocational education sector in Aotearoa. Having occupied different roles for Downer NZ and BCITO for...
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Gary Sue

Hanga-Aro-Rau
Ringa Hora

Fonteyn Moses-Te Kani

Fonteyn Moses-Te Kani, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāi Tahu, Tūhoe, is Poutiaki - Director, Māori strategy and indigenous inclusion at Westpac New Zealand. She is also a Director of Te Waiu O Aotearoa Trust and Tui Trust, and Co-chair of...
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Fonteyn Moses-Te Kani

Ringa Hora
Toitū Te Waiora

Hikitia Ropata

Hikitia Ropata, Ngãti Toa Rangatira, Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngãti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou, is currently the Executive Chair of the Ati Awa Toa Hauora Iwi Mãori Partnership Board.

Hikitia has a public policy background and has served as a senior...

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Hikitia Ropata

Toitū Te Waiora
Toitū Te Waiora

Martin Wikaira

Martin Wikaira, of Ngati Tuwharetoa and Ngapuhi, is a known Iwi leader and trusted former senior public servant. He has over 20 years' experience working in the Mãori Crown space, building and maintaining effective relationships between Mãori/Iwi and the...

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Martin Wikaira

Toitū Te Waiora
Waihanga Ara Rau

Ruma Karaitiana

Ruma Karaitiana Chairs the commercial arm of Rangitāne o Manawatū iwi as well as the Board of Education Services Limited and the Board of the Central Energy Trust. He has worked in governance for thirty years and served on many...
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Ruma Karaitiana

Waihanga Ara Rau
Toitū te Waiora

Dr Vanessa Caldwell

Dr Vanessa Caldwell, Kai Tahu, Kati Mãmoe, Waitaha, is currently the Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner. She has extensive experience in working as a clinician and manager in mental health and addiction services as well as in workforce development. Vanessa was...
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Dr Vanessa Caldwell

Toitū te Waiora
Ringa Hora

Dan Te Whenua Walker

Dan Te Whenua Walker (Tangahoe, Ngati Ruanui, Nga Ruahinerangi, Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Te Atiawa, Maniapoto, Tuhourangi and Pakeha) is an experienced leader in business development and relationship management with an extensive background in the IT and tech sector....

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Dan Te Whenua Walker

Ringa Hora
The Future of Māori Workforce Development in Te Tai Tokerau