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Revd Dr Wayne Te Kaawa

Ko Putauaki te maunga
Ko Takanga i o Apa te wai
Ko Tūwharetoa te iwi
Ko Ngāti Umutahi te hapū
Ko Hahuru te marae
Ko Revd Dr Wayne Te Kaawa tōku ingoa

Tuatahi, ka tika, me mihi au ki a Kai Tahu whanui mō o rātou manaakitanga. I te tau kotahi mano, iwa rau, iwa tekau mā rima, i timata taku hikoi i te ao mātauranga i Te Whare Wānanga o Otago. He pūkenga ahau inaianei i te Matai Whakapono. Ko te Atua me ona ahuatanga katoa tōku kaupapa. I mua i taku hokinga mai ki Otago, he minita ahau kei roto i a Te Aka Puaho i ngā pariha o Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe, Te Arawa me Te Whakatohea. I tēnei wā he minita ahau ki te hapori Māori i Ōtepoti.

Megan Potiki

Megan hails from Ōtākou and is of Kāi Tahu and Te Ātiawa descent. She has been a full-time lecturer in Te Tumu and has recently shifted to .8 at the Office of Māori Development, with .2 at Te Tumu. Her role at the Office of Māori Development is “Kaitohu Mātauraka.” Her key focus is on leading the Universities engagement with mana whenua and cultural design and development of cultural narrative. She also represents OMD internally and externally providing a mana whenua and Māori oversight, with advice on tikanga and engagement. Ultimately supporting the development and achievement of the goals of the University’s Maori Strategic framework. Her research interests are focused on the loss of te reo Māori at Ōtākou and the written Māori archives of the past that have a particular geographical focus on her tribal region of Kāi Tahu in the South Island of New Zealand.

Heidi Renata

Made in 75, Heidi Renata is the Co-Founder and Chief Energy Officer of INNOV8HQ and a proud blend of Ngāpuhi, Scottish and Irish descent.

Having spent 13 years at the forefront of technology in the ICT sector, she was recognised in 2015 as one of Vodafone New Zealand's top business leaders, and in 2016 co-founded INNOV8HQ, the first indigenous modelled co-working space in the world.

Heidi is a popular keynote, with her Culturally Curious Wahinepreneur series in Aotearoa and overseas. She shares her journey through how to discover and build identity and culture through your mahi/work.

Heidi's work provides expertise to businesses and community leaders around the world. Her dynamic and personable style inspires female and indigenous entrepreneurs and leaders and she has been guest speaker at over 90 events throughout her career.

Her passion for indigenous business modelling and leadership strategies expands to guiding government initiatives and projects in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

5 x Fun Facts about Heidi

• She was a tour guide throughout the UK and Europe in early 2000's and among many destinations, she completed over 220 tours to Stonehenge and Bath
• She is the 100% Pure New Zealand, Neat Places - Dunedin Ambassador for the Never have I ever Tourism campaign
• She was interviewed and selected for in an American Documentary called Outside the Valley' a documentary showcasing Startup Founders around the world.
• She is an enthusiastic student of Japanese Drumming - Taiko Drumming
• Her favourite movie of all time is The Sound of Music.

Hinerangi Himiona

Hinerangi is from Ngāpuhi and Ngati Toa Rangatira iwi and resides in her ancestral rohe of Taiāmai which rises up and is surrounded by volcanic cones between the Hokianga in the west and Pewhairangi (Bay of Islands) in the east.

She is a descendant of many signatories to He Whakapūtanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is deeply committed to honouring and enlivening the understandings, agreements and aspirations her tupuna had for a better place and future for their descendants and also for those who were yet to arrive here and make this place their home. Her role as Principal Advisor on the He Tohu project and resulting exhibition of the same name is a major highlight of her life.

Hinerangi has 30 years’ experience as a researcher, facilitator, project manager and problem solver. Her strength is in working with people, individuals and communities and her experience spans the marae, to the boardroom, council chambers to local and central government offices and building sites. She is equally comfortable working in homes and on marae with kaumatua and whanaunga over a cuppa and korero, speaking with iwi leaders on whanau and iwi development to advising senior executives within local and central government.

Hinerangi is currently the Principal Advisor Māori on the 'Tāhuhu - Preserving the Nations Memory' programme. This programme is a multi-year programme working to upgrade and expand the physical infrastructure, storage capacity, and digital support for Archives New Zealand, the National Library and Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision.

Hinerangi and her whanau have resided in te Tai Tokerau - Northland since 2004 and enjoy the rural lifestyle which enables them to be active members of their marae, whanau and community. Her husband Bernard Makoare is a practicing pūkenga toi, carver and designer, they often collaborate on projects. Together they have six children and five mokopuna, soon to be six.

Bernard Hamiora Makoare

Te Uri o Hau; Ngāti Whatua
Te Waiariki, Te Kai Tutae; Te Rarawa Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu

I live with my wife Hinerangi and our children in the Taiāmai region the inland Bay of Island. We are heavily involved as a contemporary Māori whanau, with our ancestral obligations to all of our marae across the region.

Traditionally taught as a wood carver I am a practising artist/designer. My work is a reflection of my heritage, my environments and the importance I place in whanaungatanga or relationships between people, heritage, places and significant objects.

I am privileged to have been one of three Ngāti Whatua representatives to the Auckland Museum Taumata-a-iwi for nearly 20 years. Also during this period I have been an active member of the Haerewa committee advising the Auckland Art Gallery, Te Toi o Tāmaki. These experiences have afforded me the opportunities to be active in projects throughout the country involving ancestral artefacts and the reconnection with the communities from which they originated. Further more I have been privileged to be involved in the creative and meaningful application of culture within these leading cultural institutions.

I have experience in the public services sector in the departments of Justice and Social Welfare. I joined Auckland City council following the amalgamations on the late eighties and worked in Community services and then as the facilitator and manager of the first Māori research collection and team at the Auckland City libraries during the 1990-s. During this time I was a founding member of the Māori support network in Council “Whai-a-tihi”. I have participated as a judge on the judging panel of the Creative New Zealand “Creative places award” for Local Government initiatives. Also the establishment and facilitation of the “Auckland City Arts Agenda” and contributed to the Auckland City “A sense of Place” document by the late Brian Toy.

I am personally committed to the fields of tribal and cultural revitalisation and I have been actively involved in activities in this respect for Te Runanga o Ngāti Whatua, Ngapuhi, Te Rarawa and other Iwi organisations, over the past 30 years. This includes overseeing the production of a significant publication of Ngāti Whatua ancestral taonga called “HONO” in 2009, and extensive efforts towards Māori language revitalisation.

The challenges of being a practising artist in terms of the relevance of my work and and messages that I want to express, are aspects that I welcome in my artistry. In recent years I have completed several exhibitions as a solo artist and in collaborations with others creative people from all walks.

Outside of my personal artistic aspirations there have been great experiences with the design team FJMT and Archimedia with Lindsay Mackie, for the Auckland Art Gallery and also as the leader of the Māori design team TUWAO for the Auckland Zoo Te Waonui project; SHED 10 on the Queens wharf; the Glen Innes Music and Arts centre “Te Oro” again with Lindsay Mackie and Archimedia+; Hobsonville point development with Isthmus; the development as a team of invited consultants, of acomprehensive Arts strategy for Ngapuhi; design consultancy with Cliff Whiting for the cultural design dimensions of the “He Tohu” exhibition at National Library; and most recently as brand designer for the inaugural “Putake o te Riri” event to commemorate the conflicts formerly known as the land wars and in particular the Northern Flagstaff conflicts; in terms of creating a modern Māori dimension in these significant public spaces, events and design projects.

The opportunities to work with David Irwin and Helen Kerr of Isthmus on the Hobsonville point development has been an eye opener and a chance to develop principles even further within the scope of a significant and complex vision.

Until the present I have worked closely with Phil Wihongi and team of the Auckland Design Office(ADO) to develop understandings and practices which relate to “design KAWA” founded upon the values of MANA (the delicate balance of power & authority per the late Rev. Māori Marsden) and MIharo (the aspiration of seeking the extraordinary).

I am currently Chair of Toi Ngāpuhi arts agency and Advocacy

Tania Te Whenua

Tania Te Whenua (Tūhoe, Whakatōhea) BA LLB AGNZ is principal of Te Whenua Law and Consulting, assisting organisations and the Crown to realise a commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi and enhance responsiveness to Māori.

Within the Waitangi Tribunal Tania acts on a number of social justice claims including representing the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the New Zealand Public Service Association with respect to their claims against inequities facing wahine Māori in employment; the former NZ Māori Council Chair Maanu Paul with respect to climate change; and the Wahine Toa movement representing acute levels of discrimination suffered by women associated with gangs and their whānau.

Tania also consults directly to organisations seeking to implement the Treaty of Waitangi in practice. She is a Chartered Associate Member of Governance New Zealand and an Executive Committee Member, Governance New Zealand Women on Boards supporting the strategic implementation of Treaty frameworks within a number of organisations including Te Taumata, the Māori International Trade Forum administered by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Tania is also a member of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Rivers Advisory Committee, a Local Government Development Contributions Commissioner and an Executive Committee Member of Lawyers for Climate Change Action NZ.