Ko Ngā Rangatira

Neta Smith

Ko Neta Smith toku ingoa

Ko Jesse MuruPaenga toku Matua

Ko TePaia tai Puhi roa Maaka toku Whaea

Dr Heather Gifford

What is leadership, and how is it manifest in this competitive world? The challenge to write about Māori leaders is timely.

Dr Jacquie Kidd

Jacquie is more of a quiet leader who usually prefers not to be ‘front and centre’. She was brought up in a mostly Pākehā environment but had a strong bond with her Ngāpuhi kuia (grandmother), Tirohia Amy.

Te Poa Karoro (Paul) Morgan

Te Poa Karoro (Paul) Morgan is a modern Māori leader advancing his people into a more positive future carrying their history with them.

Andrew Waa

Andrew Waa is a public health academic whose research work has focussed on how we can eliminate tobacco-related harm among whānau Māori and achieve a Tupeka Kore vision for Aotearoa.

Alisha Tamepo-Pehi

As a nurse, Alisha Tamepo-Pehi is passionate about making a real difference in families through her mental health mahi.

Terry Huriwai

Terry would like to describe himself as quiet, shy and retiring. Many of those who know him may agree. The humble, compassionate gentleman who sits

Rāwiri Pene

Nau te rourou nāku te rourou ka ora ai te iwi

With your basket and my basket together we will flourish

Boyd Broughton

Since 2003, when Boyd Broughton began his career in health with Hāpai te Hauora, he has supported te ao Māori within health services through various roles in NGOs, government agencies, tertiary institutions, local councils, Marae Committees, and other community groups.

Paora Messiah Te Hurihanganui

Paora firmly believes in using traditional sites of significance as authentic connections for positive individual and collective transformation and Whakapapa as pathways to optimum health and well-being.

Tuhakia Keepa

Tuhakia is committed to supporting initiatives engaged in developing Māori communities with a passion for health, building the workforce, and sharing the value of Te Ao Māori.

Dr Sylvia Van Altvorst

I am grateful for the opportunity to write about this extraordinary wahine toa. I am lucky to have done my psychiatry training in Sylvia’s wake.