Kataraina Pipi is the mother of two young women, Maraea and Mere Arihi. She is also a musician, facilitator, evaluator, and an avid supporter of whānau and community development.
Barry Bublitz
Barry Bublitz
Barry is a mokopuna of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and Ngāti Kohua of Tainui but was raised in a staunch Methodist whānau in Taranaki. His early life is fi
Tricia Keelan
Tricia Keelan
Tricia wants to see eyes, hearts and minds open to the potential of Aotearoa as a Tiriti o Waitangi led nation.
Carlton Irving
Carlton Irving
Carlton Irving has worked in paramedicine, emergency management, and advisory roles with the goal of creating better health support for Māori.
Te Pora Thompson
Te Pora Thompson
Within the public healthcare sector, Te Pora Thompson-Evans has grounded her mahi in the vision of truly achieving Mana Motuhake.
Michelle Mako
Michelle Mako
Michelle Mako provides leadership and quality advice to support successful outcomes to eliminate inequities in cancer outcomes.
Dr Diana Rangihuna-Kopua
Dr Diana Rangihuna-Kopua
A competent psychiatrist with a moko kauae, fluent in te reo Māori, who can sit and play the guitar and tell really good stories.
Kerri Nuku
Kerri Nuku
Hutia te rito o te harakeke
Kei hea te kōmako e kō?
Kī mai ki ahau
He aha te mea nui o te ao?
Māku e kī atu
Dr Chellie Spiller
Dr Chellie Spiller
Chellie is a passionate and committed advocate for Māori business development.
Diane Koti
Diane Koti
Diane Koti is an expert in Indigenous development, Kaupapa development, Kaupapa Māori Research, psychology, and mental health. She is a passionate leader who works for fair, holistic, and whānau-centred health outcomes.
Kiriana Bird
Kiriana Bird
Dr Kiriana Bird is passionate about health, equity and Māori wellbeing.
Dr Lynne Russell
Dr Lynne Russell
I first met Dr Lynne Russell in 2013 when she was a speaker for a Preventing Māori Suicide Webinar Series hosted by the