Marihi Langford combines her experience in management and leadership with her passion for supporting others who suffer from mental health and addiction issues.
Tia Ashby
Tia Ashby
Tia Ashby is a highly accomplished professional with an impressive health, business management, defence, governance, and IT background.
Dr Lily Fraser
Dr Lily Fraser
MBChB, Distinguished FRNZCGP
Nicola Ehau
Nicola Ehau
Nicola Ehau has spent over 40 years providing support and expertise in mental health, Māori health, and workforce planning.
Cynthia Otene
Cynthia Otene
MHSc
Maungataniwha te Maunga
Tapapa te Awa
Mangamuka te Marae
Dr Willy-John Martin
Dr Willy-John Martin
He warmly describes his kaupapa as doing science that prioritises Māori health.
Tui Taurua-Peihopa
Tui Taurua-Peihopa
Tui Taurua-Peihopa is a fearless and influential leader within the tangata whaiora movement, dedicated to advocating for equity, dismantling stigma
Andre McLachlan
Andre McLachlan
For many years now Andre has led kaupapa Māori based workforce development by contributing to the advancement of innovative and dynamic kaupapa Māori based therapeutic resources.
Awerangi Tamihere
Awerangi Tamihere
For the past three decades, Awerangi Tamihere (MNZM) has dedicated her career to strategic health planning, organisational development, and the reform of social policies, with a primary emphasis on whānau development.
Dr Kuramaiki Lacey
Dr Kuramaiki Lacey
BDS
Dr Anne-Marie Jackson
Dr Anne-Marie Jackson
Dr Anne-Marie Jackson is a pioneering force in Indigenous science, kaupapa Māori research, and Māori education. With deep roots in rural Southland and whakapapa to multiple iwi, her journey reflects the aspirations of her late parents—hardworking woolhandlers who instilled in her a commitment to whānau, service, and excellence.
John Tamihere
John Tamihere
JT’s vision, leadership and genuine crossover appeal with Pākehā, has become a loss to politics but a major victory for urban Māori.
