Having been a health leader in the sector twenty-three years, at local regional and national levels in the system, Tracee Te Huia has an explicit knowledge and understanding of the health and social atrocities related to Maori in Aotearoa. Shes worked in hospital and community settings and leads with a Matauranga Maori and tikanga lens.

Tracee led the Hawke’s Bay DHBs response for the first contemporary health claim in Aotearoa, WAI 692 which was related to the closure of the Napier Hospital. In addition, I was one of five researchers commissioned by the Ministry of Health to complete a one-year project to research historical negative impacts on Māori health from 1840-1995 to inform the Ministry and the WAI 2575 claimants. This report was submitted to the Ministry on the 22 August 2019 and was supporting evidence for the establishment of the Maori Health Authority.

Tracees held governance roles in Education, Local Authority and the NGO sector. She’s been a Hearings Commissioner for the Resource Management Act and is a current member of the Institute of Directors NZ. Tracee is well versed in both governance and management systems.

Currently, she serves as the Regional Director Northern for Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority. In this role, the Authority focuses on leading and monitoring transformational change to address the hauora health and wellbeing needs of whānau Māori.

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Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority confirms interim leadership appointments

He Rangatira Our Leaders

Ezekiel Raui is an outstanding young man who genuinely cares about the wellbeing of youth in this country.

Ruatau Perez is passionate about sharing his knowledge of Whare Wānanga, guided by his own Tūpuna to share an indigenous worldview of health and well-being for modern-day living.

Kirimatao Paipa has gained a wealth of knowledge and skills from her decades of work as a family violence practitioner, Kaupapa Māori researcher, and evaluator.

It is an honour to be asked to write this bio for my good friend Keri, a respected and renowned Māori leader.

Tracee Te Huia

Te Pōpoto, Uri Taniwha, Ngāti Rehia, Ngāti Kapotai ngā hapū Ngapuhi te Iwi He whāngai hoki ahau ki Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga

He Rangatira Our Leaders

Ezekiel Raui

Te Rarawa, Cook Islands

Ruatau Perez

Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi

Kirimatao Paipa

Ngāti Pōrou, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Tukorehe

Dr Keri Lawson-Te Aho, PhD (Psychology)

Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Samoan, Tahitian, Rarotongan, Native American (Blackfeet), McLaren clan (Scotland), Classen clan (Norway).