He Rangatira Leaders

Recognised for their contributions, service, vision, dedication and expertise towards constructive change and improvement to Māori health. We invite you to explore the Maori leaders who influence and contribute to Māori health and wellbeing.

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Hineroa’s professional contributions and leadership in the fields of mental health nursing, health education and Māori health leadership are exemplary.

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.

Titiro! Titiro ki te maunga tiitoohia, Runga o Parihaka. Ko Ngaati Moeahu me Puketapu ngaa hapū.

“Kāore te kūmara e kōrero mō tōna ake reka”- “The sweet potato does not say how sweet it is.” This whakataukī (traditional proverb) emphasises the value of being humble and is used as the foundatio

Tuari Potiki exemplifies leadership. His lived experience has been an asset in his career and personal development, and he has moved beyond recovery into a space that is about living life well.

Many years ago when I first met Tania Hodges at Hopuhopu, Māori services were looking at how business applied to Hauora.

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 filled with many experiences which are for him to te

Meretene (Mere) was born in Te Reinga, Wairoa.

Ko te kaingākau a te kaiārahitanga

Leadership and commitment

Tess believes that the end of life and dying are important opportunities for us to release the past, forgive, be forgiven, and to love without conditions.

He Rangatira Leaders

Hineroa Hakiaha

Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pukeko, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāi Tahu

Dr Jacquie Kidd

Ngāpuhi

Hayden Wano

Te Ātiawa, Te Ātiawa, Taranaki, Taranaki, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Awa

Dr Vanessa Caldwell

Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha, Te Rapuwai, Kāi Tahu

Tuari Potiki

Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha

Tania Hodges

Ngāti Haua, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Ranginui, and Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Barry Bublitz

Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāti Kohua, Tangahoe Taranaki ki Tonga

Mere Hammond

Ngāti Kahungunu

Te Ropu Poa

Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Te Rino, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahu

Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell

Ngāi Tai, Ngāti Porou