Our People.
Kingi Kiriona
Mana Whakahaere – Managing Director
TupuOra Education and Development Ltd.
Iwi: Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Apa
Quals: MA (with distinction), PG.Cert (Te Reo Māori), BA (Screen Media & Māori), BMPA, Te Toi Reo Māori (licensed Te Reo translator and interpreter), Te Panekiretanga
Other Roles
Māori Television Service, Board Director
Ministerial Appointee, Think Tank – Te Ahu o te Reo Māori, Te Kawa Matakura
Tutor, Te Iti Kahurangi Kapahaka
Te Waipounamu Teinakore
Mana Whakahaere – Managing Director
TupuOra Education and Development Ltd.
Iwi: Waikato, Ngāti Hauā
Quals: MEd (with first class honors), PG. Dip (Literacy & Numeracy), B.Ed, BMPA, Te Panekiretanga
Other Roles
Mātanga (Principal Advisor), Te Hurihanganui
Chairperson, Te Iti Kahurangi Inc.
Jamie Lambert
Kaiwhakahaere – Whanaketanga (Business Development)
Iwi: Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi
Quals: MPhil (First Class Honours, First Division), BA (Education & Māori), BMPA, PGDipArts (Education), Dip. Tertiary Teaching, Dip. Māori
Other Roles
Lead Programme Designer, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Māori Research and Capability Co-ordinator, Wintec
Former Chairperson, Te Iti Kahurangi Inc.
Jessica Walker
Pou Ruruku (Project Manager) — Te Ahu O Te Reo Māori, Te Reo PD for teachers
Iwi: Waikato, Te Aupōuri
Quals: Masters of Teaching and Learning, BA (Tikanga & Te Reo Māori), BMPA, Diploma — Documentary Directing
Other Roles
Kaiako — Te Reo Māori, Ngā Puna o Waiōrea, Western Springs College
Paraone Gloyne
Pūkenga (Contractor), Te Ahu O Te Reo Māori
Iwi: Raukawa ki Wharepūhunga, Ngāti Maniapoto
Quals: Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo, B.A Māori
Other Roles
Tutor / Leader, Mōtai Tangata Rau Kapahaka
Chairperson, Tainui Waikato Cultural Trust
Tainui Delegate, National Board, Te Matatini
Beau Stowers
Contractor — Capability Development, Translation
Iwi: Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Awa
Quals: Masters of Teaching and Learning, BMPA, Te Panekiretanga
Other Roles
Teaching Fellow, University of Waikato
Alex Hotere-Barnes
Pūkenga (Contractor), Te Ahu O Te Reo Māori
Iwi: Pākehā with affiliations to Mātaatua, Tainui and Te Tai Tokerau
Quals: MA (Hons), Te Pīnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi PhD candidate
Other Roles
Senior Researcher / Evaluator, Core Education
Accredited PLD Facilitator, Ministry of Education
Expert Partner, Kāhui Ako, Ministry of Education
Ngahuia Kopa
Pūkenga (Contractor) Te Ahu O Te Reo Māori
Iwi: Ngāti Raukawa
Quals: Bachelor of Teaching (Primary), Registered Teacher, Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo
Other Roles
Tutor / Leader, Mōtai Tangata Rau Kapahaka
Kaiako (Teacher), Ngā Purapura o Te Aroha Wharekura
Tokoaitua Winiata
Kaiwhakarite Hōtaka — Programme Developer (Contractor),
Te Ahu O Te Reo Māori
Iwi: Ngāti Raukawa, Toa Rangatira
Quals: Bachelor of Teaching, SenTe Panekiretanga
Other Roles
Kaiako (Teacher), Ngā Taiātea Wharekura
Jarred Boon
Pūkenga (Contractor), Te Ahu O Te Reo Māori
Iwi: Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Apakura
Quals: MMPD (First Class Hons), P.G Dip Int / Trans Māori (Distinction), Grad Dip Tch, Golden Key Society Member
Other Roles
Senior Lecturer — Toi-Ohomai Institute of Technology
Co-editor — He Puna Kupu He Manawa aa-Whenua
Former Chair — S.W.C.F.C Inc