Kaiārahi 2022
These are the details of our local representatives from each rōpū who meet throughout the year to discuss issues, formulate actions and determine a work programme for the National office.
Tiana Pewhairangi Trego-Hall
Tumuaki Takirua
Te Rarawa, Tainui,
Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara
Graduate Diploma in Health Science
Tangaroa Ihaia
Pirihongi Paul
Tumuaki Takirua
Te Whare Tapu o Ngāpuhi,
Te Whare Tawhito o Muriwhenua
Phd in Art & Design - Māori and Indigenous Studies
Rosa
Hibbert-Schooner
Tumuaki
Te Arawa, Ngāti Whakaaue
Anna Belle
Pohatu
Tumuaki Tuarua
Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Te Reo Māori and Māori Indigenous Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Bachelor of Arts Double Majoring in Te Reo Māori and Māori and Indigenous Studies
Arapeta Paea
Tumuaki Takirua
Ngāti Hāmoa, Ngāti Rongomai, Te Aitanga A Hauiti, Ngāi Tai
Ruameto Hamiora
Tumuaki Takirua
Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāti Whakaue, Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao, Ngāti Pikiao, Tapuika
Master of Arts Māori and Indigenous Studies
Bachelor of Arts, Double major in Te Reo Māori and Māori & Indigenous Studies
Māhia Mete-Smith
WSU Vice President Māori
Te Aitanga ā Mahaki, Ngāti Porou, Tuhoe, Ngāti Awa
Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts
Major in Te Reo Māori
Harris Moana
Tumuaki
Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato
Brooklyn Greer-Atkins
Tumuaki Tuarua
Ngati Rakaipaaka, Ngāti Porou
Bachelor of Agricultural Science
Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Agriculture
Piripi Gordon
Tumuaki
Te Kawerau-a-Māki, Ngāpuhi
Anipatene Biddle
Tumuaki
Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngāti Maniapoto
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce Conjoint majoring in Commercial Law, Economics and Maori Studies
Bachelor of Global Studies majoring in Human Rights and Politics, specialising in Spanish conjoint with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Māori Studies and Anthropology
Jade Mill
Tumuaki
Ngāti Rangi, Te Ātihaunui-a-Papārangi, Ngāti Porou
Maapihi Rapana
Tumuaki Tuarua
Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Porou, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-a-Apanui
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Māori studies, minoring in Indigenous Development & Bachelor of Health Sciences majoring in Māori Health
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Māori Studies, minoring in Indigenous Development
Saylem Napia
Tumuaki
Arapera Taiapa
Tumuaki
Bachelor of Animal Science (Zoology)
Arihia Komene
Tumuaki
Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Porou, Te Arawa
Bachelor of Social Practice
Mason Lawlor
Tumuaki Takirua
Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Maru
Kelly Mitchell
Tumuaki Takirua
Ngāti Mahanga
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Māori Studies
Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Māori and Māori Studies
Mikaela Matenga
Tumuaki
Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Porou
Bachelor of Social Work