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Shane Te Ruki

 

 

Shane Te Ruki
(Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou)

Shane Te Ruki is an artist and specialist in Tikanga Māori. Shane was one of the early wave of Māori Artists who attained the Toi Iho Māori Made Mark, a trademark of authenticity for Māori artworks. Shane has produced three publications that outline the uniqueness of the Maniapoto region and its people.

 

Niketi Toataua

 

 

Niketi Toataua
(Ngāti Maniapoto)

Niketi Toataua is a highly skilled and trained practitioner in the ancient art of Mau Rākau, and teaches his unique and distinctive style to men and woman of all ages. He is also a man of numerous other talents and abilities, a skilled artist and performance artist, an accomplished choreographer, musician, composer and producer, a seasoned navigator and astronomer, as well as a qualified lecturer and teacher.

Tania Simpson

 

 

Tania Simpson
(Ngāti Manu, Ngāti Maniapoto) (Master Matauranga Maori, Te Wananga o Raukawa)

Tania Simpson is the founding director of Kōwhai Consulting and Oceania Group Ltd and has won a range of business awards. Tania is a trained negotiator and practiced facilitator and has over 18 years experience in Māori development including business, education, land development, environment and Treaty issues. She is a current board member of Mighty River Power, a Board Member of the Ruapehu, Whanganui, Rangitikei Tourism Major Regional Initiative and a member of the Institute of Directors. In September 2005 “Her Business” magazine profiled Kowhai’s Executive Director, Tania Simpson as one of seven successful Māori women in business.

 

Sheena Tepania
(Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa, Te Aupouri, Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa) Bachelor of Law

Sheena is an Enrolled Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand and has a background in the areas of Resource Management Law and claims to the Waitangi Tribunal. A strong advocate for Māori, she primarily focuses on kaupapa Māori encompassing law and environmental policy and planning. Sheena is a board member on the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.

 

 

 

 

 

Shane Te Makau Te Ruki
(Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou) Researcher/Artist/Cultural Consultant

Shane has a lifelong commitment to the maintenance and preservation of tikanga and te reo Māori. Shane leads wānanga on tikanga, is a trained teacher of the Te Ataarangi method of Māori language teaching. He is a member of Te Paewhakawairua – Māori advisory committee to National Archives and is a graduate of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo. Shane is a member of the management Board of Te Kohanga Reo o Oparure. He is a Trustee for Te Kōpua Marae and Tui Trust.


 




 
     



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