Hoki Whakamuri, Haere Whakamua | Become a dynamic Treaty partner

Hoki Whakamuri, Haere Whakamua | thinking back, going forward – our webinars in audio.

 

This webinar, Te Tiriti – Take action: Become a dynamic Treaty partner, was hosted in February 2022. We take you and your organisation forward in actioning Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Hear from our Te Tiriti podcast guest speakers as they kōrero with Kaye-Maree Dunn.

 

About the Presenters Dr Kathie Irwin

Dr Kathie Irwin  MNZM, PHD, MInstD is a third generation Māori, woman, educator. Her whakapapa is traced from diverse sources: Ngāti Porou, Rakaipaaka, Ngāti Kahungunu, the Orkney Islands, Scotland and Ireland.This interview outlines how public service and social justice are deeply embedded in her bloodlines. Her passion inspires her to contribute to nation building in innovative and creative ways that are framed by Ngāti Porou tipuna Sir Apirana Ngata’s whakatauākī (proverb) “E tipu, e rea”. This proverb speaks to the possibilities of bicultural and bilingual models of change that create authentic social inclusion, cultural intelligence and pluralism.Throughout her career Kathie has championed Māori Development, anti-racist education and Mana Wahine / Māori Feminisms.

Ali Hamlin-Paenga

Ali Hamlin is the Kaihautū – CEO of Ngāti Kahungunu Community Services, a kaupapa Māori organisation providing housing solutions & social support services across the wider Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) region. Ali provides her insights into how Te Tiriti informs her practice when advocating for equity and fair outcomes for whānau.  She wants to ensure that whānau, no matter where they might be in life, have their mana intact, that they have the power and decision-making over their own lives.

Dr Chelsea Grootveld

Dr Chelsea Grootveld has worked in education policy, research and evaluation for the past 15 years.  She is Director of Aiko Consultants Limited and is currently working with a team of kaupapa Māori centred evaluators on a formative evaluation of Te Pūtahitanga, the Whānau Ora commissioning agency for Te Waipounamu (South Island).  Chelsea’s affiliations are to Ngai Tai, Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau ā Apanui, Te Whakatōhea and Te Arawa