Whāngaitia matua te tuakiri Māori

Nau Mai, Haere Mai ki Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust

Whāngaitia matua te tuakiri Māori -promoting the sustenance of Māori identity through investment, funding, and advocacy.

We support and accelerate Māori social and economic development by providing strategic leadership in education, skills, and workforce development.

Our Whānau

Kate Cherrington

Chair

Kate Cherrington was appointed to Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust on the 9th of January 2018. She is of Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi and Te Kapotai descent.

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Awerangi Tamihere

Director

Awerangi is the Chief Operating Officer for Te Whānau o Waipareira and the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency.

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Maria Ngawati

Director

Maria Ngawati is a Māmā and has worked across all parts of the Tertiary education sector for the majority of her career.

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Tatiana Greening

Alternate Director

Tatiana Geening has extensive governance experience for her iwi in local council, district health board, primary health organisation..

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Te Pūoho Kātene

Kaihautū (Executive Director)

Te Pūoho traces his heritage to the Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Tama tribes. A graduate of Stanford Business School and Fulbright Scholar, he is steadfast in his pursuit of holistic prosperity for Māori.

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Lynda McGregor

Administrator

Lynda brings to TPWT her knowledge of best practice governance, project management, event production and machinery of government.

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Victoria Fairweather

Tai Kōrero | Senior Comms Advisor

Victoria is an experienced communications and marketing professional and has had a long entrepreneurial career across various creative industries.

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NGĀ WHAINGA | THE GOALS

The Trust’s strategy has outlined four specific whāinga to achieve its moemoeā (vision) over the course of the map as presented here. It is these four Whāinga that sets the navigational chart for the Trust.