Kia ora, we’re Hapū Wānanga ki Taranaki

POUWHAKAHAERE - CEO & MĀORI MIDWIFE

Ko Taranaki te mounga

Ko Tokomaru te waka

Ko Te Atiawa, Ngāti Mutunga, Taranaki, Ngā mutunga, Ngāti Ruanui ngā iwi

Ko Kaipakopako te whenua me te tūrangawaewae

Ko Tawera Trinder tōku ingoa

Tawera is our Pouwhakahaere of Hapū Wānanga ki Taranaki, Tawera has nurtured this kaupapa since it's conception in 2018. She also practices as a Kahu Pōkai/midwife sharing hapūtanga journeys alongside whānau. Outside of mahi, Tawera indulges in adventurous travel with her partner and three tamariki. She is always down for a sneaky peak in the local op shops finding treasures. Lastly, Tawera enhances her wairua through traditional Taranaki poi.

KAIWHAKAHAERE KAUPAPA - PROGRAMMES MANAGER

Tū ake au ki raro i te korowai o te maunga titohea

He mokopuna au nō Taranaki

Ko Ngāti Mutunga, Te Ātiawa, ko Taranaki, ko Ngāruahine ngā iwi

Ko Aroha tōku ingoa

Aroha is our Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa - Programmes Manager. who leads our whānau engagement kaupapa and initiatives. Aroha is is passionate about supporting māmā as they transition into motherhood and helping whānau revitalise the art of community postpartum care. Aroha embodies her name, her love language is cooking food for others and is always there to offer a hot cuppa and a listening ear.

KAIĀWHINA - FACILITATOR & MĀORI MIDWIFE

Ko Tainui, ko Ngāpuhi ōku iwi

Ko Ngāti Mahuta, ko Te Uri o Hua ōku hapū

Ko Pukapuka, ko Mangaia ōku whenua ki te motu o Cook Islands.

Rose is one of our Kaiawhina as well as working for Hauora Maori Health directorate in Te Whatu Ora, within the Kahu Taurima team (Maternity and first 2000 days of pepi) as a Senior Advisor. Rose is passionate about ensuring wāhine are supported and empowered, so they can navigate their new journey into motherhood. When she isn't at mahi, she is busy doing DIYs around the house (which her husband is stoked about!) and making sour dough

KAIHĀPAI KAUPAPA- PROGRAMMES ASSISTANT

Ko Pihanga te wahine, ai ua ai hau!

Ko Tongariro te maunga

Ko Taupō te moana

Ko Tūwharetoa te iwi

He uri hoki o Ngāti Rehia

Ko Maymay ahau

Maymay’s passion for our kaupapa began when she attended one of our wānanga hapūtanga. She loves working with a group of diverse yet like-minded mana wahine. Her role is varied and includes in-person and behind the scenes support with a lot of our kaupapa.

She loves being a māmā to her 3 beautiful tamariki, who keep her very busy, a partner, as well as a fur-māmā to her kurī.

KAIHĀPAI ‘AUNTY’

Ki te taha o tōku pāpā

Ko Taranaki te maunga

Ko Waiongana te awa

Ko Tokomaru te waka

Ko Te Ātiawa te iwi

Ko Puketapu, ko Pukerangiora ngā hapū

Ko Muru Raupatu, ko Kairau ngā marae

Ki te taha o tōku māmā

Ko Pukuhika te maunga t

Ko Whanganui te awa

Ko Aotea te waka

Ko Te Āti Haunui a Pāpārangi te iwi

Ko Ngāti Hau te hapū

Ko Patiarero te marae

Ko Upokotauaki te whare

Ko Sarah Trinder ahau

Sarah’s background is working in the kāuta at her marae. Her heart is being with her whānau, hapū and iwi. Sarah loves working with whānau and tamariki. Where there’s a kaupapa she is there.

KAIHĀPAI ‘AUNTY’

E ngā Mana, e ngā Reo, e ngā Maataawaka o te motu tēnā koutou kātoa.

He uri tēnei o te Kahu Maunga me Te Tai Tokerau.

Ko ōku iwi Ko Te Ātiawa me Te Aupouri

Ko Owae Whaitara me Pōtahi ōku marae

I tipu ake au ki roto o Waitara

Ko Jade Noble tōku ingoa nō reira tēnā koutou kātoa.

Jade has had the privilege of working in Kōhanga Reo for the last 5 years and loved working with babies and their whānau, supporting and nurturing whānau is what Jade was raised to do.

‘Ehara toa i te toa takitahi engari he toa takitini’ My success (or my strength) is not that of a single person but instead the strength of many.

KAIĀWHINA

Ko Taranaki te mounga

Ko Waiongana te awa

Ko Tokomaru te waka

Ko Muru Raupatu te marae

Ko Te Atiawa, ko Ngāti Mutunga ngā iwi

Ko Puketapu te hapū

Ko Vienna Mclernon ingoa

Vienna is the newest member of the team. Vienna is loving learning about her Maori culture and all the mahi that comes with it. When not at work you’ll find her catching the rays at the beach, or with friends and family.

KAITAUTOKO

Ko Taranaki te maunga

Ko Waiongana te awa

Ko Tokomaru te waka

Ko Te Atiawa Nui Tonu te iwi

Ko Nicole tōku ingoa

Nicole enjoys supporting our kaupapa in the background with the occasional in-person experiences with our hapū whānau.

Nicole is raising her 3 tamariki in rural Taranaki.

Ko ngā tamariki ngā tino taonga o tēnei ao - Children are the true gifts of this world