Kaimahi

Megan Tunks

Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Te Whakatōhea

Kaiwhakahaere Matua
Chief Executive Officer

Ko Oariki te maunga
Ko Waipapa te awa
Ko Whitianga me Te Rere nga marae
Ko Te Whānau-a-Apanui me Whakatohea ōku iwi
Ko Te Whānau a Tutawake me Ngāti Patu, Ngāti Ngahere ōku hapu
Ko Megan Tunks tōku ingoa

Megan holds a Masters of Philosophy (Māori Health Education), a Diploma in Secondary Education and a Bachelor of Arts (Maori Studies). With over 20 years’ experience, Megan has worked for the Auckland DHB, Hapai Te Hauora Tapui and as a lecturer at Auckland University of Technology.

Renei Ngawati

Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Porou

Kaiwhakahaere Arotake, Rautake
Team and Project Coordinator

Ko Tuhipā ko Titirangi ngā maunga
Ko Taumārere, Ko Uawa ngā awa
Ko Ngatokimatawhaorua, Ko Horouta ngā waka
Ko Ngāti Porou, Ko Ngāti Hine ngā iwi
Ko Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ko Ngāti Te Ara/Ngāti Kōpaki ngā hapū
Ko Hinemaurea, Ko Te Rito ngā Marae
Ko Renei Ngawati ahau

Darrio Penetito-Hemara

Ngāti Haua, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tamaterā

Pouārahi
Training and Education Manager

Ko Maungatautari me Whakatere nga maunga
Ko Waikato me Waima nga awa
Ko Tainui me Ngatokimatawhaorua nga waka
Ko Ngati te Oro me Te Mahurehure nga hapu
Ko Raungaiti me Otatara Nga marae
Ko Ngati Haua me Ngapuhi nga iwi
Ko Darrio Penetito-Hemara ahau

Darrio is a former student of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi who went on to graduate from Unitec Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Sport majoring in management. Darrio now works at Toi Tangata with a focus on the project He Pī Ka Rere.

Matire Seath

Ngāti Whatua

Kaiwhakahaere Tari, Pūtea
Finance and Business Lead

Ko Tarawera te maunga
Ko Haranui te awa
Ko Mahuhu te waka
Ko Ngati Whatua ki Kaipara tonga te iwi
Ko Otakanini te hapu
Ko Otakanini te marae

Ko Matire tōku ingoa

Matire leads the planning, organising, directing and monitoring of the financial and business activities such as procurement, contract funding, compliance and maximising the utilisation of assets & funds of the organisation. Matire applies general business management principles to financial resources of Toi Tangata.

Toni Pivac

Ngāti Whātua, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Pūkenga

Kaiārahi Whakawhitiwhiti
National Communications Advisor

Ko Tokatoka te maunga
Ko Wairoa te awa
Ko Māhuhu ki te Rangi te waka
Ko Te Houhanga me Ōtūrei nga marae
Ko Te Uri o Hau me Te Popoto nga hapū
Ko Ngāti Whātua te iwi

Toni provides communications support by developing meaningful content and assisting with editing to add value to current and future communications of Toi Tangata. She holds a Bachelor of Communication Studies from AUT University.

Pianika Ormsby

Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Tainui, Te Arawa and Ngāpuhi

Kaiārahi
He Pī Ka Rere

Ko Mauao, ko Huruiki, ko Rangitūmau ōku maunga
Ko Tauranga te moana
Ko Ruamahanga te awa
Ko Takitimu, ko Ngātokimatawhaorua ōku waka
Ko Ngāti Ranginui, ko Ngāti Kahungunu, ko Ngāpuhi, ko Te Arawa, ko Tainui ōku iwi
Ko Pirirākau, ko Ngāti Hao ōku hapu
Ko Paparoa, ko Whakapara, ko Hurunui-ō-rangi ōku marae

Pianika is a Te Wharekura o Mauao and Pirirākau Kōhanga reo graduate with a Certificate in Health Science from Otago University. She coordinates the kaupapa Māori movement programme, He Pī Ka Rere, out of Tauranga and Whakatane. Hers is a partnership role between the Bay of Plenty DHB’s Toi Te Ora service and Toi Tangata.

Haylee Koroi

Ngāpuhi

Kaiārahi
CoDesign

Ko Whakarongorua te maunga
Ko Utakura te awa
Ko Ngātokimatawhaorua te waka
Ko Tauratūmaru te tangata
Ko Mokonuiarangi te marae
Ko Te Ngahengahe te hapū
Ko Te Pōpoto, ko Ngāpuhi oku iwi

Kia ora e te whānau! My name is Haylee. I hail from both from the valley of Utakura in the Hokianga, and the small pā of Pukepoto located just outside of Kaitaia. I have been living in Beach haven with my wider whānau my whole life, amongst many sporting families and whānau Māori. For the last few years I have worked with rangatahi Māori, supporting them to reconnect to all forms of whakapapa both human and non-human. My work within the space of public health, which started in 2018 has recently led me Toi Tangata! In particular I’ll be leading a process alongside communities to create a new kai resource to support parents with tamariki between 0 and 2 years. We’ll be traveling around New Zealand over the next four months to listen to and explore the knowledge housed within our whānau and Māori communities who have the most important job of feeding our tamariki and future leaders, a-wairua, a tinana, a hinegaro hoki.