Kaimahi

Matire Seath

Ngāti Whatua

Tumu Whakahaere Taupua | Interim Chief Executive Officer
Kaiwhakahaere Tari, Pūtea | Finance and Business Manager

Ko Tarawera te maunga
Ko Haranui te awa
Ko Māhuhu te waka
Ko Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara tonga te iwi
Ko Ōtakanini te hapū
Ko Ōtakanini te marae

Ko Matire tōku ingoa

Matire is currently the interim Chief Executive Officer while Toi Tangata completes its recruitment process. Alongside this role, she continues to lead 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.

Connect with Matire at matire@toitangata.co.nz

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.

Connect with Toni at toni@toitangata.co.nz

Renei Ngawati

Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Porou

Kaiwhakahaere Arotake, Rautaki
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

Renei’s role undertakes the coordination of the team and assists with the development and extension of our current programmes. She implements the Toi Tangata strategy, taking the ideas and action and translating into tangible work activities and outcomes. Renei also assists with project proposals and funding applications as well as quality assurance activities, including reporting and measurement.

Connect with Renei at renei@toitangata.co.nz

Haylee Koroi

Ngāpuhi

Kaiārahi Mahi Auaha
CoDesign Lead

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

Haylee hails from both from the valley of Utakura in the Hokianga, and the small pā of Pukepoto located just outside of Kaitaia. She has experience working with rangatahi Māori, supporting them to reconnect to all forms of whakapapa both human and non-human. Her work within the space of public health led her to Toi Tangata where she leads a process alongside communities to create a new kai resource to support parents with tamariki between 0 and 2 years. Her role sees her traveling around Aotearoa 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.

Connect with Haylee at haylee@toitangata.co.nz

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.

Connect with Pianika at pianika@toitangata.co.nz

Danielle Jones

Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi

Kaitautoko
Administration Support

Ko Tongariro me Tarawera ōku maunga
Ko Taupo-nui-a-tia me Rotomahana ōku moana
Ko Ngāti Te Kohera me Tuhourangi me Ngāti Wahiao me Ngāti Manu me Ngāti Kura ōku hapu
Ko Ngāti Tuwharetoa me Te Arawa me Ngāpuhi ōku iwi
Ko Te Arawa tōku waka

Danielle completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at Victoria University of Wellington and is passionate about issues of development and mainstreaming Te Ao Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. She supports Toi Tangata’s kaupapa by providing administrative support.

Connect with Danielle at danielle@toitangata.co.nz