Ko Taranaki me Te Atiawa ngā iwi

Ko Ngati Haupoto me Te Mate Hou ngā hapū

Ko Te Potaka rāua ko Waiwhetu ngā marae

Ko Sam rāua ko June oku mātua

Ko Peter Jackson taku ingoa

My father and mother were kaumatua for many years in Wellington. When my father passed away in 2013, my mother roped me in, and, in what I think of now as a six-year apprenticeship, she schooled me to be a kaumatua like my father.

I am now a Wellington based cultural consultant and work with a number of organisations in the city as a kaumatua as well as a board member.

A commerce degree from Victoria University and a background in small business ownership, and property investment have given me a solid understanding of management, governance, and the mechanics of organisational success.