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Meet the team
Ko tā te rōpū o Ngā Pou, he tautoko i ngā whānau, i ngā kaimahi me te kaupapa o Te Kōhanga Reo mā te ārahi me te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga katoa o ngā whakahaerenga o Te Tari Matua o Te Kōhanga Reo.
The Executive Leadership Team supports whānau, kaimahi, and the Kōhanga Reo movement through leadership and oversight of all aspects of Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust operations.
Angus Hartley
Tumu Whakarae | Chief Executive Officer
He uri ahau nō Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi; Ngāti Apa, Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Tūwharetoa me Tainui hoki.
I tipu ahau ki Whanganui.
Hai Tumu Whakarae, ko ngā haepapa nui he ārahi, he whakahaere i ngā wāhanga katoa o te kaupapa, me te tuku kupu āwhina ki te Poari. Ko tētahi o ngā āhuatanga matua o tana tūranga, he whakarongo ki ngā whānau o Te Kōhanga, kia mārama ki ō rātau wawata, ki ō rātau hiahia.
I tau mai a Angus ki tēnei tūranga i te Kohi-tātea, 2019, whai muri i tana mahi i roto i Te Kōhanga Reo mō te rua tekau tau i roto i ngā mahi ahumoni, ā, nō muri iho ka noho ia hai Poumatua Ahumoni. Kua mahi ia ki ngā Ratonga Tūmatawhāiti, Tūmatanui anō hoki ki Aotearoa, ki Ahitereiria, ki Peretānia.
E whakahīhī ana a Angus i te ahu whakamua o te tipu pūtea mō ngā whānau o Te Kōhanga Reo, me te whakaaetanga o te Tohu Whakapakari hai hōtaka tohu paetahi, te ahu whakamua o ngā utu mō ngā kaimahi, e whakapai ana i ngā rawa o Te Kōhanga Reo, me te whakaniko i ngā whakahaerenga o Te Kōhanga Reo.
Mā te ngākaunui ia e ārahi ki te tautoko i ngā whānau kia kite i ō rātau wawata mō te ānamata, kia mahi tahi ki ngā whānau me ngā hapori kia ahu whakamua ai ngā whāinga me ngā wawata o Te Ara Tūāpae (tā mātau rautaki) kia whakapūmautia hoki te manawa piharau me te hūrokuroku o te kaupapa. Anā, ko Te Kōhanga Reo te kōwhiringa tuatahi mā te mokopuna.
Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au. Tihei mauri ora!
He uri ahau o Te Atihaunui a Paparangi; Ngāti Apa, Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Tūwharetoa me Tainui hoki.
I tipu ahau i Whānganui.
As Tumu Whakarae, Angus is responsible for providing direction, overseeing all facets of the organisation, and providing advice to the Board. One of the most important aspects of his role is listening to Kōhanga Reo whānau to understand their aspirations and needs and putting this into a wider framework to support the Kaupapa.
Angus came into the role in January 2019 following involvement in Kōhanga Reo over two decades in finance roles and latterly as Chief Financial Officer. He has worked in the public and private sectors in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
Angus is proud of the progress that has been made in growing funding for Kōhanga Reo whānau, achieving recognition of te Tohu Whakapakari as a degree programme, progressing pay parity for kaimahi, improving Kōhanga Reo property, and enhancing Kōhanga Reo operations.
He is driven by a passion to support whānau to realise their aspirations for the future, to work collectively alongside whānau and communities to progress the aims and aspirations of Te Ara Tūāpae (our Strategic Plan), and to ensure longevity and sustainability of the movement, where Kōhanga Reo becomes the first choice for mokopuna.
Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au. Tihei Mauri Ora!
Andrew Hema
Pou Pakihi Matua | General Manager Corporate Services | CFO
Ko Huiarau me Panekire ngā maunga.
Ko Waikaremoana te moana, ko Waiau te awa e whāngai nei i te whenua, i ngā tāngata hoki.
Ko Rangiāhua, ko Te Kūhā Tārewa ngā marae.
Ko Mātaatua, ko Ruapani, ko Kahungunu ngā iwi.
Ko Heiotāhoka taku ūkaipō.
Kua mahi a Andrew i roto i ngā tūranga Kaiwhakahaere Matua me ngā mahi whakawhanake pakihi i ngā Ratonga Tūmatawhāiti, Tūmatanui anō hoki ki Aotearoa, ki Ahitereiria, ki Peretānia. Ko ana wheako kei roto kē i ngā mahi Civil Engineering me te Draughting. Heoi anō, i tere tana anga atu ki ngā mahi pakihi, mātua rā ki ngā mahi Pūmanawa Tangata. I te tau tōmuri 1999, kāore tonu i tutuki tana tohu paerua, i hono atu a Andrew ki te Tari Matua o Te Kōhanga Reo. Anā, hai tā te kōrero, “ko te toenga, he hītori”.
He hōnore nui ki a Andrew te noho ki tētahi kaupapa hihiri i kite rā i te nui o ngā huringa pai.
I waho o te mahi, ko tana whānau, ko te tākaro hahaupōro i ētahi wā ngā mea pārekareka ki a ia. Ahakoa he mahi pūputu te tākaro hahaupōro.
Hai tā te waiata, e whakahīhī ana a Andrew kia tū hai Māori.
Ko Huiarau me Panekire ngā maunga.
Ko Waikaremoana te moana, ko Waiau te awa e whāngai nei i te whenua, i ngā tāngata hoki.
Ko Rangiāhua, ko Te Kūhā Tārewa ngā marae.
Ko Mātaatua, ko Ruapani, ko Kahungunu ngā iwi.
Ko Heiotāhoka taku ūkaipō.
Andrew has worked in senior management and business development roles in the private and public sector in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. With an initial background in Civil Engineering and Draughting, Andrew quickly changed direction and moved towards business and in particular Human Resources. In late 1999, armed with an incomplete MBA, Andrew joined Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust and as they say, the rest is history.
Andrew feels privileged to be a part of a dynamic organisation which has seen so much positive change.
Outside of mahi, it is his whānau and the occasional game of golf that he enjoys the most, although the latter is very occasional.
As the song goes, Andrew is proud to be Māori.
Titia Graham
Pou Whakangungu ā-Motu | General Manager, Training & Development
I whānau mai, i tipu mai i te whārua o Ruātoki e hokia tonu nei ki te karanga a taku maunga a Taiarahia, kia ūhia e taku tīpuna kuia e Hinepūkohurangi, kia purea e ngā hau miri o Te Urewera, kia kau i taku awa i a Ōhinemataroa e rongo anō ai au i te hā o matemateāone ki tōku ūkaipō, ki tōku iwi a Ngāi Tūhoe.
Ko te mātauranga Māori me te whakangungu te tino o ngā mahi a Titia. I mahi hai Kaiwhakaako mō te Social Services Trust, ā, e whā tau te roa ki a Rapuara. I tū hai Kaitohu o Te Kaiāwhina Ahumai ITO, ā, i konei hoki e whakakaupapatia ana e ia tētahi o ana mahi matua, arā, te whakatū tīrewa Mātau Kaupapa Māori mō ngā kaimahi tauwhiro hapori.
I pau hoki i a ia te rima tau ki te Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa (NZQA). I konei ka mahi ngātahi me ‘ngā toki o te ao Māori’ i whakawhāiti mai hai whakaruruhau i te whakakaupapatanga o te wāhanga Māori o te tīrewa mātauranga a NZQA.
Kua tekau mā tahi tau a Titia e mahi ana i Te Tari Matua o Te Kōhanga Reo, ā, e rua tau ki tēnei e kawe ana i te tūranga o Te Pou Whakangungu ā-Motu – e ārahi ana anō hoki i te Whare Ako – te wāhanga ka taka nei ki a rātau ngā āhuatanga o ngā mahi whakawhanake, ngā mahi whakaako me ngā mahi whakahaere i ngā kaupapa whakangungu a te Tari Matua – koia ko ngā whakaritenga whakahaere mātauranga matua. Me te aha, tū whakahī ana a ia ki Te Tari Matua o Te Kōhanga Reo i ū nei kia eke panuku te tono i te whakaaetanga a NZQA kia āhei Te Tari Matua ki te whakahaere i Te Tohu Whakapakari hai akoranga tohu Paetahi.
Ko te korou a Titia, haere ngātahi ake nei me ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Ako, he ngana kia ukiuki tonu te whakatinana i ngā whāinga, ngā rautaki o Te Ara Tūāpae, arā; ‘te whakapakari pūkenga’, te whakamana, te whakakaha i te mokopuna me te whānau’.
I whānau mai, i tipu mai i te whārua o Ruātoki e hokia tonu nei ki te karanga a taku maunga a Taiarahia, kia ūhia e taku tīpuna kuia e Hinepūkohurangi, kia purea e ngā hau miri o Te Urewera, kia kau i taku awa i a Ōhinemataroa e rongo anō ai au i te hā o matemateāone ki tōku ūkaipō, ki tōku iwi a Ngāi Tūhoe.
Titia’s career has predominantly revolved around Māori education and training. She has worked as a Kaiako for a Social Services Trust, spent four years in the Career Service Rapuara and served as Director of Te Kaiāwhina Ahumai Industry Training Organisation (ITO), where one of her key accomplishments was establishing a Kaupapa Māori Competency framework for social workers.
She also spent five years with New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) working with ‘giants of te ao Māori’ who were involved, as whakaruruhau, in the establishment of the field Māori of the NZQA qualifications framework.
Titia has been employed with Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust for the past 11 years, with the last two years as Te Pou Whakangungu ā-Motu leading Te Whare Ako - the team responsible for the development, delivery and management of the Trust’s training programmes as a tertiary education organisation.
Titia is proud of Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust gaining NZQA approval to deliver the Trust’s Kaiako qualification, Te Tohu Whakapakari, as an approved bachelor’s degree programme.
Together with the Te Whare Ako team, Titia looks forward to continuing to contribute effectively to realising the strategic objectives of Te Ara Tūāpae, to ‘grow the skills’, and ‘empower and strengthen the mokopuna and the whānau’.
Heke Huata
Pou Whakahaere ā-motu | General Manager Operations
Mai Paritū ki ngā Remutaka
Mai i Rongomaiwahine te Tauihu
Mai i Kahungunu te Waenga
Mai i Rangitāne te Taurapa
Ko Kahungunu te tangata
Ko Takitimu te waka
Ko Hikurangi te maunga
Ko Waiapu te awa
Ko Porourangi te tangata
Ko Ngāti Porou te iwi
Ko Horouta te waka
Ko Ngāti Pahauwera, ko Ngāi Tama Te Rangi, ko Ngāti Hori, ko Ngāti Hawea, Ko Te Whānau a Ruataupare, ko Te Aitanga a Hauiti ōku hapū.
Kua mahi a Heke ki roto i Mātauranga Māori me Te Whare Karioi hai Kaiwhakaako, hai Kaiwhakahaere, hai Kaitiaki mai anō i te tau 1983. I runga i ngā kupu āwhina me te tautoko a ōna mātua, a Te Kēnana Wī Te Tau Huata rāua ko Ringahora Hēni Ngākai Ybelle Tomoana, i whakatūria e rāua ko tana hoa tētahi Kōhanga Reo i te tau 1991, whai muri iho ko tētahi Kura Kaupapa i te tau 1995, i whakahoungia rā hai Wharekura i te tau 2016. Ko ia tētahi o ngā tarahitī tuatahi o Te Waka Tapu o Takitimu i te tau 1983. Otirā, he mema o nāianei nō Te Wānanga Whare Tapere o Takitimu.
Mai anō i te Whiringa-ā-Nuku, 2023 kua noho a Heke ki tana tūranga o Te Pouwhakahaere ā-Motu tae ana ki te whakahaerenga o ngā rohe tekau, arā, ko Te Tai Tokerau, ko Tāmaki Makaurau, ko Tainui, ko Mātaatua-Tauranga Moana, ko Waiariki-Tūwharetoa, ko Te Tai Rāwhiti, ko Kahungunu, ko Aotea, ko Ikaroa, ko Te Wai Pounamu–Wharekauri.
E mea ana a Heke, ko tana tūranga he ihiihi, he werowero nōna te haepapa kia kounga ngā mahi tuku i roto, ki ngā wāhanga katoa o Te Kōhanga Reo e tautokotia ana e Ngā Pou (ko ngā mātāpono tūāpapa o Te Kōhanga Reo), Te Korowai (ko ngā whāinga e hiahiatia ana me ngā mahi), Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo (te marautanga), me Te Ara Tūāpae (te mahere rautaki 2008-2033).
Ko ngā wheako mahi o Heke hai kaiwhakaako, hai Kaiwhakahaere, hai Kaitiaki ka whakaahuatia ia e ia hai ‘Pracademic’, e whakaoti ana i ana tohu ōkawa i muri iho i tana mahi mō tana iwi, mō Ngāti Kahungunu.
E ārahina ana ia e tana ngākaunui me tana whakapono ko Te Kōhanga Reo te tūturutanga mahi pono o te kaupapa Māori. Ko Te Kōhanga Reo e whakamana ai te rangatiratanga me te tautīnei i ngā rangatira o āpōpō, me ngā mokopuna o te rā nei.
Tihei Kōhanga Reo
Heke has worked for, and in, Māori education and Māori performing arts as a Kaiako, Kaiwhakahaere and Kaitiaki since 1983. With the advice and support of her parents, late Canon Wi Te Tau Huata and Ringahora Heni Ngakai Ybelle Tomoana, she and her partner established a Kōhanga Reo in 1991 followed by a Kura Kaupapa in 1995, which was redesignated to Whare Kura in 2016. She was an inaugural Trustee of Te Waka Tapu o Takitimu in 1983 and is a current member of Te Wānanga Whare Tapere o Takitimu – Takitimu Performing Arts School.
Heke has held the role of Pouwhakahaere a-Motu since October 2023, which includes oversight of ten rohe / districts: Te Tai Tokerau, Tāmaki Makaurau, Tainui, Mātaatua-Tauranga Moana, Waiariki-Tūwharetoa, Te Tai Rāwhiti, Kahungunu, Aotea, Ikaroa, Te Wai Pounamu–Wharekauri. The ten Kaitohu ā-Rohe / District Managers are part of the Strategic Leadership Team.
Heke says her role is both exciting and challenging as she has responsibility for driving quality service delivery within and across Kōhanga Reo underpinned by Ngā Pou e Wha (the cornerstone principles of Kōhanga Reo), Te Korowai (the desired objectives and practices), Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo (the curriculum) and Te Ara Tūāpae (the Strategic Plan 2008-2033).
Heke’s practical experience as a Kaiako, Kaiwhakahaere and Kaitiaki means she describes herself as a ‘Pracademic’ having completed formal qualifications after working primarily with and for her Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi.
She is driven by her passion and belief that Kōhanga Reo is Kaupapa Māori in action. Kōhanga Reo are best placed to enact self-determination and to sustain our future leaders, ngā mokopuna of today.
Tihei Kōhanga Reo