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The Ohu Ahumahi Workforce Development Councils were disestablished on 31 December 2025. Eight Industry Skills Boards now provide vocational education standard setting functions. Please visit the website to find out more: Home – Industry Skills Boards

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Kāhui Ahumahi

The Kāhui Ahumahi is the collective of Māori members of the Ohu Ahumahi Workforce Development Councils. This group supports the Workforce Development Councils to honour, give effect to and embed Te Tiriti o Waitangi and support Māori Crown relationships.

The members of the Kāhui Ahumahi are:

Kāhui Ahumahi Chair, Muka Tangata

Turi Ngatai MNZM

Turi Ngatai MNZM, Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, is a Board member of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and a former school principal. He has served...
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Turi Ngatai MNZM

Kāhui Ahumahi Chair, Muka Tangata
Waihanga Ara Rau, Co-Chair

John Chapman

John Chapman, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau Apanui, is the owner and director of KAEA, an organization that delivers programs for Kāinga Ora, Māori...
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John Chapman

Waihanga Ara Rau, Co-Chair
Ringa Hora, Chair

Hinerangi Edwards

Hinerangi Edwards, Taranaki, Ngāruahine, Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Arawa is an executive director and co-owner of AATEA, a Kaupapa Māori professional services consultancy. She served as co-chair of the interim...
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Hinerangi Edwards

Ringa Hora, Chair
Hanga-Aro-Rau, Co-Chair

Renata Hakiwai

Renata Hakiwai, Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine, Tūwharetoa, Waikato Tainui, is the Managing Director of HTK Group Ltd, an organization established in 2015 to provide Māori and...
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Renata Hakiwai

Hanga-Aro-Rau, Co-Chair
Muka Tangata, Chair

Erin Simpson

Erin Simpson, Taranaki, Te Atiawa, Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū, has had an extensive career in Horticulture and Vocational Education starting in the 1980s. His grassroots experience...
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Erin Simpson

Muka Tangata, Chair
Waihanga Ara Rau

Chantelle Bailey

Chantelle Bailey, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hāmoa (Lotofaga and Le'auva'a) is an Associate Structural Engineer at Miyamoto New Zealand. She has more than 25 years of...
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Chantelle Bailey

Waihanga Ara Rau
Waihanga Ara Rau

Daniel Haines

Daniel Haines, Te Rarawa, is the Head of Māori Outcomes for Eke Panuku Development Auckland. Recent employment includes Māori engagement and Treaty settlement work with...
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Daniel Haines

Waihanga Ara Rau
Ringa Hora

Loren Heaphy

Loren Heaphy Te Atiawa, is the General Manager Destination and Attraction at ChristchurchNZ. She has previously held roles in a number of organisations in the tourism...
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Loren Heaphy

Ringa Hora
Hanga-Aro-Rau

Stuart Lawrence

Stuart Lawrence, ko Uenuku te iwi, is Director – Programme Kaitautoko at Whatukura Ltd, a boutique consultancy firm where he has led a number of...
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Stuart Lawrence

Hanga-Aro-Rau
Toitū Te Waiora

Maria Ngawati

Maria Ngawati, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Porou  has more than 20 years’ experience in Māori health and education including positions with Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, Unitec Institute of...
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Maria Ngawati

Toitū Te Waiora
Ringa Hora

Hinurewa te Hau

Hinurewa te Hau Whakatōhea, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Maniapoto, Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa, is the General Manager of Creative Northland, the regional arts development agency for Te Tai Tokerau. With a wealth of experience as a business...
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Hinurewa te Hau

Ringa Hora
Muka Tangata

Cheyenne Wilson

Cheyenne Wilson, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, is the founder and Managing Director of Te Kaharangi Hono, a specialist Māori Agribusiness and whenua Māori consulting firm....
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Cheyenne Wilson

Muka Tangata
Hanga-Aro-Rau

Gary Sue

Gary Sue, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Maru, Te Ātiawa, Ngāruahine, has a long-established career across the construction and infrastructure sectors and has extensive experience within the...
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Gary Sue

Hanga-Aro-Rau
Ringa Hora

Fonteyn Moses-Te Kani

Fonteyn Moses-Te Kani, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāi Tahu, Tūhoe, is Poutiaki - Director, Māori strategy and indigenous inclusion at Westpac New Zealand. She is...
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Fonteyn Moses-Te Kani

Ringa Hora
Waihanga Ara Rau

Ruma Karaitiana

Ruma Karaitiana Chairs the commercial arm of Rangitāne o Manawatū iwi as well as the Board of Education Services Limited and the Board of the...
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Ruma Karaitiana

Waihanga Ara Rau
Toitū te Waiora, Co-Chair

Dr Vanessa Caldwell

Dr Vanessa Caldwell, Kai Tahu, Kati Mãmoe, Waitaha, is currently the Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner. She has extensive experience in working as a clinician...
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Dr Vanessa Caldwell

Toitū te Waiora, Co-Chair
Ringa Hora

Dan Te Whenua Walker

Dan Te Whenua Walker (Tangahoe, Ngati Ruanui, Nga Ruahinerangi, Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Te Atiawa, Maniapoto, Tuhourangi and Pakeha) is an experienced leader in...

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Dan Te Whenua Walker

Ringa Hora
Toi Mai

Karl Wixon

Karl Wixon, Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha, Moriori, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is Kaiārahi (MD) of strategic creative consultancy ARAHIA Pathfinders and Co-Chair of Ngā...
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Karl Wixon

Toi Mai
Toi Mai, Co-Chair

Steven Renata

Steven Renata, Ngāpuhi, Managing Director of KIWA Digital, is a leader in digital transformation. His deep commitment to enhancing outcomes for Māori, Pacifica and...
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Steven Renata

Toi Mai, Co-Chair
The Future of Māori Workforce Development in Te Tai Tokerau