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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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Hinerangi Edwards

(Ringa Hora) | Chair for Ringa Hora

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 was also the co-chair of the interim Establishment Board for the Primary Industries Workforce Development Council, and is a member of the Māori Economic Development Advisory Board, and a director of Korou Digital Agency in Te Wairoa.

Hinerangi has previously held governance roles with a number of other organisations including as a Māori Language Commissioner, a councillor at Western Institute of Technology (WITT), a board member of Parininihi Ki Waitotara, and a trustee for a range of charitable trusts. She has a background in career planning and employment and was a national moderator for the Public Sector from 2005-2015.