Ko Wai Mātou - Our People

Whānau-led, community-driven.
Meet the hearts and hands behind our kaupapa.

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Ripeka Davis

Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Te Arawa, Ngāti Porou ki Harataunga, Ngāti Hei

Mātaiawa
General Manager
Innovation and Research

  • Ripeka is an innovation coach, impact strategist, and futurist. She creates the conditions for change and innovation by ensuring those with lived experience are at the centre of solution design, teams are working outside the box, nudging partners to think and act differently. Ripeka is kaupapa-driven and relentless in driving social change and systems transformation. ripeka.davis@teoranganui.co.nz

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Cheyenne Potaka-Osborne

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi

Kaihautū
Innovation and Research - Lead Systems Innovator Growing Collective Wellbeing, MH&AOD Collaborative Service Redesign

  • Chy Potaka-Osborne is Kaihautū - Innovation and Research at Te Oranganui, and Lead Systems Innovator aiding whānau-centred systems change through the Growing Collective Wellbeing Regional Suicide Prevention Strategy and The Collaborative Redesign of Mental Health and Addictions Services, with a strong focus on equity, prevention, and transforming mental health and addictions through community-led solutions. cheyenne.potaka@teoranganui.co.nz

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Kylee Osborne

Ngāti Mutunga, Te Atiawa, Taranaki, Ngāti Mahuta ki te Hauāuru

Kaitūruki Pūnaha
Lead Systems Innovator
Child Health & Wellbeing

  • Kylee Osborne is Kaitūruki Pūnaha - Lead Systems Innovator, Child Health & Wellbeing at Healthy Families Whanganui Rangitīkei Ruapehu. She leads the Mokopuna Ora initiative, focusing on transforming child health systems through Indigenous innovation and whānau-led design. Kylee’s work is grounded in mātauranga Māori and aims to enhance outcomes for tamariki and their whānau across the rohe. kylee.osborne@teoranganui.co.nz

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Dave Hursthouse

Tangata Tiriti

Kaituruki Pūnaha
Lead Systems Innovator Kai

  • Dr. Dave Hursthouse is Lead Systems Innovator - Innovation & Research at Te Oranganui, facilitating community reclamation of kai and the development of Local Regenerative Kai Systems that foster equity, whānau autonomy, and community resilience across the rohe. dave.healthyfamilieswrr@gmail.com

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Meretini Bennett-Huxtable

Mōkai Pātea Nui Tonu, Ngāti Rangi, Atihau, Maniapoto, Tūwharetoa, Tainui, Raukawa au ki te Tonga

Rautaki Māori
Māori Strategic Cultural Advisor

  • Meretini Bennett-Huxtable (Mōkai Pātea Nui Tonu, Ngāti Rangi, Atihau, Maniapoto, Tūwharetoa, Tainui, Raukawa au ki te Tonga) is Rautaki Māori, a practitioner and PhD candidate passionate about revitalising mātauranga Māori. With expertise in Indigenous leadership and public health, she leads kaupapa that strengthen whānau wellbeing through evidence-based, mātauranga-centred innovation. Meretini.Bennett-Huxtable@teoranganui.co.nz

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Kirianna Wineera

Te Atihaunui-a-Paparangi, Ngai Tahu, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngapuhi

Kaitūruki, Punaha
Lead Systems Innovator
Hapai Mauri Tangata

  • Kirianna Wineera is Kaitūruku Pūnaha - Lead Systems Innovator for Hāpai Mauri Tāngata, a service grounded in mātauranga Māori that looks to drive transformative, whānau-led change in mental health crisis response. kirianna.wineera@teoranganui.co.nz

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Pania Millar

Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi

Kaitūruki Pūnaha
Lead Systems Innovator

  • Pania Millar (Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi) is Kaiwhakahaere - Hapū Māmā Village at Healthy Families Whanganui Rangitīkei Ruapehu. She leads the Hapū Māmā Village initiative, focusing on amplifying the voices of hapū māmā and their whānau to inform and transform maternity care systems. Pania’s work emphasises community-led design, mātauranga Māori, and strengthening whānau wellbeing through culturally grounded, whānau-centered innovation. pania.millar@teoranganui.co.nz

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Christine Waitai-Rapana

Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi

Kaitātaki Whakapā
Strategic Communications Manager

  • Christine Waitai-Rapana is Kaitātaki Whakapā - Strategic Communications Manager at Te Oranganui, leading the organisation’s communications strategy with a strong focus on uplifting whānau voices, enhancing visibility of kaupapa Māori initiatives, and supporting systems change through storytelling and community engagement. christine.waitai-rapana@teoranganui.co.nz

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Kaia Potaka-Osborne

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi

Kaitūruki, Punaha
Systems Innovator

  • Kaia Potaka-Osborne is Systems Innovator - Innovation and Research at Te Oranganui, contributing to Indigenous, whānau-centred systems change through the Mokopuna Ora initiative. Her work focuses on integrated service delivery, reflective practice, and supporting kaupapa that enhance outcomes for whānau and tamariki across the rohe. kaia.potaka-osborne@teoranganui.co.nz

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Ra-Wiri Kereti

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa me Ngāti Whakaue hoki

Kaitūruki, Punaha
Systems Innovator Project Co-ordinator

  • Ra-wiri Kereti is Kaitūruki Pūnaha - Systems Innovator for Innovation and Research at Te Oranganui. He offers administrative support for Te Roopū Waiora Whānau, working alongside our Mātaiawa. ra-wiri.kereti@teoranganui.co.nz

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Keita Puru

Te Atihaunui-ā-Pāpārangi

Kaitūruki Punaha
Project Co-ordinator, Te Whare Piringa

  • Keita Puru is the Kaitūruki Pūnaha – Project Co-ordinator for Te Whare Piringa, a kaupapa within Mokopuna Ora. Keita supports whānau-led design and community collaboration, with a focus on improving outcomes and experiences for whānau navigating the maternal health system. keita.puru@teoranganui.co.nz

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Kahurangi Simon

Ngā Paerangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Kaitūruki
Rangatahi Systems Innovator

  • Kahurangi Simon is Kaitūruki - Rangatahi Systems Innovator at Te Oranganui, supporting Indigenous, whānau-centred systems change through the Te Hoeroa ki Tū Manawa Ora kaupapa, with a focus on rangatahi leadership, equity, and strengthening wellbeing through community-led solutions. kahurangi.simon@teoranganui.co.nz

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Bailee Chadfield

Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa, Ngāi Tūhoe

Kaitūruki
Peer Support

Growing Collective Wellbeing SLG

Leading together for whānau and community wellbeing

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Wheturangi Walsh-Tapiata

Peter Carter

Tai Scown

Barry Taylor

Rihi Karena

Fiona Wakeling

Renee Kaponga

Rana Aston

Mokopuna Ora SLG

Leading together for whānau and community wellbeing

Ripeka Davis

Rihi Karena

Kylee Osborne

Lucy Pettit

Trish Silk

Tracey Robinson

Judith MacDonald

Jamie Procter

Chy Potaka-Osborne

Ripeka Davis

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Dr Joanne Stephen- Tastard

Rhia Taonui

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Neil Forlong

Kerry Deborah

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Talia Anderson-Town

Dr John McMenamin