Trustee Nominee Profile - John Hurihanganui
E te iwi, ānei rā ngā taipitopito mo te hunga e wāwatia ana kia tū hai māngai mo Tūhourangi Tribal Authority. Please find the Trustee nominee profile for John Hurihanganui below.
Hone affiliates to Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao, Ngāti Tahu, Ngāti Whaoa, Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Porou.
Hone’s background is in education, health and organisational leadership having held senior positions in these sectors for nearly 40 years including: Head of School, Wairarapa Polytechnic (10 years), Director Māori & Pacific at Careers New Zealand; Executive Director Māori at the New Zealand Correspondence School; and Chief Executive of Whaiora – a health and social services provider organisation where he launched that community’s first VLCA medical centre created to serve the vulnerable and under-served.
Hone has served on Boards of Trustees throughout the schooling lives of his children as well as a few crown and non-government organisations. These board appointments include:
Masterton East School 1995 – 2000
Iwi Kāinga – Iwi/Māori Partnership Board, Wairarapa DHB 2000 – 2010
Takirua Productions Board of Directors 2015 – 2020
Te Kura Toi Whakaari - New Zealand Drama School Board of Directors current
Te Mātāwai Pae Motuhake o Te Arawa Board
Te Arawa e – Te Arawa FM Board
Whakarewarewa School - new
Outside of work, Hone enjoys studying mōteatea (archaic poetry), whakapapa (genealogy) and music. He is a singer/composer and playwright and was opera trained at an early age appearing in his first operatic performance when he was 14 years old. Hone enjoys supporting the senior kapahaka of Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao and singing with family and friends when the opportunity arises. Hone has 4 tamariki and 3 mokopuna and values whānau dearly.
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