Te Ara Toiora
Melissa White
Director of Te Ara Toiora
Pepeha
Titiro whakarunga au ki tōku maunga ko Moumoukai
Ka heke whakararo ki ngā wai o tōku tipuna ko Waitirohia
Ka hoki au ki tōku marae ki Tane Nui A Rangi
Kei reira ko tōku hapū ko Ngāti Rangi
Matakitaki ana au i te rahi o tōku iwi o Ngāti Rakaipaaka
Ko Melissa tōku ingoa
E noho ana au ki Heretaunga
Melissa started with the team in March 2021. She joined the NKII team as a secondee from the Ministry of Social Development/Oranga Tamariki to lead the delivery of Paiheretia te Muka Tangata under our Commissioning agreement with Te Puni Kōkiri. Melissa has worked in the Government Sector for over 20 years and has a wealth of knowledge in government systems. In 2025, she was invited to become the Director of Te Ara Toiora, the iwi well being unit. She has a team of managers who lead government contracts that support whānau well-being. The Paiheretia te Muka Tangata project finished in 2025, and other projects are in the early stages of development as the iwi continues to partner with the government to provide a better whānau oriented system to help whānau well being initiatives, reduce family harm, entering government systems that don't help whānau, avoid re-offending and imprisonment, and work on uniting whānau who are currently in Oranga Tamariki systems.
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Ana Carroll
Pepeha
Ki te taha o toku papa
Ko Ata Patuhoe Kara toku papa
Ko te Matau O Maui te whare tipuna
Ko Ngāti Hawea te Hapu
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu te Iwi
Ki te taha o toku mama
Ko Ripeka Maihi toku mama
Ko Whakatere te Maunga
Ko Taheke te Awa
Ko Tahekeroa te Marae
Te Mahurehure te Hapu
Ko Ngapuhi te Iwi
Ana Carroll is the Iwi Partnerships, Senior Advisor for the organisation. Ana work focuses on the iwi’s relationship with regional and national government agencies to increase opportunities to work unitedly towards achieving the aspirations of the ‘Te Ara Toiora-wellbeing’ strategy which focuses on enhancing whānau development.
Ana has a social service background and has worked at Social Welfare/Oranga Tamariki for the past 30 years.
Krystal Haimona
Pepeha
Ka tuwhera a Maungaharuru
Ka kati a Tangitū,
Ka tuwhera a Tangitū,
Ka kati Maungaharuru
Ko Maungaharuru te maunga
Ko Tūtira te roto
Ko Te Ngarue te awa
Ko Tangitū te moana
Ko Tangoio te marae
Ko Punanga Te Wao te whare tīpuna
Ko Ngāti Kurumōkihi, Ko Ngai Tātāra, Ko Ngāti Tū ngā hapū
Ko Tākitmu te waka
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu te iwi
No te uri o Laddie Waiari Anaru ahau
Ko Krystal Tāne Haimona ahau
Krystal is the Strategic Lead for the East Coast of Ara Poutama Aotearoa, Department of Corrections. She has worked for a number of government agencies and has seen how different departments could work collaboratively to make things work better for families.
Krystal’s aspirations within this mahi are: “To connect, collaborate and contribute to meaningful outcomes for whānau. Collectively the Te Ara Toiora brief is to work with their agencies to apply a ‘Systems Thinking’ approach across the social sector that enables agencies to better respond to the needs of our whānau.
Chris Karaitiana
Pepeha
Ko Ngāti Kurukuru, Whakawhaiti, Urakiterangi, Hikatoa nga hapū
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu te iwi
Chris is the Te Ara Mātua Community Capability Advisor. His role involves working with the Māori Providers to ensure they have the training and opportunities to be supportive of whānau.
Nicosia Webster
Pepeha
Ka tau taku manu ki runga i taku maunga o Putahi
Ka mātiro whakararo ki te awa o Wairoro e rere ana
Ka rewa to waka tipua o Mamari
Ka haaro taku manu ka tau ki Te Kotahitanga
Ko Ngāti Whakaeke te hapū
Ko Ngāpuhi te iwi
Mā mua ka kite a muri, mā muri ka ora a mua
Ko Nicosia Webster taku ingoa
Nicosia Webster is part of the Te Kura Family Harm team as the Programme Coordinator. Nicosia works with Te Kura Lead, Chris Karaitiana. The Te Kura Team works with Police and Community service agencies and other organisations to empower whānau to be safe from family harm and violence. Nicosia has a wealth of experience in the Ministry of Justice and Corrections Department.
Te Ara Toiora Secondments
The management structure has evolved over the years as Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated has continued to increase the capacity in the office. Since 2018 the iwi has built relationships with regional and national government agencies to increase opportunities for secondments to work unitedly towards achieving outcomes for whānau development. The following are a team of iwi workers and secondees working in partnership with Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated to support the Te Ara Toiora - Well-being aspirations which is healthy strong vibrant whānau, hapū, iwi.
Tawehi Munro
(secondee Ministry of Education)
Pepeha
Taku taha matua:
Ko Ōrangi te maunga
Ko Hereheretau te whenua
Ko Whakaki-nui-a-rua te wai-ū
Ko Whakaki ko Iwitea ngā marae
Ko Ngāi Te Ipu, Ngāti Hine Tepairu, Ngāti Hinepua ngā hapū
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa te iwi
He hono hoki ki Ngāti Pahauwera
Ko Morris rāua ko Ani Munro (nee Horomona) aku mātua tīpuna
Ko Pieri Munro taku pāpara
Taku taha whaea:
He uri ahau o Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngāti Ruānui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāi Tahu
Ko Te Kotahitanga, Waingaro, Wairewa, Toroanui (o Parihaka)) ētahi o aku marae
Ko Uenuku rāua ko Tapu Rangitaawa aku mātua tīpuna
Ko Wikitoria Rangitaawa taku kōkara
