Mātauranga Symposium Presenters

Ngāti Kahungunu symbol of Kotahitanga
Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Mātauranga Symposium
Celebrating Kotahitanga
The inaugural Kahungunu Mātauranga Symposium Event, 2025, aspires to build on the success of the Te Ao Mārama Podcast, ‘Everything mātauranga’. The Symposium promotes Kahungunutanga, our mātauranga and tikanga, the continuation of cultural revitalisation, educational advancement and community engagement. Furthermore, this event will provide a kanohi ki te kanohi opportunity to meet some of the guests from the podcast, who will ‘talk story’ and empower through their knowledge and understanding.
Kotahitanga is the theme for this inaugural event, making it the year's professional learning and development event. If you want to better understand how to champion education for all those living throughout Kahungunu and beyond, then this is the event for you.
The presenters and facilitators of this Symposium are ordinarily extraordinary people with diverse backgrounds. Some of them are guests from the podcast series 'Te Ao Mārama ' Everything Mātauranga'

Bayden Barber
NKII Chairman

Ngahiwi Tomoana
Former NKII Chair - Waipatu Kaumātua
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Thompson Hokianga
Deputy Chair, Kai Karakia

Mereana Pitman
Te Tiriti Expert, Panelist

Ngatai Huata
Iwi Historian Researcher
Te Kotahitanga movement
WAI262 expert
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Dr David Tipene - Leach
Educationalist, Researcher, Health Expert
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Lee Kershaw-Karaitiana
Reo Expert and Educationalist

Henare Kani
Iwi Historian Te Kotahitanga, WAI262 researcher, educationalist

Erena Tomoana
Educationalist

Tawhana Chadwick
Rangatahi Motivator

Piripi Bradshaw Winiata
NZ Director · Kawea Law & Consultancy

Whare Isaac-Sharland
Tai Huki Consult Limited - Director, Facilitator, Researcher, Educationalist

Marei Apatu
Senior Executive Manager for Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, Whanaungatanga Expert, Taiao Researcher

Tawehi Munro
Kahungunu Mātauranga Pou, NKII, Ministry of Education Partnership

Chrissie Hape
NKII Chief Executive

Ruth Wong
NKII Director and Communications Advisor
Event Planner