Te Āti Hau Trust: “It's where all the magic happens” Jonelle Hiroti-Kinane is one of the fresh faces appointed to the Te Āti Hau Trust. She oins Te Āti Hau Trust chair Shar Amner, Dr Rāwiri Tinirau, Mavis Mullins, fellow independent trustee Aaron Rice-Edwards and associate director Tukariri Dryden.
Working in the Ātihau-Whanganui organisations and te ao Māori and Incorporation space as a shareholder engagement o cer after returning home led to Jonelle wanting to become an independent trustee for for the gāti Rangi Trust in Te Āti Hau Trust, she says. In my time there I did a lot of When I rst moved to Ruapehu research and understanding the and started engaging in te ao Māori, whakapapa of the Incorporation, the Trust, the people and the mahi they had done. the tamariki, who have a gentle and It ust sparked a lot of inspiration for me, because I quickly identi ed Jonelle, , and her tāne Jamie that Te Āti Hau Trust is where Hughes have two boys – Hoani, all the magic happens for our aged eight, and Matiu, seven – shareholders. Miriama-Rose. She says they were She describes Te Āti Hau Trust as being caring and forward-thinking. all raised in the tari o ce .
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