Ngā Kaimahi
Te Ao Mārama has a dedicated group of leaders. Ngā Kaiwhakahaere fulfil both a leadership and management role and are responsible for the activities of the rōpū, setting the strategic direction of the organisation, managing resources and implementing all major initiatives. Ngā Kaiwhakahaere also represents Te Ao Mārama on several influential health discussion panels, advisory boards and interest groups. Successful nominees are confirmed at the Annual General Meeting and represent a range of oral health professionals from the sector.
To contact the Executive Committee, please email nzteaomarama@gmail.com or post your correspondence to 13 Tawhara Place, Edgecumbe 3120.
Whakamaumahara
The late Bishop Hamilton Pihopa Manaia Kingi, M.N.Z.M (Ngāti Whakaue)
The late Astrid Tawhai (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Ehutu)
Ngā Mema ā Oranga
Dame Areta Koopu, D.N.Z.M, C.B.E (Te Aitanga-ā-Hauiti, Ngāti Kahu)
Dr Herbert Hunaara Kaa (Ngāti Porou)
Miniie McGibbon (Ngāpuhi)
Kuia
Kaiārahi Ahurea
Ngā Kaiwhakahaere
Leeann Waaka (Ngāti Whārara, Ngāti Korokoro, Te Kapotai, Te Roroa, Ngāpuhi) Dental Therapist Clinical Lead Hauora A Toi, BOP
Samuel Carrington (Te Arawa, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Hurungaterangi) Oral Health Therapist, Senior Lecturer, Associate Dean Māori, UoO
Ngā Mōkai O Ngā Whetū ki Ōtepoti, University of Otago 2026
Tumuaki: Georgia Isabella Long, Ngāti Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga – BDS4
Tumuaki Tuarua: Daniel Hogn Hiroti, Ngā Wairiki me Ngāti Apa, Te Ātihaunui-a-pāpārangi, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Ngāi Tahu, Rangitane – BDS3
Te Māngai Kaiakuaku Waha: Krystal Marie Forsman, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Porou – BOH3
Te Māngai Ki Tua: Grace Manihera, Ngāti Wairere, Ngāti Mahuta – BDS5
Kaitiaki Pūtea: Ashlee Claudia Waiaroha Waikawa, Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa, Ngāti Whare, Ngāti Manawa – BDS4
Kaiwhakahaere Mātauranga: Josiah Muriwai Metekingi, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāpuhi, Tainui, Ngāi Tahu – BDS4
Te Māngai Hangarau ā Niho: Rico Valentine Wiremu Thompson, Ngāti Porou – DTEC2
Kaituhi: Elise Mereana Gilbert, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Tūwharetoa, Tainui – BDS3
Ngā Mōkai O Ngā Whetū Ki Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland University of Technology 2026
Tumuaki: Carly Thompson, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa – BOH3
Kaituhi: TBC
Kaitiaki Pūtea: Morgan K Pearl Tenana, Nga Ruahinerangi me Te Atiawa, Ngā Puhi – BOH3
Kai Whakahaere Tūwhainga & Tumuaki Tuarua: Summer Parekura-Kingi, Whakatōhea, Te Whānau a Apanui – BOH 2
Te Māngai Ki Te Tai Tokerau: Amanda Bates, Te Rawara, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahu, Whakatōhea, Te Aupōuri – BOH 3