Meet the Board of Trustees of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rārua.
Our Board of Trustees contain professionals of whakapapa, history, finance, banking, governance, business, cultural and social realms. Each one of our board members have whakapapa to Ngāti Rārua and are chosen by the registered members of Ngāti Rārua.
Olivia Hall | Anaru Luke | Aneika Young | Hoani Macdonald | Miriana Stephens | Rima Piggott | Tana Luke
Olivia Hall (Chairperson)
Olivia holds several regional and national governance roles including chair of Mātauranga Iwi Leaders Group and a member of the Māori Education Ministerial Advisory Group.
She is the Executive Director at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology and has qualifications in mātauranga Māori, teaching and leadership, as well as a Master of Business Administration.
Olivia from the hapū of Ngāti Paretona, Ngāti Pareteata, Te Arawaere and Tūrangapeke. She and her husband Dion live in Whakatū Nelson and have four sons as well as a cherished mokopuna.
Andrew (Anaru) Luke
Born and raised in Wairau, Andrew attended Marlborough Boys College and went on to study at Lincoln University, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic (Toi Ohomai) and Unitec Institute of Technology / Tech Futures Lab. He has over two decades of experience in senior leadership roles across various sectors including education and fisheries, specialising in natural resource management, cultural competency building and advocacy.
Andrew is the current Tumuaki Te Kāhui Āio – one of four executive leaders at Cawthron Institute the largest independent science research institute in New Zealand bridging whānau, hapū, iwi, Māori enterprise rights, interests and innovation with science. He also holds other governance roles with Tokomaru Research Centre, Te Tao Tangaroa Ltd and the Tasman Environmental Trust.
Andrew has a deep connection with te Taiao, actively sharing his passion for wāhi taonga throughout our rohe to his young sons, Taimārino and Tiaki, nurturing them as proud Ngāti Rārua uri.
You can often find Andrew, his wife Kelly, and their boys near the water fishing, snorkelling, and diving or at least his sons on the sports field or in the Seido dojo.
Aneika Young
Aneika has a wealth of historical, iwi and environmental mātauranga in Te Tauihu and has been working as a kaitiaki for te taiao for most of her career. She has worked with community groups, conservation groups, council, national government, CRI’s and researchers and others and has strong relationship management and advocacy experience. Aneika holds a range of governance roles and ministerial appointments, Board member for Te Āwhina Marae, Director for Project Janszoon, Co-chair of the Nelson Marlborough Conservation Board, and board member for the Kaiteretere Recreation Board.
Hoani Macdonald
Hoani has been involved in High Performance sports for the past 25 years and knows what it means to be a valued member of a “Team”. He owns and manages his own business taking on the day to day running of it, budgets, management, employee conflicts etc. Hoani has a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Management from Otago University.
Hoani is passionate about change and growth for the betterment of our iwi regardless of where whānau live and wants to help make our iwi a sustainable resource for future generations. Hoani looks for ways to make the waka go faster through teamwork and collaboration and as a passionate family man aims to activate our iwi through healthy habits in mind, body, and soul.
Miriana Stephens
Miriana was born and raised in Motueka and holds qualifications in New Zealand History and Law. She was awarded the 2016 Aotearoa NZ Māori Woman Business Leader award in recognition of outstanding success and excellence in business.
Miriana is also a director for Wakatū Incorporation and is currently leading AuOra™ which is an associated business of Wakatū that invests in a portfolio of nutrition and ingredient applications for the Japan market. Miriana is also a member of Nuku ki te Puku™ (a national Māori Food and Beverage cluster), the national Food and Fibres Leadership Group, NZTE Dubai Expo 2020, the Riddet Research Institute, Chair of Leaft Foods research programme and she is an alumni of Te Hono (NZ agribusiness leaders).
She also enjoys fishing and reconnecting to traditional cultural customary practices with her family and kin.
Rima Piggott
Rima is a home health support worker and has a certificate in Horticultural Management. Rima has broad community involvement and is a member of the Nelson Marlborough Conservation Board and a member of the Manawhenua ki Mohua Trust. She enjoys tramping, fishing, hunting, diving, gardening and gathering kai moana. Rima is affiliated to Ngāti Rārua, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Toa Rangitira, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāiterangi and Ngāti Tūwharetoa.
Tana Luke
Tana is a proud Māori man of Ngāti Rārua, Ngāi Tahu and Te Rarawa descent, with a passion to contribute to the development of Māori and New Zealand society as a whole. Te Reo Māori, kaupapa Māori, the environment, sports, whānau and his iwi are all motivating factors in his life.
Tana has a strong knowledge of tikanga and is a fluent Te Reo Māori speaker. He was raised in kōhanga reo, kura kaupapa and whare wānanga and is now the proud father to two daughters, Aewa and Amo.