Ko Hinerangi ahau
Hinerangi is from Ngāpuhi and Ngati Toa Rangatira iwi and resides in her ancestral rohe of Taiāmai which rises up and is surrounded by volcanic cones between the Hokianga in the west and Pewhairangi (Bay of Islands) in the east. She is a descendant of many signatories to He Whakapūtanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is deeply committed to honouring and enlivening the understandings, agreements and aspirations her tupuna had for a better place and future for their descendants and also for those who were yet to arrive here and make this place their home.
Hinerangi is a highly sought after independent contractor. Although she works across a range of disciplines in the public, private and iwi/hapu sector, her primary interest and capability is working collaboratively in advisory, project conceptualising, development, management, delivery and monitoring.
Hinerangi shares her time equally between iwi, hapū and marae activities at home as well as activities, projects and events of national significance such as the development and delivery of the He Tohu exhibition, project managing the inaugural Putake o te Riri commemorations, the development of the international Tandanya Declaration (indigenous archivists) and the co-design of the national documentary heritage campus with mana whenua iwi in Pipitea, Wellington.
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“Hinerangi has something you can’t teach, it’s called courageous vision. It’s more than seeing surface level, it’s about having the capacity to push the boundaries in pursuit of what is noble and excellent even if others deem it impossible. She is reliable, insightful, thoughtful and impactful. It is people like Hinerangi that are bringing about radical transformation in this nation and beyond.”
“ I admired her quiet determination to challenge the status quo for the possibility of a better outcome and the pragmatism to make decisions and keep the project moving. ”
“Hinerangi is a cultural go-between of the first order, working in the tradition of other important kaiwhakarite who have bridged the gap between Pākehā and Māori worlds. Her deep knowledge of te ao Māori and the ability to share that knowledge in an easy-to-understand way made our curatorial work for He Tohu so much easier. Coupled with her rich experience of archives and the government sector, Hinerangi was, without exaggeration, the key to He Tohu’s success. I doubt that anyone else could have undertaken what Hinerangi achieved, navigating complex and contested histories with skill, professionalism, and grace.”
“Without her patient, thoughtful, collaborative work in liaising between the two cultures I am convinced that the project would never have come to fruition. ”