The Repatriation Advisory Panel is made up of respected iwiiwi tribal representatives with expert knowledge in areas including Māori protocols, customs, traditional practices, and tribal history. They advise our Karanga Aotearoa Repatriation Programme.

Contact us

To find out more about the Repatriation Advisory Panel, contact:

Te Herekiekie Herewini, Manager of Repatriation
Email: TeHerekiekie.Herewini@tepapa.govt.nz

Professor Pou Temara

Chairman

Professor Pou Temara is of Tūhoe descent.

Pou is an acknowledged authority on Māori language retention, history, and tikangatikanga customary practice. A professor at the University of Waikato, he has written numerous publications and essays on Māori history and issues affecting Māori.

Pou was recently appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal. This tribunal is charged with making recommendations on claims against Crown breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi 1840.

Pou is also:

• Director of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo (Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language)
• a member of the Tūhoe Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board
• Chairperson of Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe, an apolitical gathering of Tūhoe that meets twice a year to celebrate Tūhoe performing arts.

Hokimoana Te Rika-Hekerangi

Hokimoana Te Rika-Hekerangi is of Tūhoe descent.

Hokimoana is a distinguished tribal leader and was a resident Te Papa kaumātua (elder) during our exhibition Tūhoe: Children of the mist. She is a founding member of the Tawharangi Māori Women’s Welfare League. Her in-depth knowledge of tikangatikanga customary practice and te reo Māorite reo Māori the Māori language is well known.

Hokimoana is a former lecturer in te reo Māorite reo Māori the Māori language at Waikato Polytechnic and the Auckland College of Education.

Alfred Preece (Jnr)

Alfred Preece is of Moriori and Ngāti Mutunga descent. He is the mayor of Rekohu (Chatham Islands), a farmer, a company director, and former Chair of the Hokotehi Moriori Trust.

Haami Piripi

Haami Piripi is of Te Rārawa descent.

Haami is the Chairperson of his iwiiwi tribal group authority, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rārawa. He is also former Chief Executive of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission).

Haami is a passionate promoter of the Māori language and has had a lengthy career fostering Māori development in the public sector.

Te Kanawa Pitiroi

Te Kanawa Pitiroi is of Ngāti Tūwharetoa descent.

Te Kanawa is a respected kaumātua and educationalist from the Lake Taupō region. He has extensive experience in Māori, tribal, and community education initiatives. He is also a board member of the Lake Taupo Forest Trust and the Ngāti Tūwharetoa Trust.

Sir Derek Arana Te Ahi Lardelli KNZM

Sir Derek Lardelli is of Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Konohi (Ngāi Te Riwai), and Ngāti Kaipoho (Ngāi Te Aweawe) descent.

Sir Derek is an internationally recognised tā moko (tattooing) artist. He is renowned for promoting excellence in Māori arts, particularly the visual arts and kapa haka (cultural performing arts). Major projects have included design work for Air New Zealand and the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games teams, composition of the All Blacks haka ‘Kapa o Pango’, creation of the Māui sculptures on Mount Hikurangi, and commission works, including for the New Zealand Embassy in Cairo and international companies.

Sir Derek was awarded an Arts Foundation Laureate Award in 2004. In 2007, he coached and led East Coast group Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti to win the national kapa haka championships and gained a Master of Fine Arts (with Distinction) from Canterbury University. In 2008, Sir Derek was honoured as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM).

Derek is involved in numerous community, iwiiwi tribal, national, and international events and is currently:

• a lecturer at Toihoukura (School of Māori Visual Arts), Tairawhiti Polytechnic
• Chairperson of Te Uhi, a tā moko arts collective
• a trustee of Toi Māori Aotearoa (Māori Arts New Zealand).

Aroha Mead

Aroha Te Pareake Mead is of Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe, Tūhourangi, and Ngāti Tūwharetoa descent. She is the Programme Director of Māori Business at the School of Management, Victoria University of Wellington. Aroha teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Treaty claims and settlements, Māori resource management, and Māori and indigenous cultural and intellectual property issues.

Aroha is also the Chair of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy – a multi-disciplinary network of international experts.

While serving as Policy Manager for Te Puni Kōkiri’s Cultural Heritage and Indigenous Issues Unit, Aroha developed the Crown policy on repatriation, which led to the establishment of the Karanga Aotearoa Repatriation Programme.