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Overview
Work History
Education
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Languages
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RICHARD NIANIA

Wairoa,HB
RICHARD NIANIA

Summary

  • Dedicated community professional with history of meeting organization goals utilizing consistent and organized practices.
  • Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
  • Organized and dependable at managing multiple priorities.
  • Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

141
years of professional experience

Work History

Kahungunu Executive Ki-Te Wairoa Charitable Trust
Wairoa, HKB

Pou Tikanga
04.2019 - Current

Job overview

  • Joined Executive in 1987 as delegate for Te Reinga marae.
  • Employed as Local Level Solutions worker (2007-2008)
  • Housing support worker (2008 - 2019)
  • Pou Tikanga (20019-present) language, custom, tradition adviser to staff, management and governance of the organization.

Mangapoike 2A3 Ahu Whenua Trust (Pohaturoa)
Wairoa, HKB

Board of Trustees Member
03.1990 - Current

Job overview

  • Part of the management committee that received the block back from the Department of Maori Affairs in 1991.
  • Served as chairman in the early 2000s and am currently a cultural advisor to the Trust.

Tauwharetoi 3B1 Maori Incorporation
Wairoa, HKB

Chairman
07.1989 - Current

Job overview

  • Worked on the block from 1975- 1986
  • Joined committee in 1989 and became chairman of the block in 2010
  • Commonality of ownership with Mangapoike 2A3 is significant.

Wairoa Waikaremoana Maori Trust Board
Wairoa, HKB

Chairman of the Board
01.1987 - Current

Job overview

  • Joined the Board in 1987 as member for Te Reinga Erepeti.
  • Transferred to the Waikaremoana Division in 1991.
  • Became Deputy chair in 1997 and chair in 2010.
  • Worked in Treaty Claims in the Urewera District Inquiry (2003-2007) Flora and Fauna Inquiry (2006-2008).
  • Took part in Direct Negotiations of Wairoa historical claims with the Crown (2009-2016)
  • Participated in Treaty Settlement process for Wairoa and the establishment of the Tatau Tatau PSGE. (2016-2019).
  • Involved in the establishment of Te Hononga o Nga Awa, a subsidiary of the Tatau Tatau PSGE. (2016-2019)
  • Currently cultural advisor to Te Hononga o Nga Awa and their representative to the cultural board of the PSGE

Te Reinga Marae Trustees Committee
Te Reinga, Wairoa

Secretary
07.1975 - 08.2010

Job overview

  • Joined the committee in 1975 and became secretary in 1991.
  • Became chairman in 2000 and retired from the committee in 2010
  • Continue to be cultural advisor to marae and hapu.

Education

Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, NZ

Bachelor of Arts from Anthropology And Maori
11.1991

Skills

  • Forty eight year plus experience of interaction with the land, people and places of Wairoa
  • Mentored into current roles by the immediate past generations of those Iwi, Hapu, Whanau groups

Languages

Maori
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Pou Tikanga

Kahungunu Executive Ki-Te Wairoa Charitable Trust
04.2019 - Current

Board of Trustees Member

Mangapoike 2A3 Ahu Whenua Trust (Pohaturoa)
03.1990 - Current

Chairman

Tauwharetoi 3B1 Maori Incorporation
07.1989 - Current

Chairman of the Board

Wairoa Waikaremoana Maori Trust Board
01.1987 - Current

Secretary

Te Reinga Marae Trustees Committee
07.1975 - 08.2010

Victoria University of Wellington

Bachelor of Arts from Anthropology And Maori
RICHARD NIANIA