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We are grateful for the wealth of experience and expertise each of these leaders brings to our kura. They join current Board members Roman Rogers (Chair), Angus Evison, Jane von Dadelszen, Anapela Polataivao and Tanea Heke (Ex-Officio/Tumuaki).
Fiona is a leader, connector, communicator and lifelong learner. Fiona has held senior leadership roles across the private, public and NGO sectors and run her small business for many years. She specialises in governance, management, strategic communications management and public relations.
Fiona's leadership extends to several Board roles. She chairs the National War Memorial Advisory Committee and the NZ Remembrance Army. Fiona is a Global Alliance and Communications Management Board member and sits on its Asia Pacific regional committee.
Fiona has served as President and Chair of the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ), where she is also a Life Member. She is the Chief Examiner for PRINZ’s Accreditation programme.
Fiona is passionate about lifelong learning, regularly presenting at forums worldwide. She is part of Massey University’s Business Advisory Committee and frequently guest lectures at universities in New Zealand, Indonesia, India, and Malaysia.
She holds a Master’s in Business Studies (Communications Management) and a Master’s in Philosophy (International Relations and Defence Studies). Fiona has published numerous industry articles for both academic and professional organisations.
Above all, whānau is everything to Fiona and she is a proud nana to her mokopuna.
I am a māmā to my three tamariki: Ashleigh Jade, Mihipo Te Māia, and Ahikā Te Mārie, engaged to my partner Joel and Grandma to my three mokopuna Te Ao Kamāia, Tilliah and Noah.
Raised in Te Tairāwhiti and educated there and in Wellington, I now call Waikato home.
I am passionate about Māori education, sports, CrossFit and have been a member of Te Iti Kahurangi kapa haka for the past 22 years.
I have over 20 years’ experience in education, curriculum creation, resource development, quality assurance and project management roles. I love creative spaces – kapa haka, theatre, sculpting – anything creative, that’s where you’ll find me.
I am best described by the proverb ‘Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tūōhu koe me he maunga teitei’ which essentially means to always strive for excellence in everything I do.
Adelyn has almost 20 years' experience as a people and capability practitioner across both public and private sectors in the healthcare, manufacturing and facilities industries. She is an active member of her community and from a governance perspective, a current board member of a community-based sports organisation. In her day job, Adelyn is in an HR Operations Director role in the healthcare industry and previous to that, held senior level people and capability positions with the Ministry for the Environment and Parliamentary Service.
Hone has an extensive leadership background in people and organisation management having held senior positions in education, health and human resource management for nearly 40 years.
These positions include Chief Executive, Rangitāne o Wairarapa Mandated Iwi Authority, Chief Executive of Whaiora - a health and social services provider organisation where he launched that community’s first VLCA medical centre created to serve the vulnerable and under-served.
Other relevant positions Hone has held include Head of School Wairarapa Community Polytechnic (10 years), Director, Māori & Pacific at Careers New Zealand and Executive Director Māori at the New Zealand Correspondence School.
Hone holds a Tohu Mātauranga Māori (Marae Attestation) and a Postgraduate Diploma of Teaching. He is an expert communicator and leader. Hone is a fluent speaker of Te Reo and has an expert applied understanding of Tikanga. Hone occupies a position on the paetapu of Te Pākira Marae – Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao.
For the past 14 years, Hone has successfully led his education consultancy, Engaging Well Limited.
Outside of work, Hone enjoys studying mōteatea (archaic poetry), whakapapa (genealogy) and music. He is a singer/composer and playwright and was opera trained at an early age appearing in his first operatic performance when he was 14 years old. Hone enjoys singing with family and friends when the opportunity arises. Hone has 4 tamariki and 3 mokopuna and values whānau dearly.
