PAORA TE HURIHANGANUI
Ngāti Rangiwewehi , Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Te Whare o Ngātoro…. Wellbeing potentiality through ancestral profiling
Paora Te Hurihanganui is a son of the sovereign tribal nation of Ngāti Rangiwewehi and is of Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa descent. He has led Te Papa Tākaro o Te Arawa an Iwi mandated trust for the past 15 years as CEO. He also leads the Te Arawa and Tuwharetoa regional Whānau Resilience nine provider collective response and is currently a PhD candidate.
He has a passion for the revitalisation of ancestral and cultural pursuits, has a diverse background in Māori arts and has interests the revitalisation of traditional Waka and ancestral games. Paora has been a major influence in the inclusion of Aotearoa at the Pacific Ancestral Games and is currently working on the proposition of a future World Ancestral Games.
He is a firm believer in the use of traditional sites of significance as authentic connection for positive individual and collective transformation and the notion of whakapapa as pathways to optimum health and wellbeing.
He has been a successful Kapa Haka exponent performing internationally and in 6 Te Matatini finals, with winning a national title in 1996 alongside Ngāti Rangiwewehi. Paora is the current captain of the Te Arawa waka taua and loves Whakapapa, his Whānau, the All Blacks (only when they are winning) and spending time in the ngahere or in/on/under the moana. In 2015 Paora received a New Zealander of the year award for innovation.
Current areas of focus and alignment are: Ancestral Profiling, Reverse Innovation, Systems Thinking, Maramataka, Aspirational Strategic Planning, Environmental Centred Meta-Leadership, Relationship Management and Mentorship.
Kei mau koe te aka taepa, engari ko te aka matua! Kia mau ki te mau a Māui!
Te Whare o Ngatoro…. Wellbeing potentiality through ancestral profiling
What systems of ‘oranga’ were utilised by our tupuna to maintain optimum health and wellbeing and why would these become important for the realisation of individual and collective health and wellbeing potential today? While the health reality and poor status of Māori has been well researched from scientific and clinical perspectives, harshly publicised by media and used dramatically for political positioning by Maori and non-Maori alike, there are very little Hapū and Iwi centric responses by, from, for, or as Māori for the improvement of Maori health and wellbeing. Important as Māori and as Te Arawa frameworks will be shared to provide examples of system dynamics in play.
