Full Name
Atawhai Tibble
Job Title
Kaihautu
Organisation
Barnados
Speaker Bio
Atawhai Tibble: Of Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Apanui, Tuwharetoa, Whanganui, and Raukawa ki te Tonga descent, Atawhai is Wellington-based strategic advisor, with interests spanning te reo, tikanga, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, practical Maori data sovereignty, and the economics of Māori well-being.
Atawhai is both fluent in te reo Māori and has expertise in tikanga Māori. He led the development of the first ever survey of indigenous wellbeing undertaken by a national statistics agency – Te Kupenga. He then led the Māori Living Standards Framework project at the NZ Treasury. Atawhai currently works 4 days a week at Statistics New Zealand. The other day he devotes to Māori projects.
He is a Director of Reureu Kotahitanga Ltd. The small marae based company does development in the Te Reureu Valley and recently installed solar in 4 marae and 10 whare in the valley. They are involved in a digital twins modelling exercise with Waka Kotahi that is exploring automated train service for whanau between Marton and Feilding. But he his most proud of leading and finsihing the refurbishment of 7 marae in the Te Reureu, Halcombe and Feilding areas worth $1.25 M.
A trained lawyer, and singer song writer and performer, Atawhai has a song on the Once Were Warriors soundtrack, and the waiata you heard introducing him was written and arranged by him and his band Maia. (https://youtu.be/QU-XVgsQfS0?si=sre-ofwl667yM2qP)
He Manawa Maui! Atawhai is a futurist, an innovator, a cheer leader of te ao Maori, and an optimist. He has extensive experience in helping make Te Tiriti a reality for agencies and Iwienior Advisor at a range of agencies including Te Taura Whiri i te Reo, Te Puni Kōkiri, and the Ministry of Education. He has also has experience in the Beehive where he was an advisor to the Minister’s of Education and Māori Affairs.
Atawhai is both fluent in te reo Māori and has expertise in tikanga Māori. He led the development of the first ever survey of indigenous wellbeing undertaken by a national statistics agency – Te Kupenga. He then led the Māori Living Standards Framework project at the NZ Treasury. Atawhai currently works 4 days a week at Statistics New Zealand. The other day he devotes to Māori projects.
He is a Director of Reureu Kotahitanga Ltd. The small marae based company does development in the Te Reureu Valley and recently installed solar in 4 marae and 10 whare in the valley. They are involved in a digital twins modelling exercise with Waka Kotahi that is exploring automated train service for whanau between Marton and Feilding. But he his most proud of leading and finsihing the refurbishment of 7 marae in the Te Reureu, Halcombe and Feilding areas worth $1.25 M.
A trained lawyer, and singer song writer and performer, Atawhai has a song on the Once Were Warriors soundtrack, and the waiata you heard introducing him was written and arranged by him and his band Maia. (https://youtu.be/QU-XVgsQfS0?si=sre-ofwl667yM2qP)
He Manawa Maui! Atawhai is a futurist, an innovator, a cheer leader of te ao Maori, and an optimist. He has extensive experience in helping make Te Tiriti a reality for agencies and Iwienior Advisor at a range of agencies including Te Taura Whiri i te Reo, Te Puni Kōkiri, and the Ministry of Education. He has also has experience in the Beehive where he was an advisor to the Minister’s of Education and Māori Affairs.
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