Hon Peeni Henare is the Member of Parliament for Tāmaki Makaurau, and is of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi descent. He is the Minister of Defence and Minister for Whānau Ora, as well as Associate Minister of Health (Māori Health), Associate Minister of Housing (Māori Housing) and Associate Minister of Tourism. Prior to politics Peeni worked as a businessman, broadcaster and teacher.

Politics and public service is in his blood: his father was Erima Henare, who was head of the Māori Language Commission; his grandfather was Sir James Henare, a lieutenant colonel in the Māori Battalion, member of Te Rūnanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi, and Commander of the British Empire (CBE); and his great-grandfather Taurekareka (Tau) Henare was also a Member of Parliament, for the former electorate Northern Māori from 1914 to 1938.

Dr Robyn Manuel is a former university lecturer and recipient of an Excellence in Sustained Equity Award from the University of Auckland for more than 2 decades of Equity work with tauira Māori, Pasifika and, Māori academic staff. Dr Manuel taught all stages of Chemistry (Faculty of Science); Māori Health, Statistics for Health, Physics and Chemistry (Medical School) and, Te Tiriti and NZ Education (Centre for Academic Development). She is a former Ministry appointed Director of AgResearch, a former Board of Trustee member (Waiheke High School), a current member or equity observer of several Pharmac Advisory Committees including the Covid Treatment Advisory Committee. She has sat on the University of Auckland’s Medical School Admissions Committee and was the first Director of Hikitia te Ora (Māori and Pasifika affirmative action programme) in the Medical School and Director of Taupua Waiora (Centre for Māori Health Research, AUT University). Dr Manuel has a PhD in Chemistry, a Master’s of Science with first class honours in Chemistry and Environmental Science, a Bachelor’s degree in Science, and other Post Graduate Diplomas and Certificates. Dr Manuel re-trained as a Secondary School teacher in 2019 with the aim of teaching Science and increasing the numbers of Māori students able to enter high value STEMM degree programmes. To date, Dr Manuel has not secured a Science (or Chemistry) teacher position in any of the three Rotorua schools that she has applied to

Topic: - Keeping safe in Compromising spaces

Topic: NCEA Review

Nick Fonotoe and Irene Pewhairangi are both teachers at MANUKURA, an indigenous secondary school in Palmerston North. For the last two years they have been involved in the creation of the new NCEA Te Reo Māori Level 1 Curriculum now trialling in schools this year. This year they are reviewing and writing the NCEA Te Reo Māori Level 2 Curriculum. This workshop will provide an insight into the thinking behind the new curriculum, showcase examples of assessments and answer your questions.

Topic: PPTA Culturally Responsive Claims

He uri ahau no Ngati Raukawa me Ngai Tahu.He Kaihautū Māori tāku mahi i PPTA Te Wehengarua.
I was LOL English working in Te Taitokerau before joining PPTA Te Wehengarua last October. I taught for over twenty years and now I work for teachers.
Tēnā tātou katoa, Angela O'Donnell-King

Topic: Te Ao Haka – Where to from here

Ko Whakapūnake, ko Maungapōhatu, ko Maungahaumi, ko Hikurangi ngā maunga

Ko Ngāti Kahungunu, ko Ngāi Tūhoe, ko Ngāriki Kaipūtahi, ko Te Aitanga ā-Māhaki, ko Ngāti Porou ngā iwi