Ngāti Kahungunu

Gracyn, 16yrs, is our MokoBoys Team Lead. He participates in K1 & Shamrock Boxing. His interests are boxing and helping out the kaumātua.

Ngāruahine & Ngāti Kahungunu

Aaliyah, 14yrs, is our MokoBoys 2IC & Māku Organics Team Lead. She attends Tamatea High School. Her interest is kapahaka.

Rongomaiwahine, Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou

Hikurangi, 16yrs, attends Tamatea High School. His interets are cooking and he aspires to become a chef.

Ngāpuhi

Cypris, 16yrs, attends Napier Boys High School. His interests are mātauranga Māori and helping people.

Ngāti Raukawa, Tainui

Mamor, 16 years old, is a Cook Island singer from islands, Tongareva and Penryn. She aspires to be a Midwife after she finishes high school.

Ngāti Kahungunu

Trekahn, 15yrs, is one of our rangatahi employees that dreams of travelling the world.

Rongomaiwahine, Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou

Jarli, 12yrs, attends Tamatea Intermediate School. He is interning, the next generation learning the ropes of Māku Organics. He enjoys spending time with whānau and gaming.

Ngāti Raukawa, Tainui

Sina, 15yrs, is a casual MokoBoys worker. She is from Cook Island’s Tongareva and Penryn. She goes to Hukarere Girl’s College and enjoys playing sports.

Ngāti Porou & Ngāti Kahungunu

Elaijahr, 14yrs, is an up-and-coming sportsman. His interests are Muay Thai/Kick Boxing.

Rongomaiwahine, Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou

Neon, 14 yrs, attends Mangateretere School. He is interning, the next generation learning the ropes of MokoBoys. He enjoys sports and gaming.

Ngāti Rakaipaaka, Te Arawa

Tamia, 17 years old, is a dancer from Nuhaka. She is interested in all types of Perfomring Arts. She is currently training as our Pakaru Pānui Team Lead specialising in social media management and podcasting.

Ngāti Kahungunu

Preston, 15 years old, is a kickboxer from Maraenui, Napier. His interests include performing arts and kickboxing. He is currently training to become one of our interviewers.

Ngāti Kahungunu

Te Koha, 16yrs, attends William Colenso College. She is one of our Pakaru Pānui members specialising in trends & interviewing.

Ngāti Kahungunu

Vellyn, 15yrs, attends Flaxmere College. He is a boxer at Shamrock Boxing and training to become one of our social media analysts and a familiar face in front of the camera.

Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga & Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa

Paul was born and raised in Hawke’s Bay. He began his education at Kura Kaupapa and later attended St John’s Catholic College. He is a youth worker and our MokoBoys Lead. Paul is very passionate about lifelong learning and committed to empowering rangatahi to reach their goals and deepen their understanding of their identity.

Ngāti Kahungunu & Tūhoe

Tipene was brought up in the kaupapa and has always been involved wheter it was performing with 2FaceDrama or supporting at conferences and wānanga. Now he gives back to the kaupapa through volunteering and supervising the MokoBoys.

Ngāti Porou

Wiari is an Advanced Scaffolder and owner of Kahu Scaffolding based in Hawkes Bay. Out of work, Wiari is active in suicide pre-post prevention and is a qualified youth worker. He is a buisness advisor and tāne ora mentor for Toi Matarua and also supervises the MokoBoys.

Rongomaiwahine, Ngāi Tūhoe

Jahson was mentored and nurtured into a role at Toi Matarua. his has helped him to uild the sklls and confidence necessary to move oto mahi in construction. He now supports the kaupapa by volunteering and supervising the MokoBoys.

Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa

Sarah is a qualified youth worker. She joined this kaupapa as a participant when she was in high school and now she helps in running our leadership programs and rangatahi wānanga. she is currently doing her Masters in Indigenous studies through Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. She also regularly supervises the MokoBoys.

Ngāti Porou me Ngāti Kahungunu

Sally is a Kairangahau Matua (Research Lead) at EIT. She is also a trustee for Toi Matarua. Sally overseas the science and recipes behind our rongoā and in her spare time supervises the MokoBoys.

Ngāti Kahungunu

Charlizza s a visionary leader passionate about Indigenous Advancement. She started this kaupapa at the age of 17, which now oversees a web of positive initiatives across Aotearoa designed for the bettement of rangatahi Māori and their whānau. She is currntly in the final stages of her doctoral thesis on rangatahi Māori sucide.

Ngāti Porou me Ngāti Kahungunu

Sally is a Kairangahau Matua (Research Lead) at EIT. Her background is in research, social work, mental health & addictions, education & business. Sally also holds an Indigenous Doctorate specialising in puku-roro (gut-brain) axis and connection to overall wellbeing. Sally oversees the science and recipes behind our rongoā.