Ko Tawhirirahi te Maunga
Ko Awapuka te Awa
Ko Parengarenga te Moana
Ko Mamiri te Waka
Ko Te Aupouri te Iwi
Ko Ngāti Kuri te Hapu
Ko Potahi te Marae
Ko Waimirirangi te Whare Tupuna
Ko Hamiora Piri Kaipo toku Matua
Ko Herana Terehira Kaipo (nee Waru) toku Whaea (no Te Rarawa ia)
Ko Martene Kaipo toku ingoa
I am the co-founder of the Otangarei Trust since 1991 and as the CEO, have extensive experience working with urban communities with complex and high need Māori youth and their Whānau (Families). I have undertaken self directed studies in order to understand the needs of our Whanau and work with the ministries that they are all accessing. To the point that I have graduated with a Masters in Maori Development and hold a Bachelors of Social Sciences and am currently working on my Doctorate. I am a father of four adult Tamariki and grandfather of 10 Mokopuna. I live in the community I work and have done so for the past 33 years.