Eruera Prendergast-Tarena believes in rangatiratanga where we can determine our own path and create the future we want. This inspires him to create mana motuhake solutions and grow the next generation of Māori leadership to lead what comes next.

Making Māori futures is Eruera’s day job and that’s about as inspiring as it gets for him. It’s a mix of removing what’s holding us back whilst simultaneously designing and creating new ways of thinking and doing. This is challenging but rewarding mahi. Eruera never does the same thing twice so, despite its complexity and challenges, his job is his passion and he never finds it to be boring.