Our People
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, ēngari he toa takitini
“Success is not the work of one, but the work of many”
Kaumātua Taina Ngarimu
Ngā Māngai Māori Member
Tuakiri EIT Medal of Distinction
Ngāti Porou
Taina Ngarimu is the Whanau Ora Pakeke at Hauora Tairawhiti. He is from Whareponga, on the East Coast.
Hapu, Te Aitanga a Mate
Iwi, Ngati Porou
Prior to his current role, Taina was a teacher of Te Reo Maori me ona Tikanga for 40 years.