- Ko wai koe? (Who are you?): Ko Tongariro/Pihanga te maunga. Ko Taupo te moana. Ko Arawa te waka. Ko Ngati Tuwharetoa te Iwi. Ko Turangitukua te hapu. No Rotorua/Turangi/Tāmaki Makaurau ahau - Name (Ingoa): Ko Danielle Chapman (Dramatic Dan) toku ingoa - Role & organisation: Programme Administration and Student Success Senior Manager - Faculty of Culture & Society and Te Ara Poutama, AUT - If alumni: which season and whānau: Tenei Au, cohort 1 - Where you’re joining from: Auckland - Why you’re here: To further develop myself to better serve others - Favourite kai: Starbucks and poached eggs on toast - One intention for your Te Tihi Tapu journey: Learning and developing is a life long process and this will be another step on that journey to improve and grow - What will help you get to your next taumata (level): a set direction for my next steps and confidence to follow through.

Ko Taranaki te maunga Ko Pātea me Hangātahua te awa Ko Aotea me Kurahaupō te waka Ko Ngāti Ruanui me Taranaki te iwi Ko Ngāti Hine me Ngā Māhana te hapū Ko Meremere me Pūniho te marae Ko Evelyn Fifield tōku ingoa (aka Energiser Bunny 🐰) Role & Organisation: Senior Change Manager, BNZ Alumni: BNZ Te Hōkaitanga, Cohort 3 Where I’m joining from: Whanganui-a-Tara Why I’m here: To connect with other leaders, lean into Tika, Pono and Aroha in how I lead, and continue my journey of continuous growth and learning. Favourite kai: Roast pork or lamb with all the trimmings. One intention for my Te Tihi Tapu journey: To be my authentic self and show up with courage and curiosity, even when I’m stepping into the unfamiliar. What will help me get to my next taumata (level): Remaining authentic to who I am, committing to continuous growth, and seeking out the next step in my career.

Do you really think merit alone gets you through? Or have you seen how it actually works? That’s the gap. Results matter. But power decides. If you don’t understand the game… you don’t move. What moves are you making this week?

- Name (Ingoa) | We on, Leon - Role & organisation | Pou Ārahi (Executive Māori Leader) |Auckland City Mission - Te Tāpui Atawhai - If alumni: which season and whānau | O.G Season (1) Amohia - Where you’re joining from | Nō te Pokapū ō Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland City CBD - Why you’re here | to be inspired by tūpuna of tomorrow and have my indigenous potential finally realized - Favourite kai | Day 2 boil-up - has to be mīti piritikiti, aniana, puha, riwai, kūmara, kamokamo, me puha - One intention for your Te Tihi Tapu journey | to be uri driven by mokopuna decisions in creating intergenerational ancestral wealth - What will help you get to your next taumata (level) | by acquiring mātauranga and equipping the pūkenga and by believing in wairuatanga

- He uri ahau nō Ngai Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Ruapani mē Ngapuhi. - Ko Huhana Gilbert taku ingoa Role & organisation - Ko te Rangatira taku tūranga o IGL If alumni: which season and whānau - Amohia R1 ACM 2022-23 Where you’re joining from - Indigenous Growth Limited: Swanson Henderson Why you’re here - Connect with alumni, learn from other leaders, as well as contributing where I can. Favourite kai - (Tīti)Mutton Bird with puha One intention for your Te Tihi Tapu journey - To help build and nurture our movement, showing up with courage and clarity, and protect the things that hold the most value for our people.