Experience

Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko

• New Zealand
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Commercial Contract Manager

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Contract Management – Lead the management of a portfolio of contracts. Create and maintain assigned contract management plans. Manage day-to-day contract administration including, maintaining contract standards, systems and processes, and contract variations Relationship Management and Stakeholder Engagement - Develop and maintain robust and trusted relationships, providing feedback and clarity on decisions and actions. Ensure clear plans on frequency of engagements, information sharing channels, and meetings are established. Collaborate internally to ensure risks are recorded and appropriately mitigated. Manage escalations and contract relationships. Listen to, identify, and address problems promptly, and explain decisions and actions in an impartial way. Performance and Assurance - Manage performance of service providers against the Act, Code and relevant contract. Monitor financial activity, cost and performance including the validation of invoices against contracts. Assist in coordinating organisational responses to sector, market, or firm-level events. Show less



The Massive Collective

• Partner

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  The Massive Collective is a collection of professionals banded together as a Digital Agency specialising in Strategic & Business Development, Consultancy and Product & Service Development services. Our targeted customers are those in Small or Medium sized businesses both locally and internationally and Local and central government agencies. Our key focus is on those in the Māori Economy and Pasifika and other Indigenous communities both local & International. The Massive Collective is a collection of professionals banded together as a Digital Agency specialising in Strategic & Business Development, Consultancy and Product & Service Development services. Our targeted customers are those in Small or Medium sized businesses both locally and internationally and Local and central government agencies. Our key focus is on those in the Māori Economy and Pasifika and other Indigenous communities both local & International.



Whakarongorau Aotearoa // New Zealand Telehealth Services//

• New Zealand
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Operations Manager - Iwi Partnerships

  • Jul 2022 - Aug 2022

• Service Delivery Manager

  • Nov 2021 - Jul 2022

  Whakarongorau Aotearoa is a social enterpriseWe have provided national telehealth services in New Zealand since 2015. This includes the national Healthline service, which has been operating in Aotearoa for more than 20 years.Whakarongorau Aotearoa’s 24/7 services are run across seven digital channels including voice, webchat, and text.Combined, the national telehealth services run by Whakarongorau Aotearoa now receive around 16,000 contacts each day.In the 12 months to 30 June 2021 we had connected with over 950,000 people – 1 in 5 people in Aotearoa.We have been here for the people of Aotearoa every day, and through national crises such as the COVID pandemic, the Christchurch terror attacks, and natural disasters as well as annual flu seasons. Show less

• Operations Lead

  • Jul 2021 - Dec 2021



JR McKenzie Trust

• New Zealand
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Kaitautoko - Māori Development Funding Advisor

  • Jul 2019 - Jul 2020

  The J R McKenzie Trust was established as a charitable trust in 1940. Each year the Trust receives a dividend from its assets, that it can apply towards projects and initiatives that contribute to the vision "A socially just and inclusive Aotearoa New Zealand: Kia hua mai he whenua ka toko i te tika me te pono hei korowai mō Aotearoa." Some of my key responsibilities include: Engaging with potential and current Kaikōkiri (Grant recipients); Processing applications; Facilitating/ organising regional and national hui; Proactively supporting and enabling Māori Development. Show less



Tertiary Education Commission

• New Zealand
• Education Administration Programs
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Investment Manager

  • Jul 2018 - Apr 2019

  PTE & ITP

• Regional Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Apr 2019

  Professional Development Services



Careers New Zealand

• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional Manager - Professional Development Services

  • Jun 2015 - Jul 2017

• Consultant & Relationship Management

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

  Career Programme Development and FacilitationCareer System Integration & CoordinationProject Coordination & Facilitation


Strathmore Park & Miramar Community Centre
• Manager & Community Coordinator

  • Dec 2011 - 2013

Arataiohi - Governance Board
• Kaihautu (Co-Chair)

  • Oct 2011 - Oct 2012

Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Rangatahi Coordinator

  • Aug 2009 - Dec 2011

Active Training
• Lithuania
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Programme Coordinator, Facilitator and Educator

  • 2007 - 2009

Focus on Jobs
• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Programme Coordinator, Facilitator and Educator

  • 2005 - 2007

Tauranga Moana Maori Business Association
• Board Chair

  • 2003 - 2005

Massey University
• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• National Coordinator - Teach NZ

  • Jul 2002 - Jun 2003

Car.co.nz
• New Zealand
• Business Consultant

  • Jul 1999 - Apr 2001