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Louise Marra, Co-founder of The Pākehā Project,
has leadership experience
spanning all sectors, having held senior leadership and governance roles within
Government, the private sector, philanthropy and the NGO sector. Louise set up
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the Auckland Policy Office for Government, running it for 10 years, and then
worked for DPMC in the Policy Advisory Group, as an advisor to the Prime
Ministers. Since, Louise has studied collective and intergenerational trauma for
many years and runs her own company, Unity House. Louise is also a founder of a
social enterprise, the Emerge Institute, and ReRoot, a catalyst for the Centre for
Social Impact and the former Director of the New Zealand Leadership Programme.
Louise describes herself as a braided river, coming from both Ngāi Tuhoe and
Ngati Pākehā whakapapa. Her work has been committed to dismantling and
dissolving dominant paradigms and structures to help heal colonisation and bring
about a co-created world where all people and beings can thrive.
Rebecca Sinclair is Co-founder of the Pākehā Project and Associate Professor at
Toi Rauwhārangi, College of Creative Arts, at Massey University Wellington. The
former Director Academic and Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College, she has
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over 25 years’ experience in creative arts pedagogy. Her research focuses on the
role of Pākehā in decolonisation, exploring the ways that systems of power are
reinforced through everyday practices and the role of creativity in disrupting
dominant paradigms. She has applied this knowledge in her University leadership
role, and has experience leading large workshops that facilitate reflection,
imagination and new approaches, including tangata Tiriti workshops in the
University. Of Pākehā (Scottish and English) descent, Rebecca lives in Te
Whanganui-a-Tara.
Krissi Smith is Co-Director of Kūwaha Ltd, and an experienced Treaty trainer,
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translator, and Māori language teacher. Krissi is Tauiwi Pākehā (of mainly Scottish,
Irish and English descent) and has always lived in Te Upoko o te Ika in te rohe of
Te Ātiawa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. She learned to speak te reo Māori as an adult
and is now an accredited translator and interpreter licensed by Te Taura Whiri i te
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Reo Māori. Krissi has lectured te reo Māori at Te Herenga Waka University of
Wellington and has an MA in Māori Studies and te reo Māori. Literature. Krissi has
been facilitating courses and workshops in te reo Māori, anti-racism, and te Tiriti o
Waitangi for almost 20 years and has been lucky enough to work collaboratively
alongside Māori communities, activists, academics, and educators for her entire
adult life. With a background in socio-linguistics, literary studies, and anti-racist
activism, Krissi is passionate about finding ways to honour te Tiriti by “being better
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Prepared by:
Rebecca Sinclair
Co-founder, The Pākehā Project
14th June, 2023
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Unity House Ltd, trading as The Pākehā Project
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