Kura Moeahu has strong mana whenua ties here in Te Whanganui a Tara, Wellington. He has whakapapa connections to the eight tribes of Taranaki and Ngāti Mutunga. He is a tribal leader for his people, who is passionately involved with his iwi governance – being both a chair and board member, including as Chair of Te Rūnanganuio Te Ātiawa, the Waiwhetu Marae Trust, the Harbour Island Kaitiaki Board, Waiwhetu Pa Reserve Trust and the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (the board of Creative New Zealand), Manatū Taonga Ministry of Culture and Heritage. As a member of the Weltec Māori Advisory Board, he was instrumental in establishing Te Auaha, the NZ Institute of Creativity and is widely recognised for his knowledge of te ao Māori, tikanga Māori and Māori arts. Currently Parliament’s Tumu Whakarae, Kura ensures tikanga Māori is upheld and promoted within Parliamentary services. A true orator of his people, who is steeped in ancient karakia and whakapapa. Kura is also the founder and lead tutor of Ngāurio Tamarau (a top Kapa haka group here in Wellington). He enjoys playing the guitar, composing songs, and spending time with whānau. “Although people see me in suits – I am a pa boy at heart.” He aha te kai a te rangatira? He kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero. (What is the food of chiefs? It is communication, it is listening, and it is knowledge).

Rebecca is Ngāti Porou and Ngāpuhi.  She received her Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand, Master of Arts in Urban Design from Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom, Certificate in Professional Studies in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom and Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Design from Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom. Her research interests and expertise lie in the field of Urban design, urbanism, Māori place identity and placemaking, participatory design processes, politics of place and spatial justice. Rebecca is the Director of Te Manawahoukura at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

Arama Johnston (Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao) is currently a Director at SoF Consulting, bringing a wealth of experience and management skills to He Herenga Kura. SoF Consulting provides support in relations to organizational performance and strategy; business development, tertiary education strategy (domestic and international); qualifications development, overseas development aid, engagement with Māori and marine conservation. Arama has a background in both public and private sector organizations, as well as policy and legislative experience in education, overseas trade, economics, aid, health, health and safety - including representative duties at an overseas post involving time with UN operations in Cambodia. Arama has held business development roles with international engineering and industrial research organizations. He spent 8 years as a technical advisor and relationship manager for large scale telecommunication, IT, and digital network deployments. More recently, Arama has spent time involved in entity establishment and setup, Crown/Māori relations, organizational change management and transition, plus incident management. Arama's particular areas of experience are machinery of government, organizational performance, strategy development, policy formulation, legislative design and drafting, risk management, enforcement and compliance, representation and relationship management experience at a ministerial, board, and CXO level, overseas business development, hands on ICT experience, telecommunications project management, and budget management experience.

Justan Clark holds a Masters of Business Administration from Massey University and his day job involves being the Operations Manager for a large electrical contracting firm. Justan is a strategic and practical thinker, and offers a number of skills to the He Herenga Kura board including finance, strategic planning and operational risk management. Justan works well in groups with differing opinions and backgrounds and likes to mould those ideas into practical solutions that can then be implemented. His own personal views align with those of He Herenga Kura and Justan is especially passionate about getting rangatahi into training and onto work, Justan would like to contribute to help make He Herenga Kura a top organisation that delivers effective solutions to whānau and their tamariki.

Barbara is the principal of a boutique law firm in Wellington that serves clients across New Zealand. She has extensive experience in workplace issues and is an experienced litigator. Barbara completed her Law degree at the University of Canterbury. Widely acknowledged as an expert in the employment law field, Barbara has a particular interest in Tikanga Māori in employment and governance law and has written articles on topics such as Matariki and the growing influence of Tikanga in employment law. Barbara has strong personal affiliations with Rapaki in Christchurch and has provided advice to the Kohanga Reo National Trust for many years. Barbara is honoured and humbled by the opportunity to serve He Herenga Kura and trusts that she can reciprocate this as she assumes the role of a director. She also hopes that her contribution can match the learning and experience for her as she serves as a director on an organisation that aligns with her own social values; where whanau and tamariki are at the forefront; where everyone has fundamental equality of access to basic needs and care; and where everyone has the opportunity to achieve their aspirations.