Ms Helena Tuteao, of Hamilton, MNZM for services to people with disabilities and Māori
Ms Helena Tuteao (Tainui) has held roles at Ripple Trust, CCS Disability Action, Blind Low Vision New Zealand and My Life My Voice. She has served on the Disabled Persons Assembly’s National Executive Committee and the national Enabling Good Lives Leadership Group. She is a Pou Rangatira Regional Leader of Te Ao Marama Aotearoa, the national body for disabled Māori, and Pou Tohitū for Te Hunga Kāpō, guiding Kaupapa Māori solutions for blind or vision-impaired people. She provides regular strategic advice to government entities. Ms Tuteao co-authored the chapter ‘Decolonizing Disability: Indigenous Māori Perspectives of Disability Research in the Modern Era’ in the ‘Springer Handbook of Disability’.