Dame Susan Glazebrook and Ms Hinerangi Edwards, of Wairoa, ONZM for services to Māori, governance and education
Hinerangi Edwards (Taranaki whānui, Tauranga Moana, Te Arawa) co-founded AATEA with her husband, as a vehicle to work with communities that they whakapapa to, primarily Taranaki, Te Wairoa and Moriori peoples. She has been involved in many areas of research and facilitation, key to which has been a strategic kaupapa Māori focus. She is a member of Te Kāhui Ahumahi and chairs Ringa Hora Services Workforce Development Council. She is a founding Trustee and Director of Korou Digital Trust and Agency, which aims to create equitable access to digital careers in rural areas. She is a Trustee of Poutama Trust and member of the Māori Economic Development Advisory Board. Ms Edwards previously served as a Māori Language Commissioner and on the Parininihi Ki Waitotara group boards.