About Us

Anjum Rahman is the founder and project lead of Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono. She is a chartered accountant with 30 years of experience and has worked with various commercial, farming and not-for-profit entities.

She is a member of international committees dealing with violent extremist content online. She was the inaugural co-chair of the Christchurch Call Advisory Network and Vice-Chair of the Independent Advisory Committee of the Global Internet Forum for Countering Terrorism. She is also Vice-President of the Internet New Zealand Council.

She also commits to various volunteer roles in the community. She was a founding member of the Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand, an organisation formed in 1990 to unite Muslim women and represent their concerns. She has also been a founding member and trustee of Shama, Ethnic Women’s Trust, which supports ethnic minority women through social work service, life-skills classes and community development. She has worked in the area of sexual violence prevention both as a volunteer and as part of Government working groups.  Anjum is a trustee of Trust Waikato, a major funder in the Waikato Region.

Ko Ari tooku ignoa. Ko irawhiti me whakataane ahau.

Ari has an eclectic history working within mental health and rainbow spaces, food safety and SME consulting with a wealth of administrative, logistical, and operational experience. They are a proud member of the neurospicey, spoonie and disabled communities. They are passionate about decolonisation, kai sovereignty, and community building.

Staughm is a fourth-generation tauiwi Pākehā of English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh heritage. Raised in Ōtepoti Dunedin, Staughm is now based in Whakaraupō, Lyttelton. With a history and passion for uplifting and amplifying the stories of those who are less heard, Staughm runs the external communications of Tāhono. Dedicated to learning from the experiences of others, promoting the accessibility of information through good communication design is at the core of his day-to-day mahi.

Wyatt migrated to Aotearoa from the US in 2017. Since then, she has found deep connection,
whānau, and personal healing from the land and its people. She now lives in beautiful Stillwater
in Tāmaki Makaurau with her partner and two young daughters. Wyatt believes in the strength
and ātaahua of the whenau that is Aotearoa and is committed to serving her community and
building hononga, connection. As a social worker and social change activist, she brings a
background of active listening, compassion, and engagement to her mahi with Tāhono.

Lautalie has worked in both corporate and not-for-profit fields in healthcare, IT and education in Aotearoa and internationally for the last thirty plus years. She has extensive administration, operations and event experience and has also organised events throughout the Asia Pacific region in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Australia, Fiji and throughout New Zealand.

She is of Samoan/German/Chinese descent and her parents came from Samoa in the early 1950’s and raised their family in Tokoroa and Auckland.

On a voluntary basis she is also involved with the Pacific Paediatric Association, supporting doctors in the pacific islands and is the Co-President for the newly formed, PACIFICA Inc, Hibiscus branch in Tamaki Makaurau.

Lincoln Dam is a lecturer and Director of English-Medium Education in Te Puna Wānanga/the School of Māori and Indigenous Education at Waipapa Taumata Rau/the University of Auckland. He teaches courses on race and ethnicity, diversity more broadly, multicultural education, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Lincoln’s current research explores the ethics and politics of (Im)migrant-Indigenous relations, specifically Asian-Māori and Asian-Te Tiriti relations in Aotearoa-New Zealand.

Dr. Roa is the former chief negotiator for Waikato-Tainui, a former chairman and current member of both the Waikato-Tainui Executive committee (Te Arataura) and the Waikato-Tainui tribal parliament (Te Whakakitenga o Waikato). He is an esteemed kaumātua and orator within Tainui waka. His principal interests include Waikato-Maniapoto oral and written history and traditions, the Kīngitanga, Māori-English translation and Māori traditional knowledge relating to flora, fauna, marine resources and also to land.

Sandy is an Associate Professor, Faculty of Maori and Indigenous Studies, University of Waikato. Her scholarship focuses on indigenous models of development partnerships under the Treaty of Waitangi as well as education for sustainable development. She is also the winner of the National Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award for Sustained Excellence in a Kaupapa Māori Context. She is the current President of the International Council of Adult Education and was admitted to the International Adult and Community Education Hall of Fame, Oklahoma University in 2009. Tribally, she descends from Te Arawa, Maniapoto and Te Tau Ihu o te Waka a Māui.

Bill’s relationship building skills are his greatest strength combined with a high level of strategic and management thinking and style. He has extensive networks nationally and internationally. Having over 20 years experience in governance and senior management, and vast expertise in operational matters including reporting, monitoring and risk management, he has a proven record of achieving a high standard of outcomes.

He prefers an inclusive collaborative working style and has a proven record in teaching, training, facilitation, mediation and resource development. He has contributed to specific successful relationship building with iwi over many years. He has a sound knowledge of Tikanga Maori and mid-level competency in Te Reo Maori. He is strongly supported by his iwi, hapu and whanau. His written and oral communication skills are well developed and is highly skilled in weaving the Treaty of Waitangi into business management and community development, the latter being a passion for him. He has experience working at local, regional, national and international levels.