About us
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Harry TamCo-Director
For over forty years Harry has worked with indigenous ethnic gangs and other hard to reach communities throughout the country and in the prisons.
In 1990, Harry was awarded the 1990 Commemoration Medal for services to New Zealand. Harry also worked as a senior public servant for nearly twenty years, providing policy advice to the government on a range of portfolios including youth, penal policy and criminal justice. |
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Angie WilkinsonCo-Director
Angie has over ten years experience working in government in statistical analysis, research and policy roles, including as a Senior Advisor at Statistics NZ, Te Puni Kōkiri and the NSW Advocate for Children and Young People in Australia.
Angie has experience working across a broad range of policy areas, including Māori development, youth, labour market, housing, and conservation. She has an Honours degree in Anthropology from Victoria University and a post graduate certificate in Public Health from the University of Otago, Wellington. Angie is inspired by social justice and is passionate about supporting hard to reach populations to reach their full potential. She lives in Rotorua with her partner and son. |
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Mike MarinoHard to Reach Community Leader
Mike Marino is a hard to reach community leader who has been promoting pro-social change for the hard to reach Māori community in the Hamilton and broader Waikato area. Mike has delivered a range of health and wellbeing community initiatives, including better parenting, anger management, and working with local service providers to help to prevent whānau from preventable diseases. Mike has also provided advocacy, guidance and support for whānau testing positive for
Covid-19, and encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations amongst the gang community. |
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Joanna WilkinsonSenior Report writer and content strategist
Joanna began writing s27 cultural reports to utilise her communication skills to give a voice to marginalised communities and further her passion in issues of social justice. She has over ten years’ experience in science communication, including extensive experience conducting interviews with researchers, supporting robust research processes, and analysing and distilling complex information to reach a wide audience. Before that, Joanna was promoting community outreach programmes at Housing New Zealand (Kainga Ora).
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How our work began
This photo shows a Hui in 2017 and is unrelated to the story below. Photo by Aaron Smale.
Our work started after a drive-by shooting in Taita, Wellington, 2014.
The shooting involved the Mongrel Mob and the Nomads. After a mediation process the two groups resolved their differences peacefully.
The Mob leader wanted to explore ways to prevent his mokopuna from being caught up in a cycle of:
We supported the leader by working with his daughter and hard to reach community leaders to form a team around him. We then engaged the E Tū Whānau team to support and resource a series of workshops for the local community to identify their aspirations for the future. The group prioritised the need to improve the young people’s education and employment achievements.
The Ministry of Education was then linked in to support the group to create their own ‘developing a culture of education in the home’ plan. Over the last few years the local community have been quietly implementing this plan and many of the young people involved are now in employment or training.
Learn more about our mahi in the community or get in touch with us about how we can support you.
The shooting involved the Mongrel Mob and the Nomads. After a mediation process the two groups resolved their differences peacefully.
The Mob leader wanted to explore ways to prevent his mokopuna from being caught up in a cycle of:
- truancy
- unemployment
- alcohol and drug abuse
- criminal offending
We supported the leader by working with his daughter and hard to reach community leaders to form a team around him. We then engaged the E Tū Whānau team to support and resource a series of workshops for the local community to identify their aspirations for the future. The group prioritised the need to improve the young people’s education and employment achievements.
The Ministry of Education was then linked in to support the group to create their own ‘developing a culture of education in the home’ plan. Over the last few years the local community have been quietly implementing this plan and many of the young people involved are now in employment or training.
Learn more about our mahi in the community or get in touch with us about how we can support you.
