Katene Ericksen

PARENT REPRESENTATIVE, Deputy Chair Co-opted April 2023

Tātai:

Whakamoemiti ki ngā āriki, Matua, Tama, Wairua Tapu, me ngā Anahera Pono me Te Māngai. Āe. Ko Ihoa o ngā mano ki te rangi, ko te whenua anō tana tūrangawaewae. Ki ngā mate haere, haere, hoki atu ki te kāinga tūturu mō tāua te tāngata. Ka huri au ki a tātou ngā uri, ona tupu e matomato ana i tēnei māra ō tātou. Ko ngā puke whakahī, ngā kōrero mō te ahurea motuhake o ngā tai mihi tāngata me ngā moana e tātai ana tātou ki a tātou. He iti marangai, tū ana ki te pāhukahuka. He iti pīoke nō Rangaunu he au tona. Ko te puke ki tērā taha ko Tohoraha. Tēnā pou whakahī kei roto i te rohe o Ngāi Takoto. Tohoraha titiro ki Mangō Piko ki Kohuroaanaki. Ko Mangō Piko te puke tapu, ko Tōhē te tangata, ko Ngāti Kuri te iwi. He Kuaka mārangaranga. Kotahi te manu i tau ki te tāhuna rā. Tau atu, tau atu, kua tau mai nei. Tēnā rā kōtou katoa, ko Katene Ericksen taku ingoa

Occupation

Senior under writer Chubb Insurance NZ

I believe I would make a great addition to the Board. I was a was graduate of Kaitāia College, recipient of the McDonald’s Tai Tokerau Scholarship. I bring with me my lifetime experience in academia, the corporate world, as well as the mahi I do as part of our marae committee as Secretary. I currently have many nieces, nephews and first cousins in attendance with my son nearing the end of his schooling at Pompallier Catholic School just down the road.