Pauline Kumeroa Kingi

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Pauline Kingi CNZM, NZIM Fellow, BA, DipCrim, LLB, LLM Harvard, Regional Director Tamaki Makaurau (born May 3, 1951 in Napier, New Zealand) is a well-known Māori community leader.

Pauline Kumeroa Kingi CNZM, NZIM Fellow, BA, DipCrim, LLB, LLM Harvard, Regional Director Tamaki Makaurau Regional Office

Pauline Kingi was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1980 and is also a Corporate Director, with membership of both the Institute of Directors and the New Zealand Institute of Management. Her extensive community and public sector involvement has spanned over 28 years, and she has been Awarded the Zonta Women of the Year Award, Chicago; The New Zealand Law Society Bicentennial Scholarship for Outstanding Mâori Law Student; the Harkness Commonwealth Fund of New York Award and the 21st Century Trust Fellowship(United Kingdom) She was a National Director for Te Roopu Tomokia, the Mâori Land Research Programme to assist Iwi-Mâori with land-related problems across the country, and held this position for three years, working through the National Council of Churches, Mâori Section, with funding provided from the World Council of Churches Programme to Combat Racism, and the Christian Conference of Asia. She is the Tamaki Makaurau Regional Director for the Ministry of Maori Development which covers an area from Te Hana in the Northern Kaipara through to Meremere in the Southern portion of the region, and including both the Hauraki Gulf and South Kaipara Coastlines. Ms Kingi is a former Tamaki Makaurau Regional President of the Maori Women’s Welfare League and is now a life member of the Arahina Branch. She has also held executive roles and chaired the New Zealand Healthcare Standards Council for Accreditation of Health Services in Hospitals and Community. She has worked with the Mâori Wardens at both a National and a Regional Level, to develop this Mâori entity, and in 1996, and again in 2004, was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation from the Mâori Wardens for this mahi.

She is a past Chair of the Auckland Institute of Technology and lodged the application for AIT to become the first University of Technology in New Zealand. She is a current member of the AUT Council and was Convenor of Maori Education for the University through to 2003. She was recognised for services to the AUT, with an Honorary Associate Award in 1999.

She has been a Director and Trustee for the Aotea Centre Board of Management, Moana Pacific Fisheries, and the Furniture Industry Training Organisation. Her work now extends to a Trustee role for the Tamaki Pathways Youth Trust, and Deputy Chairperson for the Paerangi Limited Maori Boarding Schools Company. She is a member of the Auckland Transport Action Group, and is a current member of the Auckland Regional Land Transport Committee. She is a founding member of the Strategic Leadership Group for the development of the Auckland Regional Economic Strategy (AREDS), now in its Implementation Phase. She has assisted in 2003-2004, AREDS in the identification of the Mâori Programme Manager to develop the Mâori Workstreams for this regional economic initiative and is currently advising the Implementation Leaders Group on the selection of Mâori Economic Projects. She attended the inaugural meetings of the America’s Cup Stakeholder’s Forum convened by Auckland City Council, in the lead up to the final Defence Series for the Cup. She is a member of the Auckland District Advisory Taumata, to assist the Auckland District Commander of Police on sensitive issues involving the Maori Community and Policing. She provides the Strategic Leadership of the Public Sector Regional Intersector Forums in Auckland and Waitakere City, with relevant policy issues, such as the Joint Engagement Team recommendations for the “P”Drug Epidemic, referred to the Senior Officials Group in Wellington for due consideration. Through this JET she is working with key agencies and officials to develop an information awareness kitset for Regional distribution initially. As a member of the Auckland Transport Action Group, she has worked with the business community and local government to identify a strategy to address the critical issue of Auckland Transport, and the final paper that was presented to government and received positive endorsement and support at a central level.

In June 2004, she was elected to the New Zealand Institute of Management, Auckland Division, and is the first Mâori to be appointed to this body. She sees the 300+ programmes which the NZIM has to offer as providing Mâori with a range of managerial tools that will assist Mâori Development, and membership of this Body as a strategic opportunity to promote access to such knowledge.

In the last four weeks she has worked with the Institute to provide packages of information to be distributed across the principal Iwi-Mâori organisations in the region, as well as to the Head Office, and the Regional offices of the Ministry of Mâori Development. In July 2004 she was nominated for and selected for the NZIM Fellow Award from the New Zealand Institute of Management.

She has received recognition with a Suffrage Honour for services to women in 1994, and in 1999 received the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to New Zealand. In 2000 she was selected for an inaugural Manawahine Award, from the Mâori Women’s Welfare League, and received this Award from Te Arikinui, Dame Te Ata Rangikaahu.

In December 2001, in recognition of voluntary work for New Zealand and Manukau City, a Certificate for the International Year of the Volunteer from the Honourable George Hawkins and Sir Barry Curtis, Mayor of Manukau City Council. She is an advisory trustee for the Tamaki Pathways Trust, a collaboration between Rotary, Judge Peter Boshier, the Justice Department, Tamaki College,Auckland Police and Te Puni Kôkiri, to work with and develop models for community diversion of Youth at Risk, including Rangatahi from the East Auckland Community of the Auckland Region. She is assisting the development of Leadership New Zealand, a community leadership programme for New Zealand future leaders, to create and foster social capital in this country.

Through a range of resourcing mechanisms, over the last four years, she has managed with a dedicated staff resource, the Ministry’s Tahua Kaihoatu – Mâori Provider Development Fund, Capacity Building Fund, Special Advisory Fund Positions, Kaitataki-a-Rohe Fund, Local Level Solutions Projects and the Direct Resourcing Pilot for Whanau Integrated Care with the Te Whanau Waipareira Trust, across the Auckland Region, but exclusive of South Auckland. This role has been further expanded with the wider role that she now has across the greater Tamaki Makaurau region. These programmes have been a catalyst for Whanau,Hapu,Iwi and Mâori development to fulfil the aspiration of the current administration of He Putahitanga Hou – constructive engagement with Mâori. She considers working for Maoridom and this country to be an honour and a rare privilege.