Koroneihana Cooper
Position: Kaumatua
Biography
No Te Iwi o Waikato
O Te Waka o Tainui
National Roles:
- Focus Forum Member (Commissioner NZ Police)
- Department of Internal Affairs (Waikato Kaumaatua Representative)
- Royal NZ Police College Recruit Wing 251 (Patron)
- Māori Touch NZ (Kaumaatua/Advisor)
Regional Roles:
- Te Puni Kokiri (Pouwhakahaere - Cultural Advisor)
- Waikato Police District (Kaumaatua, Advisor, Strategic Management Team member)
- Accident Compensation Commission (Pae Arahi/Advisor until 2009)
- Hospice Waikato (Kaumaatua/Advisor/Trustee)
- Waikato Plunket (Kaumaatua/Advisor)
- Kia Ata Mai Education Trust (Kaumaatua/Advisor)
- Tainui Touch (Kaumaatua/Advisor)
- Community Waikato (Kaumaatua)
Community Roles:
- Elected member for Kaitumutumu Marae sitting on Te Kauhanganui (Waikato-Tainui Tribal Parliament)
- Tainui Rangatahi Trust (Trustee)
- Te Whakaruruhau Māori Women’s Refuge (Kaumaatua)
- Justice of the Peace
- Marriage Celebrant
Other Information:
- Quality Assurance Inspector – Meat Industry
- Technical Training – Media Industry
- Exponent of Te Reo Māori, Tikanga and Karakia Tawhito.