He uri nō Ngāpuhi me Ngāti Porou. Ko Hokianga me Taumārere, ōku hononga ki Te Tai Tokerau. Ko Tokomaru Bay me Rangitokia, ōku hononga ki Te Tairāwhiti. I tipu ake au ki waenganui o tōku whānau whānui me taku hapu Te Hikutū, kei Whirinaki, ki Hokianga. Ā, ka nuku tōku whānau ki Tūranga Nui a Kiwa ki te noho ki waenganui i tērā taha o taku whakapapa. I te wā i pakeke au ka nuku ki Tāmaki Makaurau ki te mahi, ki te ako ki roto i te Ao Hurihuri, ki te whiwhi tohu ki roto i te kāwai pakihi kei ngā Whare Wānanga o Ākarana, MIT me AUT. Kei te rapu mātauranga ki roto i tēnei kāwai ki te hanga, ki te whakatutuki i ōku wawata mō tōku whānau. 

Ko tō māua moemoea ki te hoki ki te kāinga ki te whāngai ēnei mātauranga me ngā akoranga kua kimihia māua ki roto i te Ao Hurihuri ki tō māua whānau, ki tō māua hapu, ki tō māua iwi. Kia whakapakari, whakatipu me te whakamana te iwi Māori ki roto i te ao pakihi. Kia whiwhi ai ia whānau o tēnei reanga, me ngā whakatupuranga e haere mai i te Tino Rangatiratanga o ōna ake pakihi, pūtea, whenua, whānau, mana motuhake rānei. Ko tēra te kaupapa Rangatira o Te Kōrau CO.STARTERS.

Organising team member for Kura Reo ki Whirinaki (promoting revitalization and retention of Te Reo Māori me ngā tikanga o Hokianga Whakapau Karakia) https://kurareokiwhirinaki.nz/

Graduated with a Bachelor of Business Majoring in Marketing from MIT

Graduated with Bachelor of Business Honours in Marketing from AUT

Worked at Te Kooti Whenua Māori

Worked as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in Business and Marketing at AUT 

Worked at Manukau Institute of Technology Business and IT faculty

Piki ake ahau ki runga taku Maunga tapu o Rākaumangamanga Tirotiro iho nei ki te Tikitiki o tū te Mahurangi. Ki te Pā o Tapeka I reira a Tara e whakataukingia. E tuwhera atu nei te Awa o Taumarere, Te Awa herehere riri.  Haere tonu ahau ki Otuihu ki te nohonga o Pomare.

Kauhoetia e ahau te awa kia tae ahau ki Matairiri. Kia piki ake ahau ki runga Pakarukiterangi ki te torere o ōku mātua tūpuna ki Otarare. Ranga tonu ahau ki te taumata o taku Maunga ki Uta Ki te tihi o Te Ruapekapeka . Mārama atu te titiro ki Tapuwharawhara taku Maunga whakahirahira ki te Karetu e tau nei e.  

E ngā reo e ngā mana e ngā tapu

He mihi aroha tēnei ki a rātou te kāhui wairua e ngaro nei te tirohanga kanohi rātou i takahia te ara whānui o Tāne ki Te Reinga ki te Huinga o te Kahurangi 

Tātou te hunga ora ki a tātou

Nō reira tēnā koutou katoa.

Kia Ora, my name is Marareia Hamilton and I am of Ngāti Manu, Ngāti Kahungungu and Ngāti Raukawa descent. My background is within the education, tourism and business development space.

I am the Managing Director of Hawaiki Tours a Maori tourism company which markets Maori tourism experiences to Asia. I am also the Project Director for the Hawaiki Project a social initiative connecting indigenous tribes globally through cultural exchanges for tamariki.

I am currently working towards a PhD in business with a focus on Indigenous Tourism. I hold a Master of Business with First Class Honors and was awarded top overall graduate of the business faculty within the University. My research focus has been in eco-tourism, indigenous tourism and consumer behaviour. 

I am part of the Te Korau CO.STARTERS team which works with Maori small to medium enterprises in developing and strengthening their business ideas/operations within regions and helped co-design the contextualised Maori version.  

I also teach marketing, advertising, sales and retail to third year undergraduate students at the Auckland University of Technology.

My previous work experience was with the Ministry for Primary Industries within the Maori programs and partnerships which helped assist Maori Trusts to develop their collective land assets to gain economic benefits.

Kia Ora,  Ko Sabrina Nagel tōku ingoa, a nō Tīamana ahau. Ko ngā kaupapa tino pai ki ahau ko te mātauranga, ki te poipoi i te umanga me te tino hiahia kia whai awangawanga ahau ki ngā mahi e mahia ana e au, me te whakarerekē i te hapori. Kua tekau ngā tau e mahi ana ahau i tenei mahi.

I taku mahi ināianei i AUT, he maha ngā mahi e mahia ana e ahau mai i te heke mai o te mātauranga ki te whakatū i tētahi hanganga tautoko kaha e akiaki ana i ngā ākonga ki te tīmata i a rātou ake pakihi. He kaiwhakawhanake a CO.STARTERS mōhio me te kaiwhakangungu, kua oti i a au tētahi kaupapa whakangungu e toru-marama te wāhi i ako ahau i ngā rautaki kaiao e mohio ana ka taea e ngā kaipakihi te whiu i a rātou anō i te whiu i ō rātou kamupene.

I tua atu i te noho hei 'Kai pakihi', i tiro anō hoki e ahau te whānuitanga o ngā Hīmaka whakangahau i mua i te tīmata i te kura tuatahi e arotahi ana ko Ako (www.akospace.com) i te Hui-tanguru 2018.

Kia Ora, my name is Sabrina Nagel and I am originally from Germany. I am passionate about education, entrepreneurship and sustainability and I want to have an impact with the work I do, making a difference to society. I have been working in the startup space for 10 years 

In my current role at AUT, I have been working on a number of initiatives ranging from the future of education to setting up a strong support structure encouraging students to start their own businesses. I am an experienced CO.STARTERS facilitator and trainer and have completed a three-month coaching programme where I learned scientifically evidenced strategies that allow entrepreneurs to scale themselves while scaling their company.

Apart from being an 'Intrapreneur', I have also explored a range of hobby Startups before starting a future-focused primary school called Ako (www.akospace.com) in Feb 2018.

Genie is the Business Growth Co-ordinator for The Orchard Business and Events Hub, Northland Inc’s co-working and incubation space.

Genie connects businesses to the right people and resources they need to strengthen and grow, supporting community of enterprises in The Orchard. With a background in social science, she’s passionate about integrating the social with the economic in the journey to a thriving Northland.