Makaawhio
Tim Rochford
Ko Aoraki te mauka,
Ko Makaawhio te awa,
Ko Uruao te waka,
Ko Kāi Tahu, ko Kāti Māmoe kā iwi,
Ko Kāti Mahaki te hapū
Tim has been the Makaawhio Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu representative since January 1998. He is a lecturer in Māori health at the Wellington Medical School campus of the University of Otago.
Tim believes that the Te Rūnanga structure offers Ngāi Tahu the opportunity to develop a modern iwi structure that preserves our tikaka and rakatirataka while creating new and exciting opportunities for our people to grow.
Tim's key goals for the coming year are to consolidate the gains of the last few years and to restore common purpose and direction to the work of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Tim has three children and lives in Wellington.