These are exciting times for Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi as Rawinia Lewis takes the helm as the new Kahungunu Asset Holding Company (KAHC) business manager.
She's hit the ground running as new ventures have taken off.
Rawinia was welcomed to Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated (NKII) on June 4 last year as a secondee from the Ministry of Social Development to assist the iwi with training, employment, housing and working with other government agencies to improve services to whānau.
NKII chief executive Chrissie Hape had Rawinia progressing the strategic outcomes of Te Ara Toiora /The Pathway to wellbeing for Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi.
Over the past 12 months there has been significant changes in the Kahungunu Asset Holding Company with the resignation of general manager Jonathan Dick, the appointment of a new chair, Trevor Moeke, and four new directors, Heather Skipworth, Barry Wilson, Ian Taylor and iwi board member JB Heperi-Smith.