Tainui te Waka, Pirongia te Maunga
Ngāti Hikairo te iwi, Ngāti Te Mihinga te Hapū
Kāwhia Kai, Kāwhia Moana, Kāwhia Tangata
Ko Tahaho taku tūpuna, Ko Steve Morgan taku ingoa

As a child growing up at the Paa, our parents ensured the importance of returning to Kāwhia – to whakawhanaunga, to mahi, to play and to reconnect with our whānau, our hapū and our iwi. These traits have been passed on to my tamariki and mokopuna.

For many years, I have worked behind the scenes as a “ringa raupa” and also contributed to the many marae projects - I look forward to the challenge of being the Chairman of the marae committee and working with our people.

Ko Tongariro te maunga
Ko Rotoaira te moana
Ko Tuwharetoa te Iwi
Ko Ngāti Hikairo te hapū
Ko Te Wharerangi Te Tangata
I te taha ki tōku Mama
Ko Tainui te waka
Ko Ngāti Hikairo te iwi
Ko Pirongia te maunga
Ko Kāwhia te moana
Ko Waipapa te marae
Ko Kelly Isherwood ahau
Tēnā koutou katoa

My passion is my marae at Waipapa, I have been a part of my mother’s marae since I was young and knew one day I would take a role as a committee member or trustee. I have a strong connection to Waipapa which for me was a legacy left behind by my grandfather the late Fred Te Weu Porima. As a Treasurer I believe I can with my team, fulfil my duties for the betterment of my Iwi.

Ngā mihi nui ki a tātou katoa i tēnei wā
Korōria ki te matua nui i te rangi
Maungārongo ki runga i te mata o te whenua
Whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa
He mihi ki a Kiingi Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero te Tuawhitu
Te pou herenga waka
Te pou herenga tangata me te kāhui ariki nui tonu 
Paimairie
Tēnei te tū ake
Ki te mihi atu, ki a koutou
Te whānau o Waipapa Marae Committee
Ko Pirongia-te-aroaro-o-Kahu rāua ko Aoraki ngā maunga
Ko Kawhia rāua ko Te Ara Kiwa ngā moana
Ko Ōpārau rāua ko Waimakariri ngā awa
Ko Tainui rāua ko Takitimu ngā waka
Ko Ngāti Hikairo rāua ko Kai Tahu ngā iwi
Ko Waipapa rāua ko Te Rau Aroha ngā marae
Ko Te Whānaupani rāua ko Kāti Mamoe ngā hapū
Ko Whakamarurangi rāua ko Tahu Pōtiki ngā tāngata
Ko Tiki Porima-Ryan tōku ingoa
Nō Kāwhia ahau.

MY ASSOCIATION:
Kāwhia Māori Women’s Welfare League
Te Puru Hikairo Trust (Interim Trustee)
Waipapa Marae Committee 
Waipapa Poukai Committee
Kāwhia Methodist Church
Trustee for Waipapa (Interim Trustee)
Ngā Marae Toopu

MY RESPONDSIBILITIES:
Treasurer for Waipapa Poukai & Marae Committee (2014- 2020)
Treasurer Kāwhia MWW League (2018-2020)
Interim Treasurer Te Puru Hikairo (2020)
Interim Treasurer Kāwhia Methodist Church (2020)

MY COMMITMENT:
Waipapa Poukai & Marae committee been a treasurer
Poukai Rounds  
Kāwhia MWW League with Maniapoto Pact Trust Mirimiri
Kāwhia Methodist Church assisting Tumoaki Diana Tana with Holy communion.
Waiata and Mooteatea with Haki and Whetu.

MY SKILLS:
Tikanga (Matauranga Māori) (Level 3) 2017
Certificate in Art (Māori)/Kāwai Raupapa 2017
Ngā Kete Mātauranga Rorohiko
New Zealand Certificate in Computing
(Intermediate User) (Level 3) 2018
Ngā Kete Mātauranga Rorohiko
New Zealand Certificate in Computing
(Advanced User) (Level 4) 2018

Ki te taha o taku mama, Ko Te Ruru Neri Pikia
Ki te taha o taku papa, Ko Miki Mita Te Hae Wetere
Ko Queenie Karewa Te Hae tōku ingoa
Ko Pirongia te maunga
Ko Ōpārau te awa
Ko Kāwhia te moana
Ko Waipapa te marae
Ko Ngāti Hikairo ahau

What were you doing prior to this appointment?

• Kaumātua Status

What’s your skill set?

• Teacher
• Cleaner
• Caterer
• Iwi Environmental Management

What’s your vision for the future of the marae?

• To create Tourism in Kāwhia
• To create programs in relation to fishing
• Rongoa, Maara Kai and Raranga
• Building homes for whānau
• Create a prevention programme for illegal recreation usage
• Tikanga, Kawa, Waiata and Kapa Haka would be standard in all sectors

Studied at:

Te Wharekura o Rākaumangamanga

University of Waikato

Specialties:

• Philosophy (Existentialism, Logic, Ethics, Postmodernism, Quantum Theory)
• Anthropology (Social, Cultural)

Fields of Interest:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Automation
• Machine Learning
• Game Theory

Ko Tainui te waka
Ko Pirongia te maunga
Ko Ōpārau te awa
Ko Kāwhia te moana
Ko Ngātokakairiri te motu
Ko Motutara te raenga kūiti
Ko Te Wharu te tāwhangawhanga
Ko Kaiwhai te pātaka
Ko Rangiahua me Kaiewe ngā mānia
Ko Ngāti Horotakere, Ngāti Puhiawe me Ngāti Mahuta ngā hapū
Ko Ngāti Hikairo te iwi
Ko Whakamarurangi te tangata
He uri tēnei o ngā whānau Tai Hauauru, Wetere, Porima me Te Hae

“Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus