Te Hapori Hōiho
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Te Hapori Hōiho – The National Māori Horse Association Aotearoa Trust.
We are registered as a charitable trust, Te Hapori Hōiho – The National Māori Horse Association Aotearoa Trust.
Our Trust Deed is registered with the Registrar of Charitable Trusts under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957.
The Trust Board is a governance board responsible for the strategic planning, public relations and financial integrity of the Trust. The Board will produce a Strategic Plan and a Business Plan. Our Trustees have governance experience, having previously served on commercial or not-for-profit boards.
Each Trustee represents diverse equine interests including breeding, starting, rongoā, trekking, eventing, dressage, polo, hunting, racing, rodeo and horse sports in general. All Board members have experience working with Te Ao Māori and other indigenous horse cultures, and represent the collective iwi, stretching the length and breadth of Aotearoa New Zealand.
I have loved horses all my life and ride in many different disciplines. A Māori educator for 30 years, and coproduce kaupapa Māori television series such as ‘Hōiho-Riding On’. Our people, our horses, our reo, our tikanga are passions which drive me. Elected Kai Whakahaere of Te Hapori Hōiho. With the tautoko of my husband Brent Job, I strive to make a difference for all of Te Hapori Hōiho.
Ko Lorraine Stephenson toku ingoa. As Chairperson of our Board of Trustees, I will endeavour on your behalf to celebrate and grow every space for our whānau eke hōiho o ngā hau e wha. I am humbled by this opportunity. My horses and moko are my everything. The two are never far from my daily life. Mauri ora.
I lived in the Ruatoki Valley my entire life, one of the entries into Te Urewera. I've been around horses forever. I'm the Vice Chair of Te Hapori Hōiho o Aotearoa.
Growing up in Ruatoria it was all about horses, horses and more horses, bareback riding and hooning everywhere. This was the only mode of transport for growing tamariki. Winky is an FEI dressage judge and breeder of top New Zealand sport horses.
A horseman all my life, I started doing things different and it wasn't long before I became the student and the horse became the teacher. My children and I run horse treks, horse sports, such as hunting pigs and deer. I am very proud to be a Trustee on the Board of Te Hapori Hōiho – The National Māori Horse Association Aotearoa Trust. I come from a small town situated just east of the mighty majestic Mt Ruapehu. I have lived here 90% of my life.
My interests in horses stem from my childhood, starting out riding bareback and wearing out my father’s farm hacks. I have dabbled in dressage, completed several “horse-whispering” courses, started a horse, packed across and trekked the length of Te Waipounamu, which has currently led me to trekking with my husband, and have made many lifelong friends from all walks of life.
I have been around horses most of my life and have a great love for these animals. I have always aspired and worked towards becoming a respected horseman. My experience is in the starting/breaking in of horses and working with the so-called ‘problem horses’ of the world.