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June 06, 2022
Carol Berghan-Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours 2022
Waatea Team
Posted On June 6, 2022
To be a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit:BERGHAN, Ms Carol Anne Kahutaha
For services to Māori
Ms Carol Berghan has been CEO of Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust since 2017.
The Te Hiku o Te Ika – Crown Social Development Accord was signed in 2013 as part of Te Hiku Iwi Treaty settlement process, which positioned Te Hiku alongside government agencies to focus on improving social development and wellbeing among Te Hiku iwi, hapu and whānau. In 2018 Te Hiku Iwi and the Crown co-designed a Joint Work Programme (JWP), updating the Accord in 2020 to meet the evolving needs of Te Hiku. Ms Berghan has facilitated effective and successful partnership engagement between iwi and government agencies to trial and test new ways of working. She introduced employment trials, launching the TUPU model to help whānau affected by unemployment, and was key to obtaining government support to maintain water supply for Te Hiku members affected by drought. She held previous government roles, including chairing the ‘Make It Happen’ Te Hiku Ministerial Taskforce from 2014 to 2017, Secretariat for the Māori Economic Taskforce in 2010/2011, and a current ministerial appointment on the Regional Skills Leadership Group for Tai Tokerau and community advisor to the Local Government Reform. Ms Berghan has prior experience in the economic and commercial sectors, including small business ownership.
