June 02, 2025

Educator, leader & dedicated to the Kaupapa: Mrs Liz Graham

Waatea Team Posted On June 2, 2025

Mrs Liz Graham (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Toroiwaho) has dedicated more than 40 years to her community and Māori education. She has been associated with Te Aute College for over 40 years, as a hostel staff member, a Board of Trustee and Trust Board before taking up teaching in 2003. She was Deputy Chair from 2015 and Chair from 2017 to 2023 of the Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust, guiding the community through the Treaty settlement process. She has been the Secretary and led the catering of Ōtane Sports Club since 2010. Mrs Graham has been a director of Kāweka Gwavas Forest Trust since 2018, the entity which holds the Kaweka and Gwavas Crown Forest lands for Heretaunga, Tamatea and Ahuriri. Liz becomes a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit