Tame Te Rangi

Tame Te Rangi is a New Zealand civil servant, administrator and sport commentator. Of Māori descent, he identifies with the Ngāti Whātua iwi. He has held roles relating to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority,[1] Te Māngai Pāho,[1] Ngati Whatua[1] and Hato Petera College.[2]

In the 1990s Te Rangi worked for the New Zealand Qualifications Authority,[1] where he establish contacts which later got him a job at Te Māngai Pāho, working for chief executive Trevor Moeke.[1] Conflicts of interest between his Te Māngai Pāho roles and later-developed sports commentating roles for Maori Sports Casting International (which received funding overseen by Te Rangi from Te Māngai Pāho) were revealed as part of a campaign against Te Māngai Pāho by politician Rodney Hide.[3][4] The affair cost both Te Rangi,[3] Moeke[5] and chairman Toby Curtis[6][7] their jobs. It also emerged that in the early 1990s Te Rangi was convicted of fraud for stealing almost $40,000 from a Ngāti Whātua trust and served five months in jail; Te Rangi had not been asked about previous criminal convictions prior to being offered a full-time job.[1]

In 2015 Te Rangi chaired the selection panel for Auckland Council's Independent Maori Statutory Board, which was involved in a high-profile legal and political battle with Auckland Council and candidate Willie Jackson.[8][9] Jackson and Te Rangi are both on the board of Hato Petera Trust.[10]

References
  1. "Giving mate a job started long slide - National - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  2. "New board appointed to Te Whānau o Hato Petera following special meeting | Māori Television". Maoritelevision.com. 2014-05-01. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  3. Steve Kilgallon (2011-09-30). "'I'm going back home to my people'". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  4. "Introduction | State Services Commission". Ssc.govt.nz. 2003-10-15. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  5. "Moeke quits top job but stays with Te Mangai Paho - National - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  6. "TMP head resigns after report - One News". TVNZ. 2003-05-28. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  7. "Minister Announces Chair Of Te Mangai Paho'S Resignation". beehive.govt.nz. 2003-05-29. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  8. "Auckland Council Maori panel head has historic fraud conviction". Stuff.co.nz. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  9. "Legal threat ahead of council funding vote - National - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  10. "Ax buried as rivals work on Petera problems". Waateanews.com. 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
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