Acknowledgements

Ngā mihi

Given what we have learnt through running workshops for 18 to 25 year-olds, the first thank you must go to the over 300 individuals who attended McGuinness Institute workshops since 2011. Your energy, ideas and insights provided the initial spark for creating Āpōpō Journal.

Holly Diepraam
Research intern and focus group facilitator
WakaNZ participant
Nathan Williams
Focus group facilitator
TacklingPovertyNZ participant
Solomon Esera
Featured poet and photographer
ForesightNZ participant
Shaquille Shortland
Featured poet
WakaNZ participant
Anna-Marei Kurei
Featured poet
WakaNZ participant
Jessica Langtry
Featured photographer
Justin Crook
Featured photographer
Clive Antony
Featured photographer
Focus group participant
Nicholas Shackleton
Featured photographer
Robert Lewis
Focus group participant
Brett Manaia
Focus group participant
Conor Bryant 
Focus group participant
Anne Rijnink
Focus group participant
Zöe So’otaga
Focus group participant
Liza Gaiduch
Focus group participant
Cosi Brown
Focus group participant
Shanara Wallace
Focus group participant
Pounamu Tipiwai-Chambers
Focus group participant
Tapu Vea
Pasifika Student Liaison
Victoria University
Faaaliga Leota
Pasifika Student Liaison
Victoria University
Tayla Cook
Māori Student Liaison
Victoria University
Apurva Kasture
Featured photographer
Elizabeth Lovell
Focus group participant
Matt Wort
Featured photographer
Paul Tukukino
Focus group participant
Kahu Kutia
Focus group participant
Andrew Itinteang
Focus group participant
Mateaki Koaneti
Focus group participant
Anne George
Featured photographer
Penieli Poasa
Focus group participant
Peteli Poasa
Focus group participant
Trina Tonise
Focus group participant
Junior Ugapo
Focus group participant
Libby Rees
Focus group participant
Lewis Enoa Ariu-Woolley
Focus group participant
Trinity Thompson-Browne
Focus group participant
WakaNZ participant
Leigh McGuinness
Featured photographer
Abe Horrocks
Focus group participant
Lucas Perelini
Focus group participant
Abbas Nazari
LivingStandardsNZ participant
Featured photographer
Focus group participant
Loisi Talivakaola
Focus group participant
Many people and organisations have provided invaluable assistance in the preparation of Āpōpō Journal. We would like to thank Dr Rangi Matamua for sharing his knowledge of Matariki with us. We are grateful to the organisations that assisted us in providing accurate and relevant information, including the Accident Compensation Corporation, the Citizens Advice Bureau, the Commission for Financial Capability, the Inland Revenue Department, the Kaikoura Wildlife Rescue, the New Zealand Police, NZ History, the Public Trust, the Real Estate Authority, Rothbury Insurance Brokers and Tenancy Services. It has also been terrific to work with Luke Maguire, Clare Rousseau and Peter Jacobson from Heartwork.

Thank you to the Māori Language Commission for directing us to Basil Keane, whose whakaaro suggestions, patience and perseverance were vital during the translation process. Te Ara (Encyclopedia of New Zealand) and the Māori Dictionary were also great resources.

Basil Keane has iwi affiliations to Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne and Ngāpuhi. He gained his translator’s and interpreter’s license from Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori in 2004. He has worked for government agencies in areas including health, the environment, policy, and housing. He has worked for a variety of private organisations doing work including medical translation, IT and education. He has been involved in significant quality assurance work in his previous role as editor Māori at Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand and in his current position as Kairangahau Matua – Senior Researcher at the New Zealand Council of Educational Research. He is a full member of the New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters (NZSTI) and committee member of Te Kāhui Whakamāori – Māori Translators’ Society.
Basil Keane
Translator
The late Sir Paul Callaghan
Institute Patron
Dame Claudia Orange
Institute Patron
Roger Dennis
Institute Patron
Sue Elliott
Institute Patron
Dr Carwyn Jones
Institute Patron
Alison Nevill
Institute Patron
Wendy McGuinness
McGuinness Institute Chief Executive
A special thank you must go to Her Excellency The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy, GNZM, QSO, Governor-General of New Zealand for her words and ongoing support of the youth of Aotearoa. Thank you also to our patrons, in particular the late Sir Paul Callaghan, Dame Dr Claudia Orange, Roger Dennis, Sue Elliott, Dr Carwyn Jones and Alison Nevill. Sir Paul Callaghan was instrumental in setting the Institute on this path. He gave the keynote address at our first workshop StrategyNZ, in 2011, and his insights and wisdom continue to shape our work programme today.
Thank you to Wakefields Digital for the printing of Āpōpō Journal and their support during the production process.

Thank you to the McGuinness Institute team, in particular to designer Ashley Brown and intern Holly Diepraam. We would also like to thank all the photographers who kindly shared their images and the poets who shared their words with us. Finally, thank you to the participants of the focus groups we held during the journal’s production. Your feedback was invaluable in forming and shaping Āpōpō Journal.

Ngā mihi nui