About Us

Who Are We?

Mai Mauao ki Karioi, mai ngā tai whanake o Tauranga tae atu ki ngā tai o te hauauru ki Whaingaroa, ko tētahi whānau hūmārie e tuku atu i ngā mihi kauana ki a kōtou. Introducing Carlo, Chrissie and Te Puawai, a small family offering up our extensive suite of skills and experience to bring people and communities together in every way we can. 

Carlo holds an LLB from Waikato and brings 30 years of practical leadership and management experience extending across Māori entities, corporate and executive positions and into governance and management throughout many industries. You can expect Carlo to lead you through bold conversations and practical proven solutions. He's been known to find a few fish and support any sporting teams in black!

Chrissie is the workhorse of the whānau bringing 20+ years of administration, logistics and procedural experience into the fold. Having worked in education, finance, vocational placement and other industries, with both Māori and non-Māori entities, she brings a wide lens to any mahi. You can expect Chrissie to bring a strong focus on attention to detail, comprehensive process management and a guiding hand of support. Chrissie has a green thumb when she has the opportunity and recharges with her whānau at Motakotako.

Te Puawai is our voice of the future, our insight into intergenerational needs and the inspiration behind our mahi. We strive to create a better future for her and her generation and we love that she gets to be part of shaping that up. As a fluent te reo speaker brought up in and around the marae environment, she brings a modern perspective on Te Ao Māori that helps us shape support sevices that bring Kiwis together.  A world traveller, a passionate kapahaka performer, an expert matcha devourer and part time pipi picker, Te Puawai is still finding her sweet spots in life, and thats how we like it!

How We Work

Te Aro Pū is a trusted hub, guiding innovative service development that brings us all together. As such we hear from clients about the issues they face, design authentic solutions and then call upon a network of trusted advisors and practitioners to deliver outcomes. We are avid referrers where we can connect people to great service providers, and we are candid when a desired outcome needs a new or enhanced solution. Mā te kōrero, ka mārama, mā te mārama, ka tipu ake ai.

Why choose Te Aro Pū

There are three main reasons you would utilise Te Aro Pū

• We build bridges that bring people and communities together - long ignored and overdue

• Straight talk for real solutions - no more expensive consultants pandering to same old same old

• Access to unseen networks and solutions - we dont know what we dont know

Check out our services to find out more, hopefully there’s enough character for you to see it’s not all AI 😉