Ko Haukapuanui Vercoe tētahi o ngā mātanga i te pae matapaki mō te Pae Matapaki i te Auahatanga ā-Āhuarangi i tā mātou hui tuatahi e kīia nei ko He Kete Mātauranga, i tū rā i a Hune, i te marae o Te Mahurehure.
Troy Brockbank
Nō Te Rarawa, nō Ngāti Hine, nō Ngāpuhi, nō Ngāti Wai, nō Ngāti Kahu hoki
He Kaiārahi i Te Mana o Te Wai – Beca
He Tohu Paetahi i te Mātai Pūhanga (ā-Metarahi) tō Troy nā Waipapa Taumata Rau i whakawhiwhi, ā, e mārō nei ana whakaaro ki te whakauruurunga o te mātauranga Māori ki ngā mahi pūhanga e mōhio whānuitia ana, e toitū ai te putanga o ngā hua e ahurei ana ki Aotearoa. Nā runga i tana kohara ki te aro nui ki te taikākā o ngā wero ā-taiao, ka kōkiri ia i ngā tikanga e kitea ai te kaha ake o te torowhārahi me te ahurea. He mema a Troy nō te poari o Taumata Arowai, o Ngāti Hine Health Trust hoki. Tuku whakaaro ai hoki ia ki ōna momo komiti mātanga e aro ana ki te taiao me te wai, tae atu hoki ki ngā iwi me ngā hapū puta noa i Aotearoa.
