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2006-
      Co-Leader, Maori Party.
                Member of Parliament, Tamaki Makaurau Electorate.
                Deputy-Chairperson, Maori Affairs Select Committee.
                Member, Regulations Review Committee.

2005        Co-Leader, Maori Party.
                Member of Parliament, Tamaki Makaurau Electorate.
                Director, Board of Paerangi Education Ltd.

2004
       Co-Leader, Maori Party.
                Member, MOVE Dance Foundation Trust Board, AUT.
                Member, West Auckland Community Care Trust.

2001
       Member, Graduate School Advisory Board, UNITEC.
                Member, Council of Creative New Zealand.
                Member, Mayors Task Force on Tertiary Education for Waitakere City (2001-present).
                Adjunct Professor, UNITEC.
                Member, National Maori Advisory Committee for the Ministry of Culture and Heritage.

2000
       Inaugural Chairperson, Te Roopu Whaiti, Maori Education Authority (Te Manatu).
                Member, Maori Advisory Board, Auckland Police District.
                Member, Te Waka Toi Board, Creative NZ, Arts Council of New Zealand.

1999
       Member, Tutahitanga, Maori-Police Joint Planning Committee for Waitakere City.
                Patron, 184 Recruit Wing, Royal New Zealand Police College.
                Member, Waitangi Tribunal, Wellington.

1998
       Professor, International Research Institute for Maori and Indigenous Education, University of Auckland.
                Member, National Maori Police Focus Forum, New Zealand Police, Wellington National Headquarters.

1997        Member, Te Waka Toi Board, Creative NZ, Arts Council of New Zealand.
                Professor, School of Education, University of Auckland.
                Commissioner, Maori Education Commission, NZ Government.
                Consultant, National Advisory Council, Maori Law Commission.
                Member, International Research Institute for Maori and Indigenous Education, University of Auckland.
                Visiting Associate Professor, Aorangi Maori Trust Board, University of Auckland.

1996
        Chairperson, Maori Education Trust, Wellington.
                Member, Sky Community Trust Board, Auckland.
                Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Kura Kaupapa Maori O Hoani Waititi Marae, Auckland.
                Teacher, Administrator B. M. S. Programme, A.I.T.

1995
       Trustee, Maori Education Trust, Wellington.
                Training Long Term Unemployment for Work in Sky City Casino (1995-96)

1993
       Cultural Consultant, Sky City Casino Project, Auckland (1993-96).

1992
        Consultant, Ministry of Health, Wellington (1992-93).

1991
        Consultant, Ministry of Education, Wellington (1991-92).
                Director of Programmes, Hoani Waititi Marae, Auckland (1991–present).
                Visiting Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Auckland (1991-96).
                Member, Maori Education Research Unit, School of Education, University of Auckland.
                Consultant, Department of Justice, Wellington.

1990
        Director of Culture, Department of Maori Affairs, Wellington.

1989
        Director of Maori Programmes, 1990 Commonwealth Games, Auckland.

1981
        Director of Culture, Department of Maori Affairs, Wellington (1981-90).

1978       
Justice of the Peace (1978–present).

1974        Member, Board of Governors, Queen Victoria School, Wellington (1974-89).

1972
        Chief Executive Officer, Office of the Race Relations Conciliator, Wellington (1972-80).

1968
        Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland (1968-69).

1966
        Lecturer (Part-time), Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland (1966-67).

1965        Teacher, Lynfield College, Auckland.
 
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