TenforTen – our tenth anniversary podcast series
Leaders in conversation with CSI, share their wisdom, their perspective on our society, their mahi, and their hopes for the future.
Social impact grantmakers, funders and changemakers want to make a difference for our communities today and help shape a better future for the next generation. They inspire us with their insights and experiences, and their commitment to making our world a better place.
Over the ten years since CSI was founded, we have been privileged to work with many of the people who are making a difference in Aotearoa – and to kōrero with many more. To celebrate our tenth birthday, we are producing a podcast series, TenforTen, ten conversations that capture some of their wisdom, their perspective on our society, their mahi, and their hopes for the future.
Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell
Our first podcast features Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell talking to our associate and communications adviser, Robin Hickman. Te Aorangi is also a CSI associate in addition to being General Manager of Haemata, a Māori language, education and capability-building consultancy, and a board member of BayTrust.
Te Aorangi talks about being home-schooled in te reo. He then graduated from Waikato University with Bachelor of Management Studies (Hons), and the Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Masters in Māori Language Excellence programme. Te Aorangi’s early ambition was to work in international finance, a potentially lucrative career, but not one where his te reo and knowledge of te ao Māori would be valued. He decided he wanted to put his commitment to the revitalisation of te reo at the centre of his life, so he changed his focus from international money markets and joined the family business, Haemata.
Alongside his Haemata work, Te Aorangi saw a need for youth voices and te ao Māori perspectives in governance, so qualified as a Chartered Member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors. Watch and listen to the interview below or on spotify here.
Listen to the interview with Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell
Dr Claire Achmad
Chief Children's Commissioner Dr Claire Achmad is a recognised advocate for children in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally, having worked in a wide range of areas relating to children's rights, including from legal, policy and practice perspectives. Claire was appointed as the Deputy Chair of the Children and Young People's Commission, Mana Mokopuna, from 01 July 2023, and from 01 November 2023 she took up the role of Chief Children's Commissioner and Chair of the Commission for a total term of five years.
Claire’s previous roles include Chief Executive Officer of Social Service Providers Te Pai Ora o Aotearoa, and child advocacy for World Vision Australia, UNICEF and Barnardos.
Claire holds a doctorate in international children’s rights law from Leiden University, the Netherlands, and has published internationally on a range of children's rights issues.
In this interview, Claire talks about growing up in West Auckland, how she became interested in human rights, and the career choices she has made. Watch and listen to the interview below or on spotify here.
Listen to the interview with Dr Claire Achmad
Dan Gerrard
Dan Gerrard is a leadership coach, mentor and facilitator, Dan is Programme Director at Leadership New Zealand, has his own leadership consultancy, Ngākau NZ and is an associate with the Centre for Social Impact.
Prior to setting up Ngākau, Dan held leadership roles in KiwiRail, Downer and Fulton Hogan. He started his career as a plant operator and labourer and draws on his ‘learning from the ground up’ experience to inform his approach to leadership development.
In this interview Dan shares about his struggles as a rangatahi, the influential people that changed his life path, and about his drive to be a great dad. Watch and listen to the interview below or on spotify here.
