Dr Hana O’Regan steps into Tumu Whakarae role at CORE Education

<p>CORE Education has welcomed Dr Hana O’Regan &lpar;K&amacr;i Tahu&comma; K&amacr;ti M&amacr;moe&comma; Waitaha&rpar; as their Tumu Whakarae &lpar;CEO&rpar;&period; She takes up her new position in mid-September&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr O’Regan brings a rare combination of executive leadership&comma; experience as an education practitioner&comma;  nternational recognition as a te reo M&amacr;ori expert and advocate&comma; and skill in working with iwi to implement the intent of Te Tiriti o Waitangi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Formerly the General Manager of Oranga&sol; Wellbeing for Te R&umacr;nanga o Ng&amacr;i Tahu&comma; Dr O’Regan’s wide and deep background makes her ideally suited to lead CORE — an organisation whose vision&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;An equitable and thriving Aotearoa through learning&comma;” has become even more timely in the context of the inequities sharply emphasised by the coronavirus pandemic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With approximately 200 staff and offices in Christchurch&comma; Wellington&comma; and Auckland CORE delivers professional learning to leaders and teachers throughout the education sector&comma; as well as government&comma; corporates&comma; and other organisations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr O’Regan says&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am absolutely overjoyed to be able to join the team at CORE Education&period; For a long time I have watched from afar the incredible work of this organisation within our communities&period; I am therefore understandably excited to be given the opportunity to become a part of such a passionate group of people who are so enthusiastic about learning and what they do&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CORE Board Chair Michaela Blacklock says the Board is thrilled to welcome Hana to CORE and look forward to working with her on realising CORE’s vision&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;