Angie Tangaere
Kaitohu / Director Tangata Whenua – Co-design Lab
Angie was born in Papakura and raised in south Auckland with a whakapapa to Ngāti Porou on her father’s side and Pākehā from Taranaki on her mother’s side.
She graduated with a law degree from the University of Auckland but decided not to become a lawyer. Angie was keen to work at a community level and took up a role at Te Puni Kōkiri working with iwi and Māori trusts in south Auckland. She then worked with the Ministry of Social Development in south Auckland communities looking for ways to develop better services and engagement with communities and whānau.
She moved on to a role with Māori health NGO the National Hauora Coalition before coming to work with TSI as one of its original Intrapreneurs. She is now the co-leader of the Co-design Lab with the Director Tangata Tiriti.
Angie combines her experience with government agencies, community and whānau to develop and co-design whānau-led programmes, disrupting ineffective ‘business as usual’ systems.