Rongo Wetere

Rongo Herehere Wetere ONZM, FNZIM, of Ngāti Maniapoto descent, is the founder of the Te Wananga o Aotearoa (TWoA) tertiary institution in New Zealand. He was previously chair of the Māori Employment and Training Commission. He was the chief executive of the Te Wananga o Aotearoa tertiary institution but resigned from his post in 2005 following government pressure and a report by the Office of the Auditor-General.

Wetere currently works as Managing Director of ArrowMight Canada, an adult literacy and lifelong learning provider that targets Immigrants and Aboriginal learners.

He has a son named William, another son named Kingi and a daughter named Susan.