Tara Moala
{{Short description|New Zealand community leader}}
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Tara Lai-Ianne Moala {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM}} is a New Zealand social and community development worker. In 2023 Moala was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the community and environment.
Family and education
Moala is Māori and affiliates to Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Māhanga Hourua, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Paoa, Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa, and Ngā Rauru iwi.{{Cite web |date=15 June 2023 |title=The King's Birthday and Coronation Honours List 2023 – Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit {{!}} Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/kb2023-mnzm |access-date=18 October 2024 |website=www.dpmc.govt.nz |language=en}} She also has Chinese, Irish, Croatian and Lebanese heritage.{{Cite web |title=Tara Moala MNZM |url=https://www.socialequity.atlanticfellows.org/fellows-search/tara-moala |access-date=18 October 2024 |website=Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity |language=en-AU}} Moala has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Social Change Leadership degree, in which she focused on indigenizing regeneration.{{Cite web |date=30 June 2023 |title=Local Community Hero honoured in King's Birthday List |url=https://tamakiregeneration.co.nz/regen/news/local-community-hero-tara-moala/}}
Career
Moala was a youth and social worker in 2016 when she founded Rākau Tautoko, which supports community development workers to engage and empower communities, in the areas of environmental and social improvement.{{Cite web |date=29 February 2020 |title=Our Team |url=https://rakautautoko.com/team/ |access-date=18 October 2024 |website=Rākau Tautoko |language=en}} Rākau Tautoko was founded as a limited liability company with charitable status, which was a new structure for social enterprise. Moala has been involved in many environmental projects, including waste reduction projects such as Hub Zero and Tāmaki WRAP. Most recently she is the Outcomes Manager at the Tāmaki Regeneration Company, where she has worked on ways to repurpose old housing stock to divert it from the waste stream.{{Cite web |date=8 December 2020 |title='Demolition but smarter': How old state houses are turning into tiny homes for the homeless |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/construction/tiny-homes-for-the-homeless-recycling-aucklands-old-state-houses/OYH6H4FH4FZ264IUPRWBHPF34E/ |access-date=18 October 2024 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite news |last=Finn Blackwell |date=8 August 2023 |title=Innovation, sustainability, affordability: How Auckland stacks up against other cities around the world |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/495337/innovation-sustainability-affordability-how-auckland-stacks-up-against-other-cities-around-the-world |access-date=18 October 2024 |work=RNZ |language=en-nz}} During the COVID-19 pandemic Moala set up a programme to provide food access to communities, using funding from the Ministry of Social Development, Foundation North and the Department of Internal Affairs.
Honours and awards
In the 2023 King's Birthday and Coronation Honours, Moala was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the community and environment.
Moala was awarded an Atlantic Fellowship for Social Equity in 2022, which are hosted by the University of Melbourne, and in 2018 was awarded a Lifekeepers Award.{{Cite web |title=2018 awards {{!}} Awards {{!}} FUEL |url=https://lifekeepers.nz/awards/2018-recipients |access-date=19 October 2024 |website=LifeKeepers |language=en}} Lifekeeper Awards are conferred by Lifekeepers National Suicide Prevention Training, and are "designed to recognise the often heroic but unacknowledged commitment of individuals and organisations who persevere with efforts and work which make a vital contribution to suicide prevention".{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.lifekeepers.nz/awards |access-date=19 October 2024 |website=LifeKeepers |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZOvbdfoDIA Ka Tū Māia – Ep03: Ka Whati te Tai ft. Tara Moala & Keu Iorangi], podcast episode from Ngahere Communities, 3 June 2022
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