AIDAN CRAWFORD - KAIĀRAHI MĀORI

Aidan joined the Healthy Families Hutt Valley team in December 2022. His role as Kaiārahi Māori includes leading, mentoring and supporting the wider team in kaupapa Māori systems and settings.

Ngāti Porou | Rongowhakaata | Ngāti Kahungunu | Ngāti Pikiao | Ngāti Whakaue

GET TO KNOW AIDAN

Ko Aidan tōku ingoa. Nōku te maringanui kia tū au hei Kaiārahi Māori mō Healthy Families Hutt Valley nō roto mai i te kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi. He pānga ōku ki ngā kaupoi o te tairāwhiti, ki tōku iwi o Ngāti Porou ki Ruatōrea, ā, ka hārapa atu tōku hōiho ki Manutuke, ki reira mihi atu ki ōku whānau o Rongowhakaata. Kāore e roa, ka pau haere te hau o tōku hōiho, ā, ka tae atu ki te rohe o Ngāti Kahungunu, ki reira tiakina rā e tōku whānau o Ngāti Rakaipaaka. Ka mutu, ka tukuna rā te toenga o aku kohinga putea ki a AirNZ, ā, ka rere atu ki tērā atu taha ōku, ki ngā ngāwhā o te Waiariki, ki Ōhinemutu. Tēnei rā tētahi uri a Ngāti Pikiao, a Ngāti Whakaue e mihi atu ana.

What song do you like to blast in the car?

D.J cue song “Never too much” by Luther Vandross #TUNE

What as an interesting fact about you?

I am a proud Māmā’s boy and you would be too after tasting her kai.

What do you like to do in your free time?

I enjoy having an awhi (cuddle) with my boy and singing waiata/mōteatea to him on the daily (no matter how bad my singing may be). I also like to game on the console and pretend that I’m good at it.