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Ezekiel Raui



Ezekiel is the Head of Foundation for Te Rourou, One New Zealand Foundation, and is completing his Masters of Business at Massey University.

From attending the White House Tribal Leaders Gathering in Washington D.C in 2015, to receiving a medal from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2018 and being named on the Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneurs Asia/Pacific List 2019, Ezekiel is no stranger to dreaming big and thinking outside the box.

Ezekiel grew up in the Far North community of Whatuwhiwhi in Doubtless Bay after his whānau moved north from Tokoroa.

He was named the Head Boy of Taipa Area School in 2015 and was the first in his whānau to attend university in 2016, studying a Bachelor of Business.

After completing his degree in 2018, Ezekiel began working for Te Rau Ora as the programme lead for Tū Kotahi, a peer-to-peer support programme he co-designed while still at school.