Taumata 2023 - Dr Chris Tooley video
Indigenous rights advocate and Business leader Dr Chris Tooley talks to Jack Tame at the University of Auckland's Taumata 2023 event.
Dr Chris Tooley, DipTchg 1998, BEd Massey 1999, MA 2001, PhD Camb. 2006MA 2001, PhD Camb. 2006
Dr Chris Tooley, Ngāti Kahungunu, is an Indigenous rights advocate and transformative business leader. He is CEO of Te Puna Ora o Mataatua, a health and social services provider serving the Eastern Bay of Plenty.
Chris completed a PhD at Cambridge University focusing on the political philosophy behind self-determination and he holds a strong desire to serve others by investing in and empowering people. In 2002, Chris was awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship and in 2020 he won a prestigious Blake Leadership Award.