Dr Jennie Harré Hindmarsh is a research coordinator for Ngāti Porou Hauora, board member of Ako Aotearoa Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence, an independent projects consultant and mentor and voluntary trustee on several community trusts in Tairāwhiti.
Her strong focus is education. Jennie grew up in the Rangitikei and has lived in the Tairāwhiti since 2004. She draws on skills and relationships developed over 30 years through experiences at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand as Director of National Services Te Paerangi; the Royal College of GPs as National Director of General Practice Vocational Training; Massey then Victoria Universities as a lecturer in education and social services, and, earlier, as a social and community worker.
She has a PhD in Education and Tohu Māoritanga (VUW), MSC in Social Services from LSE University of London as a British Council Scholar, and a BA Hons Education (Massey).