About Us

Digital Indigenous has the logistical capability and experience to tailor training to specfic needs.

Digital Indigenous.Com Ltd (“Digital Indigenous”) is a consultancy company established in May 2001. We provide cutting edge training, strategic advice, project management, management and consultancy services within the health and other sectors in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We work closely with organisations that are interested in advancing Māori health and wellbeing - including: iwi; government agencies; district health boards; NGOs; Māori health providers; community organisations and private entities.

Tania Hodges RPN, BSocSci, GradDipMgmt, PGCBR, GradDip (Te Reo), MBA (Distinction)

Tania has iwi affiliations with Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Tūwharetoa.

Tania is the Managing Director of Digital Indigenous.com Ltd with extensive experience in health, governance, funding, contracting, strategy, change management, Māori and Iwi relationships, and workforce, leadership and community development. She has been facilitating leadership-training programmes since 2002. She is a Justice of the Peace and an Independent Celebrant (marriage & civil union).

Tania overtime has completed a number of tertiary qualifications in management, social science, business research and Te Reo Māori to compliment her Registered Psychiatric Nursing qualification (RPN). However, her greatest accomplishment is being a Mum to her four children.

She is passionate about making a positive difference and strives for excellence in everything she does.

“A social cultural conscience with a business edge.”

Grant Berghan MBA Distinction

Grant is from the Tai Tokerau region with links to Ngāpuhi, Ngātiwai and Te Rarawa Iwi. He is the Principal Regional Advisor for the Provincial Development Unit based in Whangarei, Tai Tokerau. He is also a self-employed consultant specialising in Māori development matters and has extensive experience in the health and labour market sectors.

Grant has been the CEO of the Raukawa Settlement Trust, CEO of the Ngati Kahu Social and Health Services Trust, the CEO of Hauora.com (a national Māori workforce development organisation), and a General Manager of Māori, Public Health and Mental Health at the Taranaki District Health Board.

Grant has also been the CEO of a Regional Māori Public Health organisation (Te Hau Ora o te Tai Tokerau), a National Māori Employment Commissioner, Northland Regional Manager of government work programmes, an auditor of health programmes, a Probation Officer, a Social Worker and also a freelance journalist for a Paris-based weekly newspaper.

Moehau Hodges-Tai

Moehau has iwi affiliations with Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Wai.

His work experience has included working for South Pacific Pictures and Māori TV. He has free-lanced in big budget film productions, advertisements, music video clips and TV shows working for a range of production companies. He is currently the Video Producer and Māori Issues Specialist for NZME (New Zealand Media and Entertainment) with experience in filmmaking, editing, journalism, social media and cinematography.

Moehau graduated from the University of Waikato with a First Class Honours in Digital Cinema. He also completed his Bachelor of Media & Creative Technology double majoring in Te Reo Māori and Screen Media.

Moehau is passionate about increasing visibility of Te Ao Māori and normalising Māori content in the media. He also has an overall passion about politics, especially those that impact directly on Māori.