Awerangi is Chief Operating Officer for the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency and Te Whānau o Waipareria Trust in Aotearoa/New Zealand, both which have a clear focus upon improving overall well-being for communities. She has spent the last three decades working with Māori – indigenous community so to support development of policy, blueprinting and implementing game-changers that contribute to the success and wellbeing of Māori. Understanding and measuring social impact has become an effective framework for Whānau Ora to assess how to invest in the strength of whānau – the family unit – and to assess lasting change over time. Her work in outcomes and impact sees the Commissioning Agency leading in New Zealand as the first collective system model for measuring outcomes, understanding the resulting impact and the value from which the total collective system across 100 indigenous organisations contribute to wellbeing for Māori.
Her career spans the public sector – working in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in Social Reform and other government agencies through to the private sector – establishing and leading the KPMG Indigenous Consulting Team for New Zealand. She is currently a director on a number of national and regional bodies that influence national policy, systemic health reforms and regional workforce strategic planning and solutions.