Anahera Herbert-Graves (born 12 June 1956) was the Chief Executive Officer of Te Runanga-a-Iwi o Ngāti Kahu from July 2006 to December 2021, the tribal parliament of the New Zealand Māori tribe

Ngāti Kahu Ngāti Kahu is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of the six Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Ngāti Kahu take their name from their founding ancestress, Kahutianui, and link their ancestry back to the wak ...

. Born in Auckland, Ānahera is a member of all the ''

iwi Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...

'' of

Te Hiku o Te Ika Muriwhenua are a group of northern Māori iwi, based in Te Hiku o te Ika, the northernmost part of New Zealand's North Island. It consists of six iwi, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Te Pātū, Ngāti Kahu, Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa, with a combined p ...

; i.e. ( Te Rarawa,

Ngāti Kurī Ngāti Kurī is a Māori iwi from Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of the five Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Ngāti Kurī trace their whakapapa (ancestry) back to Pōhurihanga, the captain of the waka (canoe) Kurahau ...

Te Aupōuri Te Aupōuri is the second northernmost Māori iwi (tribal group), located north of Kaitaia, Northland, New Zealand, a region known as the Te Hiku o te Ika. The iwi is one of the six Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Te Reo ...

Ngāi Takoto Ngāi Takoto is a Māori iwi from Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of the six Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Ngāi Takoto trace their whakapapa (ancestry) back to Tuwhakatere, and trace their arrival in New Zealand to ...

and Ngāti Kahu) as well as a descendant of Nga Tai Umupuia, a ''

hapū In Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally opera ...

'' of Tainui). The other ''hapū'' with which Ānahera identifies through her '' whakapapa'' (genealogy) are
Te Uri o Tai
and Ngati Torotoroa of Te Rarawa, as well a
Patu Kōraha
of Ngāti Kahu. In 1957, Ānahera's parents returned to their birthplace, the north Hokianga community of

Pawarenga Whangape Harbour ( mi, Whangapē) is a harbour on the west coast of Northland, New Zealand. There is a settlement called Whangape on the northern side of the harbour. Another, called Pawarenga, is located on the southern side. Kaitaia is 42 ...

, where they raised their seven children on the family dairy farm. Ānahera was educated at Rotokakahi Māori Maori School, Broadwood Broadwood District High, and

Epsom Girls' Grammar School , motto_translation = ''Through difficulties to greatness.'' , coordinates = , type = State Single Sex Girls Secondary (Year 9–13) with Boarding Facilities , established = 12 February 1917 , MOE = 64 , principal = Lorraine Pound , colo ...

. She has worked in a wide range of public, private and voluntary sector jobs and has held a number of key leadership positions throughout Northland and Auckland. Ānahera contributed to the book ''Ngāti Kahu: Portrait of a Sovereign Nation'' with

Margaret Mutu Margaret Shirley Mutu is a Ngāti Kahu leader, author and academic from Karikari Peninsula, Karikari, New Zealand and works at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is Māori people, Māori and her iwi (tribes) are Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa ...

, Lloyd Pōpata, Te Kani Williams, Reremoana Rēnata, JudyAnn Cooze, Zarrah Pineaha, Tania Thomas, and Te Ikanui Kingi-Waiaua, published by

Huia Publishers Huia Publishers (HUIA) is a book publishing company based in Wellington, New Zealand established in 1991. HUIA publish material in Māori language and English for adults and children. HUIA was founded by Robyn Rangihuia Bargh (CNZM) and her ...

in 2018. Anahera now lives in semi-retirement in Pawarenga where she continues to manage the Waitangi Tribunal land claims of Ngati Kahu as well as their communications. She and her family are Latter-day Saints, and she has been very critical of the church's handling of sex abuse cases.

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Ngāti Kahu: Portrait of a Sovereign Nation - Huia PublishersBookshop Authors
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