Born in Taranaki on west coast of Te Ika-a-Māui (North Island of New Zealand) and of Māori descent, Sera has a wealth of experience in environmental management and legislation, policy, and resource management in New Zealand.
Sera’s relationships and ability to understand and relate context across a range of iwi and hapū (Māori tribes and subtribes), communities, businesses, local and central government and philanthropic partners has resulted in collective impact in a number of environmental projects across Taranaki.
Through her work with the indigenous Māori led projects Taranaki Mounga and Ka whakaaraara te tāngata, ka whakaora te wai, ka whakahoki te taonga (bringing our people together, improving the health of our water and restoring traditional food), Sera and her teams are working towards large landscape scale restoration to secure the ecological vitality and resilience of wai (water), whenua (land), taonga species (native biodiversity) and all that these resources provide for.
Sera has a Master of Science in Marine Science, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Biological Science and a Bachelor of Science in Zoology.
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