Hiria McRae is the programme facilitator for Whakapiki i te Reo ki Ako Pai for the Ministry of Education.
Professor Michael Walker (Whakatōhea) is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Royal Institute of Navigation in London.
Professor Margaret Mutu is of Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa and Ngāti Whātua and Scottish descent. She has three adult children, five grandchildren, and heaps of nieces, nephews and other mokopuna.