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Kaiwhakahaere Ranga Toopu

General Manager Operations Support

Nathan Harrington

Nathan is of Māori and European decent and is affliated to Rangiwaho, Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Rongowhakaata and Ngai Tamanuhiri in the Turanga (Gisborne) region and Rongomaiwahine in Mahia through his mother and his father is from Colchester England.

Nathan is the General Manager of Social Services and Education and as such he is responsible for the provision of the following services to the community: Family Start Programme; Teen Parent Coordination; Te Whare Karamu Services;Youth Transition Services, Tiaki Tamariki Tamariki Youth Services; Office Systems and the Early Childhood Education centre.

Nathan holds various qualifications including a Bachelor of Business Studies and Diploma in Business majoring in Human Resource Management and a Certificate in Adult Education.


Nathan has worked in human resource, learning and development and organizational development roles with a wide variety of organisations including industry training organisations, polytechnics, private training providers, and wananga.

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