

Te Rangimaria
Warbrick
National Board Member
Whakatane
Rangitāne
Ngāti Rangitihi
Te Rangimaria Warbrick brings over 20 years’ experience in addiction and health services, with a strong focus on integrating Kaupapa Māori approaches into mental health and addiction support. Grounded in his own lived experience, he advocates for cultural imperatives to sit alongside clinical practice in addressing Aotearoa’s mental health challenges.
He has taught the Kaitiakitanga Postgraduate Diploma in Bicultural Professional Supervision at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and now leads the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Mental Health and Addiction Counselling at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. Through this mahi, Te Rangimaria equips kaimahi and tauira with advanced clinical and cultural skills to create their own mana-enhancing models of practice for whānau, hapū, and iwi.