Caren Rangi

Caren Rangi is an experienced public sector governance practitioner, a qualified chartered accountant and a proud Cook Islands Maori.   In 2018, she was conferred with an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to governance and the Pacific community and is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Member of the Institute of Directors.

Currently Caren is the Chair of the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa and of Pacific Homecare Services, and a Board member of Te Papa Tongarewa (the Museum of New Zealand), the Massey University Council and Pacific Co-operation Broadcasting Ltd. She is also a director of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Recovery Agency and the Hawke’s Bay Economic Development Agency. Her previous governance roles include Governor of Radio New Zealand, Chair of the Pacific Business Trust, Board member of NZ On Air (Irirangi Te Motu)  and founding member of the Charities Registration Board. In the Cook Islands, Caren has been instrumental in establishing a director’s development programme for Board members of Cook Islands state-owned enterprises.

Caren believes good governance matters because boards make decisions every day that affect peoples' lives and livelihoods, and in this complex world we now live in, robust decisions help keep us all safe.

Her other passions are her Cook Islands culture and language, good food and wine, and time spent with family and good friends.