Welcome to Oranui.
Oranui offers workshops on understanding and navigating bias in our personal lives, at work and in schools; with a core focus on how racism and bias impact Māori and Pasifika.
Sessions are tailored to your group size and can be delivered in person or online. Corporate training can also include strategy work for businesses looking to create a structure that can be passed on to future employees.
Find out more about us below.
Anton Blank
Oranui is run by Anton Blank (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu). Anton has an extensive history in social work, communications, Māori development, public health and literature. Anton has held senior roles in the government and not-for-profit sectors, including Communications Services Manager at the Ministry of Education, and Executive Director of the Māori child advocacy organisation Mana Ririki. Anton was the Principal Investigator of the 2016 report Unconscious Bias and Education – a comparative study of Māori and African American students. He now works across justice, health and education, developing strategies to mitigate unconscious bias and its impact on Māori people. Anton is also the editor and founder of the Māori literary journal, 'Ora Nui'.
blankanton61@gmail.com
021 406 031
Andrea Kelland
Andrea Kelland has worked at Oranui as an assistant since early 2021. Having worked in theatre and film for over 50 years, her experience with all walks of life could only have been achieved with an open and adaptive mindset. At Oranui, Andrea handles the distribution of literature, databases and general admin.
Andrea attended Le Coq Mime School in Paris. Alongside many guest performances in New Zealand films, TV dramas, and commercials, Andrea has acted in plays at The Mercury Theatre and Basement Theatre in Auckland, Centrepoint in Palmerston North, and BATS Theatre and The Depot Wellington.
Andrea is a founding member of Theatre Corporate. Since 1997, she has worked as a Casting Director with Central Casting, Take 2 Casting and at Shortland Street. Since 2008, Andrea has taught Audition Technique with Vicky Yianoutsis, at Toi Whakaari Drama School in Wellington, and The Actors' Programme on Karangahape Road in Auckland.
Finally — Andrea is currently working on a one-woman show called “A Tart on Tour” about hilarious exploits in Touring Theatre Companies, and producing a Short Film, due to go into production in 2022.
artkelland@gmail.com
021 406 031
