Kim McBreen

Kim McBreen (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Ngāi Tahu, Pākehā) was adopted into a Pākehā family and raised in te ao Pākehā. When she was adopted, the social worker assured her adopting parents that she was not Māori. As she grew up, this became harder to believe. She has been lucky enough to find and meet both her birth parents and to learn some of her whakapapa. Kim has studied at Te Wānanga o Raukawa since 2008, and worked there since 2010. She lives in Ōtaki with her partner and two children.