Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rēhia, Ngāti Kuri
Ko Kaiwahakawa Alana Miriana Thomas tētahi kaiwhakawā o Te Kooti Whenua Māori, he mema anō hoki o Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi. I kopoua ia kia noho hei Kaiwhakawā i te tau 2023. I puta te ihu o Kaiwhakawā Thomas i te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau, i a Waipapa Taumata Rau i te tau 2008. Nōna i reira, ko ia tētahi o ngā kaihautū o te waka o Te Rākau Ture, he kaihoe anō hoki o te waka o Ngā Tauira Māori.
I a ia e tū ana hei rōia, he rite tonu tā Kaiwhakawā Thomas whakakanohi i ngā iwi me ngā hapū puta noa i te motu mō ngā kaupapa e whai take nei ki ngā mōtika o te iwi Māori, pērā i ngā take Tiriti, i ngā take taiao, i ngā take whenua, i ngā take moana, tae rā anō hoki ki ngā take mō ngā tikanga me te reo Māori.
He wahine ngākaunui a Kaiwhakawā Thomas ki te reo Māori me tana manawa piharau, tana manawa kai roke kia ora mai te reo Māori i te ao ture.
Ka noho a Kaiwhakawā Thomas ki nga Kooti i te rohe o Aotea.