Hinauri joins TIME Unlimited Tour from her recent role as the Manager at Mataatua Wharenui, in Whakatane, responsible since it re-opened in 2011 for the management of the Operations, Cultural Commitments, Community events, Educational Activities, Catering Service and later, Tourism Operations of Mataatua. Outside of Tourism she brings industry knowledge from the Tertiary Sector, Communications, as Business Owner and has worked predominantly in organisations embedded by tikanga Maori (Maori customs). Beyond that she spends most of her spare time as a passionate weaver of Maori garments, a mother and a grandmother.