Dr Rāwiri Tinirau
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Director
Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi
Ngāti Rangi
Ngā Rauru Kītahi
Ngāti Ruanui
Ngā Wairiki-Ngāti Apa
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ngāti Maru
Bachelor of Business in Accountancy, Massey University
Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Māori Studies, Massey University
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, Massey University
Doctor of Philosophy in Management, Massey University
Rāwiri joined Te Atawhai o Te Ao in 2017. His professional background and expertise lie in education, research, Māori project/business management, and governance. Through his role as Director, Rāwiri provides strategic leadership and management, and supports governance. In this, Rāwiri is consistently looking to where Te Atawhai is headed in the future, while supporting the day-to-day of how we will get there. Rāwiri is passionate about supporting kaupapa that develop our communities, and focuses this passion in his work.
Rangahau · Related projects
22MR17Whakamana: Empowering well-being for rangatahi takatāpui - Phase 1
This project marked the first phase of an initiative to support the long-term flourishing of rangatahi takatāpui within Te Ranga Tupua rohe (Whanganui, Rangitīkei, Ruapehu, and South Taranaki).
View projectWhakamana: Empowering well-being for rangatahi takatāpui - Phase 1
This project marked the first phase of an initiative to support the long-term flourishing of rangatahi takatāpui within Te Ranga Tupua rohe (Whanganui, Rangitīkei, Ruapehu, and South Taranaki).
Kairangahau · Researchers
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Dr Rāwiri Tinirau
Dr Rāwiri Tinirau
Te Āti Haunui-a-PāpārangiNgāti RangiNgā Rauru KītahiNgāti RuanuiNgā Wairiki-Ngāti ApaNgāti TūwharetoaNgāti MaruBachelor of Business in Accountancy, Massey UniversityBachelor of Arts with Honours in Māori Studies, Massey UniversityPostgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, Massey UniversityDoctor of Philosophy in Management, Massey UniversityRāwiri joined Te Atawhai o Te Ao in 2017. His professional background and expertise lie in education, research, Māori project/business management, and governance. Through his role as Director, Rāwiri provides strategic leadership and management, and… -
Professor Clive Aspin
Professor Clive Aspin
Professor Clive Aspin (Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Tamaterā) was the inaugural Associate Dean Māori in the Faculty of Health at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington and is currently an adjunct professor in Health.He was born in Waiuku and grew up on his ancestral land of Hauraki. Clive is a Māori public health researcher whose work focuses on Māori and Indigenous health, HIV, sexuality, and suicide prevention. He was the Executive Research Officer at Ngā Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand’s centre of Māori research excellence.He served as a ministerial appointment to the… -
Morgan Tupaea
Morgan Tupaea
Morgan Tupaea is a kairangahau kaupapa Māori at Te Atawhai o Te Ao and doctoral candidate with Waipapa Taumata Rau. Morgan’s research prioritises reproductive justice, since 2017 involved in research exploring state care and protection, reproductive education, sexual violence prevention, policing within Aotearoa, and perinatal mental health. Through the guidance and awhi of Te Atawhai, Morgan has also been able to work alongside whānau researchers exploring whakapapa kōrero and Rainbow Organisations supporting the well-being of rangatahi takatāpui within Te Ranga Tupua. -
Dr. Logan Hamley
Dr. Logan Hamley
I had the immense privilege to join Whakauae in the season of Puanga in 2024. My background is in psychology, where I completed my PhD at the University of Auckland in 2023. This work explored how rangatahi tāne Māori find identity and belonging in Tāmaki-makaurau. This work with rangatahi is my passion, particularly with tāne and rangatahi takatāpui. I am extremely fortunate to have been supported by incredible Māori researchers throughout my undergraduate and postgraduate studies, who have shaped the way I approach research today. I love working in the Kaupapa Māori space, especially where… -
Cinnamon Lindsay Latimer
Cinnamon Lindsay Latimer
Ko Ngāti Porou, ko Ngāpuhi ōku iwiKo Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare, ko Ngāti Korokoro, ko Ngāti Wharara ōku hapūKo Tuatini, ko Pākirikiri, ko Pakanae ōku maraeKo Lindsay Latimer tōku whānauKo Cinnamon tōku ingoa. Cinnamon Lindsay Latimer joined Whakauae in 2023 after working as a community researcher in Māori Public Health, and as a RA at the University of Auckland. She holds a Master’s degree in Science (Psychology) from the University of Auckland and am passionate about critical qualitative Kaupapa Māori research. Cinnamon has been mentored and supervised by incredible wāhine Māori throughout her… -
Donna Tuwhangai
Donna Tuwhangai
Kai governance, kai sovereignty, and the (re)production of kai: He moumou kai, he moumou tāngata - Enhancing culturally matched outcomes
In this platform research, our focus makes the distinction between ‘kai’ as a culturally defined Māori notion and western interpretations of ‘food’. “He moumou kai, he moumou tāngata” describes a state where our existence and futures as healthy Māori people (Mauri Ora: Human Flourishing) are put at risk because our kai sources (Te Tai Ao: The Natural…
View projectKai governance, kai sovereignty, and the (re)production of kai: He moumou kai, he moumou tāngata - Enhancing culturally matched outcomes
In this platform research, our focus makes the distinction between ‘kai’ as a culturally defined Māori notion and western interpretations of ‘food’. “He moumou kai, he moumou tāngata” describes a state where our existence and futures as healthy Māori people (Mauri Ora: Human Flourishing) are put at risk because our kai sources (Te Tai Ao: The Natural Environment), including access to kai, growing kai, preparing kai, the lore/law pertaining to kai, and control of kai systems (Whai Rawa: Māori Economies) is diminishing. Without kai or wai the people will perish! Western conceptions underpinning…
Kairangahau · Researchers
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Dr Rāwiri Tinirau
Dr Rāwiri Tinirau
Te Āti Haunui-a-PāpārangiNgāti RangiNgā Rauru KītahiNgāti RuanuiNgā Wairiki-Ngāti ApaNgāti TūwharetoaNgāti MaruBachelor of Business in Accountancy, Massey UniversityBachelor of Arts with Honours in Māori Studies, Massey UniversityPostgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, Massey UniversityDoctor of Philosophy in Management, Massey UniversityRāwiri joined Te Atawhai o Te Ao in 2017. His professional background and expertise lie in education, research, Māori project/business management, and governance. Through his role as Director, Rāwiri provides strategic leadership and management, and… -
Fiona Wiremu
Fiona Wiremu
Fiona (Tūhoe, Ngāti Ranginui) joined Whānau Āwhina Plunket’s board in early 2022, with more than a decade of experience in governance roles across a range of purpose-led organisations behind her. She began her role as Chair in August 2025.Her involvement in academic research has seen her develop specialised skills in mātauranga Māori health and community development, Whai Rawa (Māori Economies), Te Taiao (Natural Environment), and Mauri Ora (Human Flourishing and Wellbeing).She is the Chair of the largest regional kaupapa Māori Health, Social and Employment provider in Aotearoa, Chair of a…
Ētahi atu · Other people
Rowena Dunn
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Maia Ltd
My background is Education - Teaching, Management, Facilitation.
Rowena Dunn
My background is Education - Teaching, Management, Facilitation.
Dr Erena Wikaire
Ngāpuhi , Ngāti Hine, Te Hikutu , Te Kapōtai
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Dr. Erena Wikaire (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Te Hikutu, Te Kapotai) is a Kaupapa Māori researcher with over 20 years’…
Dr Erena Wikaire
Dr. Erena Wikaire (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Te Hikutu, Te Kapotai) is a Kaupapa Māori researcher with over 20 years’ experience in Māori and Indigenous health. She is Director of Te Ramaroa Ltd and a Hōhua Tutengaehe Postdoctoral Fellow at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. Her PhD focused on the re-normalisation of Rongoā Māori, and her Master's explored success factors for Māori and Pacific health students. Erena’s research interests include Rongoā Māori and Indigenous healing, Māori health workforce development, mental health and addiction, and performance sport. She brings deep kaupapa Māori…
Dr. Liz Brown
University of Canterbury
Liz Brown is Kaihautū Matua|Executive Director in Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury’s Office of…
Dr. Liz Brown
Liz Brown is Kaihautū Matua|Executive Director in Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury’s Office of Treaty Partnership.The office was created to reflect UC’s commitment to being a Te Tiriti o Waitangi led university and builds on its commitment to strengthen Māori leadership and relationships.Liz works alongside the Pou Whakarae, Professor Te Maire Tau, to lead strategic Māori development, strengthen and enable the exploration and demonstration of academic achievement in all disciplines, and uphold the mana and aspirations of tangata whenua.Liz brings three decades of…