Dr Kimiora Raerino
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Kimiora’s research centres on Māori wellbeing in relation to the design and function of built environments - particularly streetscapes, public spaces, and transport systems. Recent work examines how these environments can better support whānau Māori through increased physical activity, reduced car dependency, and deeper cultural connection to place. Key interests include urban reindigenisation, Māori approaches to co-design, and creating healthier, more inclusive and equitable living environments for all. From 2018 to 2025, Kimiora led the Māori strand of Te Ara Mua – Future Streets, a multi-phase research programme in Ngā Hau Māngere aimed at making streets safer, promoting active travel, and embedding (iwi) cultural identity in the design of public spaces. With a BA and MA in Māori Development and a PhD completed in 2018 on marae-based food gardens as informal settings for cultural connection, learning, and intergenerational exchange beyond food production, her academic journey reflects a strong commitment to place-based and Māori-led Rangahau. She is also the editor of Toitū Ngā Marae (2024), a collection on marae leadership, resilience, and innovation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rangahau · Related projects
Street design in Aotearoa has had limited involvement from iwi, hapū and Māori hāpori to date and yet streets are everywhere, they connect us to each other, they are communication channels and spaces and places to engage with others. What then might a Māori street look and feel like?
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Street design in Aotearoa has had limited involvement from iwi, hapū and Māori hāpori to date and yet streets are everywhere, they connect us to each other, they are communication channels and spaces and places to engage with others. What then might a Māori street look and feel like?
Kairangahau · Researchers
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Dr Morehu McDonald
Dr Morehu McDonald
My doctoral rangahau (research) and thesis focused on the resistance, struggle and survival of my Ngāti Hinerangi hapū and iwi of Matamata and Tauranga. Labeled as Hauhau and unsurrendered rebels, we were driven to the brink of cultural extinction by the Crown and Pākehā settler colonisers. Our lands, our identity, our language, our culture, our history, our stories, our traditional practices, our ancient knowledge systems, our spiritual beliefs were undermined, destroyed or stolen from us by 170 years of cultural genocide.This experience was shared by iwi and hapū throughout Aotearoa when… -
Dr Marjorie Lipsham
Dr Marjorie Lipsham
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Dr Kimiora Raerino
Dr Kimiora Raerino
Kimiora’s research centres on Māori wellbeing in relation to the design and function of built environments - particularly streetscapes, public spaces, and transport systems. Recent work examines how these environments can better support whānau Māori through increased physical activity, reduced car dependency, and deeper cultural connection to place. Key interests include urban reindigenisation, Māori approaches to co-design, and creating healthier, more inclusive and equitable living environments for all. From 2018 to 2025, Kimiora led the Māori strand of Te Ara Mua – Future Streets, a…
Ētahi atu · Other people
Dr Kim Southey
Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Koata
Te Whare Wānanga o Aotearoa
Dr Kim Southey (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Koata) serves on the Rangahau team of Te Manawahoukura, based in…
Dr Kim Southey
Dr Maree Sheehan
Ngāti Maniapoto , Waikato, Ngāti Tuwharetoa , Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tahu, Ngāti Whaoa
Te Whare Wānanga o Aotearoa
As a researcher, educator, and composer, I have the privileged role of responding to the educational aspirations of…