Dr Hotukura Wharehoka
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Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Graduate Studies
Hotukura Wharehoka is a mother of four and a proud Taranaki wahine from Parihaka Papakāinga.
She is a Senior Lecturer and Kaupapa Māori scholar with expertise in whānau kōrero Māori, whānau wellbeing, mātauranga Māori, decolonial sexuality, Māori names, and Mana Wahine research.
She currently holds the Hohua Tutengaehe Research Fellowship (2021–2025), where she explores the needs and experiences of whānau supporting taiohi in navigating healthy and decolonial sexualities, genders, and intimate relationships. In 2021, she completed a Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship titled Ka tapa tōna ingoa, ko Hinenuitepō: Healing from language trauma by naming and reclaiming ourselves with te reo Māori.
Her PhD research (2017) focused on the reclamation, assertion, and resurgence of Māori personal names. As a result of this work, she was gifted a new name by her whānau in alignment with tūpuna practices, transitioning from Joeliee Seed-Pihama to Hotukura Wharehoka.
Rangahau · Related projects
This te reo Māori publication shares powerful naming narratives from reo champions who reclaim Māori names as part of their language journeys. Through these stories written entirely in te reo it celebrates identity, resistance, and reo revitalisation, and includes teaching resources for kura kaupapa and wharekura.
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Ko wai tō ingoa? Healing from language trauma by renaming and reclaiming ourselves using te reo Māori
This te reo Māori publication shares powerful naming narratives from reo champions who reclaim Māori names as part of their language journeys. Through these stories written entirely in te reo it celebrates identity, resistance, and reo revitalisation, and includes teaching resources for kura kaupapa and wharekura.
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