Dr Gail Tipa
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Independent Researcher
Gail Tipa (Kai Tahu) completed a BA at the University of Otago and taught for six years at schools in Dunedin and the Taieri before completing a Master's degree in Resource and Regional Planning. She then worked in the planning field firstly for Electricity Corporation of New Zealand and then for the Southern Regional Health Authority.
In 1996 Gail began consultancy work, being involved with the Ngai Tahu claim and other iwi resource management projects.
Since 1996 Gail has increasingly focused on work that enhances Maori aspirations. This includes representation of her rununga and iwi on committees and Boards. She continues to hold responsibilities for resource management on behalf of Te Runanga O Moeraki.
Gail completed a PhD (Otago: 2003) focusing on environmental co-management from an indigenous perspective.
Rangahau · Related projects
Te Aho Tapu
Māori have a long association with the natural environment and are well-positioned to make important contributions to sustainably managing natural resources in New Zealand and the world. Kaitiakitanga and other practices provide a powerful foundation for developing paradigms in governance, management, caring, development and benefit-sharing of land, water…
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Māori have a long association with the natural environment and are well-positioned to make important contributions to sustainably managing natural resources in New Zealand and the world. Kaitiakitanga and other practices provide a powerful foundation for developing paradigms in governance, management, caring, development and benefit-sharing of land, water (freshwater and marine) and other natural resources. Focusing on the theme of healthy people/healthy places, the overall aim of Te Aho Tapu is to build knowledge around mātauranga Māori-driven theory, research, decision making and action…
Kairangahau · Researchers
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Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes FRSNZ
Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes FRSNZ
Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes is based out of Massey University and is currently Director of Whāriki and Co-director of the SHORE and Whariki Research Centre. She has worked on research in many areas; more recently relationships between the health of people and the health of environments, sexual coercion, alcohol and youth well-being and identity. Her work is both qualitative and quantitative and she is also involved in developing research within Māori paradigms. Helen is a long time NPM researcher and is now a NPM Theme Leader (Te Tai Ao - Natural Environment ) and member of our Research… -
Mr. Garth Harmsworth
Mr. Garth Harmsworth
Garth Harmsworth is a senior environmental scientist based in Palmerston North and has worked for Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research since 1992. His professional career spans over 38 years in resource management, land resource assessment, national environmental databases, GIS applications, and indigenous research. Garth pioneered much of the Māori led research in Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research Ltd., working on a wide range projects with Māori organisations, Government agencies, regional councils, industry, and communities throughout New Zealand, particularly in the areas of land use planning… -
Wendy Henwood
Wendy Henwood
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Dr Gail Tipa
Dr Gail Tipa
Gail Tipa (Kai Tahu) completed a BA at the University of Otago and taught for six years at schools in Dunedin and the Taieri before completing a Master's degree in Resource and Regional Planning. She then worked in the planning field firstly for Electricity Corporation of New Zealand and then for the Southern Regional Health Authority.In 1996 Gail began consultancy work, being involved with the Ngai Tahu claim and other iwi resource management projects.Since 1996 Gail has increasingly focused on work that enhances Maori aspirations. This includes representation of her rununga and iwi on…
Ētahi atu · Other people
Professor Sarah-Jane Paine
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Professor Sarah-Jane Paine (Tūhoe) is a leading Māori health researcher and internationally respected authority on…
Professor Sarah-Jane Paine
Professor Sarah-Jane Paine (Tūhoe) is a leading Māori health researcher and internationally respected authority on Indigenous child wellbeing. She is Research Director and Principal Investigator of Growing Up in New Zealand, Aotearoa’s flagship longitudinal study of child development, and a Professor at Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.Her work in Kaupapa Māori epidemiology has influenced national policy in maternal and child health, racism and child wellbeing, food security, and youth wellbeing. Known for combining scientific rigour with strong community…
Associate Professor Deborah Heke
Ngā Puhi, Te Arawa
Te Whare Wananga o Wairaka Unitec
Associate Professor Deborah Heke (Ngā Puhi, Te Arawa) is the Director of Ngā Wai a Te Tūī Māori and Indigenous Research…
Associate Professor Deborah Heke
Associate Professor Deborah Heke (Ngā Puhi, Te Arawa) is the Director of Ngā Wai a Te Tūī Māori and Indigenous Research Centre at Unitec. With a background in Exercise Physiology, Psychology, and Public Health, her current research centres on Mana Wahine scholarship. Recent work includes an exploration of Māori and Indigenous women’s embodied practices and physical activity in te taiao as a means for connecting, communicating, and healing. Deborah is also passionate about building the capability and capacity of Māori and Indigenous (future) scholars and providing spaces for Indigenous…
Kiri Edge
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Kiri has contributed to a wide range of interdisciplinary research and evaluation projects across both academic and…
Kiri Edge
Kiri has contributed to a wide range of interdisciplinary research and evaluation projects across both academic and community contexts. Kiri is experienced working within complex and sensitive topics, and engaging with people, whānau, and communities that some consider ‘hard to reach’. Kiri’s research interests are diverse, but pivot towards endeavours that contribute towards Māori wellbeing and flourishing, equity, social justice and sustainable community-driven development. Kiri’s current rangahau interests include reclamation of indigenous pathways to wellbeing, grieving within and across…