Professor Te Kani Kingi
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Executive Director of Research and Innovation
Prior to his role as Executive Director of Research and Innovation at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, Professor Te Kani Kingi was an Associate Professor at Massey University in Wellington and concurrently held three roles as Director Māori (within the Office of the Associate Vice-Chancellor) Director of the Research Centre for Māori Health and Development (within the College of Health) and Director of Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship. He has formally been an executive member of the New Zealand Public Health Association, The Mental Health Advocacy Coalition, the National Ethics Advisory Committee, the National Health Committee, the Public Health Advisory Committee, the New Zealand Pharmacy Council, Ngā Pae o te Maramatanga’s International Research Advisory Panel, Statistics NZ Advisory Board, Whānau Tahi Advisory Board, past Chair of the NKK (HRC) Committee, a member of the IMSB (Auckland Council) Advisory Board, Chair of the Te Pou Matakana (Whānau Ora) funding board and Chair of the New Zealand Mental Health Commission.
He is currently a member of the AKO Aotearoa Assessment Committee, the Board of the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Research Associate of the National Institute for Economic and Demographic Research, Chair of the Te Rau Puawai mental health scholarship programme and a Board Member of Tane Ora. He was recently appointed to the Veteran’s Health Committee, the Natural Hazards Social Science Committee (GNS Science), the Independent Science Panel (Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge) and to the Australian Physiotherapy Council Accreditation Board. In 2021, he was appointed to the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Health Research Council’s Biomedical Assessment Committee. And in 2022 to the Board of Emerge Aotearoa.
He has a specialist interest in health outcome measurement (psychometrics), Māori mental health, longitudinal research, public health, and health service delivery. He is currently leading New Zealand’s largest dedicated programme of Māori mental health research – Te Aratiatia ki te Hauora. An initiative which has multiple strands of research interest but with a focus on reducing stigma and discrimination.
He was born and raised in Poroporo (near Whakatāne) and educated at St Stephen’s School (TIPENE) in Bombay. Te Kani has tribal affiliations to Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Awa, and Ngāi Tai.
Teaching/Research Topics:
Māori Health, Public Health, Mental Health, Psychometrics, Epidemiology, Longitudinal Research
Rangahau · Related projects
Resilient Legacies: Mānawa te Taonga Tuku Iho explored how Māori cultural treasures—taonga tuku iho—are used, valued, and commodified in Aotearoa’s rugby world. From haka to carved trophies, and digital taonga on the horizon, the project examines the impact on mana, mauri ora, and identity, and the cultural and commercial implications for Māori and rugby…
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Resilient Legacies: Mānawa te Taonga Tuku Iho explored how Māori cultural treasures—taonga tuku iho—are used, valued, and commodified in Aotearoa’s rugby world. From haka to carved trophies, and digital taonga on the horizon, the project examines the impact on mana, mauri ora, and identity, and the cultural and commercial implications for Māori and rugby alike.
Kairangahau · Researchers
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Dr Farah Palmer
Dr Farah Palmer
I have a particular research interest in race, gender and leadership issues in sport management, and my most recent publications have focused on the incorporation of Māori values and tikanga in sport contexts, Sport for Development from an indigenous perspective, taonga tuku iho in rugby, elite Maori athletes and their cultural identities in sport, the leadership and organisational culture of the All Blacks, Black Ferns, Māori All Blacks, Māori women's experiences in sport management and leadership, and the involvement of mothers in elite sport as leaders and athletes. For 10 years I… -
Dr Carwyn Jones
Dr Carwyn Jones
Dr Carwyn Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu) is Pūkenga Matua (Lead Academic) in the Ahunga Tikanga (Māori Laws and Philosophy) programme at Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Prior to joining the Wānanga, Carwyn was an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Victoria University of Wellington. He has worked in various roles at the Māori Land Court, Waitangi Tribunal, and Office of Treaty Settlements. He also served as a negotiator for the iwi and hapū of te rohe o Te Wairoa in the settlement of their historical claims against the Crown. Carwyn’s primary research interests relate to the Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the… -
Professor Te Kani Kingi
Professor Te Kani Kingi
Prior to his role as Executive Director of Research and Innovation at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, Professor Te Kani Kingi was an Associate Professor at Massey University in Wellington and concurrently held three roles as Director Māori (within the Office of the Associate Vice-Chancellor) Director of the Research Centre for Māori Health and Development (within the College of Health) and Director of Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship. He has formally been an executive member of the New Zealand Public Health Association, The Mental Health Advocacy Coalition, the National Ethics…
Ētahi atu · Other people
Rowena Dunn
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Maia Ltd
My background is Education - Teaching, Management, Facilitation.
Rowena Dunn
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. Liz Brown
University of Canterbury
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