Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Kanaka Maoli
University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Professor Awi Mona
Seediq Nation, Indigenous Taiwanese
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Awi Mona is a member of the Seediq Indigenous Nation of Taiwan and serves as Professor of Law and Dean of the College…
Professor Awi Mona
Awi Mona is a member of the Seediq Indigenous Nation of Taiwan and serves as Professor of Law and Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan’s leading university for Indigenous studies. One of the first Indigenous scholars in Taiwan to earn a Ph.D. in Law, his research focuses on Indigenous legal orders, Indigenous self-determination, legal pluralism, and the revitalization of Indigenous governance. Through comparative and community-engaged research across Taiwan, Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, Japan, and the Pacific, he works collaboratively…
Dominic O'Sullivan
Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu
Charles Sturt University, Australia
Dominic O'Sullivan
Marama Salsano
Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Wairere
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Marama Salsano
Elizabeth Sumida Huaman
Quechua
University of Minnesota, USA
Elizabeth Sumida Huaman
Isla Emery-Whittington
Rereahu, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa
Massey University
Isla Emery-Whittington
Sandra Yellowhorse
Diné/Navajo, Kinyaa'aanii
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Sandra Yellowhorse
Joni Angeli-Gordon
Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Whātua, Te Roroa
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Joni Angeli-Gordon
Serafín M. Coronel-Molina
Huanca Quechua
Indiana University, USA
Serafín M. Coronel-Molina
Dr Awanui Te Huia
Ngāti Maniapoto
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Awanui (Ngāti Maniapoto) is a senior lecturer at Te Kawa a Māui at Te Herenga a Waka where she provides significant…
Dr Awanui Te Huia
Awanui (Ngāti Maniapoto) is a senior lecturer at Te Kawa a Māui at Te Herenga a Waka where she provides significant leadership and support to its Māori language programme. With a PhD in Psychology, her research interests include te reo Māori, identity formation, ancestral language learning, cultural wellbeing, biculturalism and anti-racism.
Summer Rangimaarie Wright
Māori, Ngāti Maniapoto
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Summer Rangimaarie Wright
Dr Kiri Dell
Ngāti Porou
University of Auckland
Lecturer
Kiri is a lecturer in property in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. Her teaching…
Dr Kiri Dell
Kiri is a lecturer in property in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. Her teaching focuses on Māori land issues and Māori entrepreneurship and business development. Kiri’s research and areas of expertise focuses on competitive Māori strategy, Māori economics and Māori business.
Associate Professor Linda Te Aho
Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Waikato-Tainui
University of Waikato
Associate Dean Māori at Te Piringa Faculty of Law
Linda is the Associate Dean Māori at Te Piringa Faculty of Law, University of Waikato, and is co-editor of the Waikato…
Associate Professor Linda Te Aho
Linda is the Associate Dean Māori at Te Piringa Faculty of Law, University of Waikato, and is co-editor of the Waikato Law Review. In 2014, Linda was appointed to provide expert technical advice on the proposed reforms to Te Ture Whenua Māori 1993 (the Māori Land Act). In 2015, Linda was contracted to provide advice on the proposed reforms to the Resource Management Act. She was appointed by her iwi of Waikato-Tainui as a guardian mandated under the 2010 settlement for the co-management of the Waikato River ecosystem to develop the long term vision for its holistic restoration. Linda served…
Professor Jacinta Ruru FRSNZ
Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Maniapoto
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, University of Otago
Co-Director
Jacinta Ruru is a Professor of Law at the University of Otago. Her research has focused on exploring Indigenous…
Professor Jacinta Ruru FRSNZ
Jacinta Ruru is a Professor of Law at the University of Otago. Her research has focused on exploring Indigenous peoples' legal rights to own, manage and govern land and water including national parks and minerals in Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, United States, Australia and the Scandinavia countries. She has led, or co-led, several national and international research projects including on the Common Law Doctrine of Discovery, Indigenous peoples’ rights to freshwater and multidisciplinary understandings of landscapes and writes for several legal publishers including Adams’ Land Transfer and…
Distinguished Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Linda Tuhiwai Smith is Professor of Education and Māori Development, Pro-Vice Chancellor Māori, Dean of the School of…
Distinguished Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Linda Tuhiwai Smith is Professor of Education and Māori Development, Pro-Vice Chancellor Māori, Dean of the School of Māori and Pacific Development and Director of Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and is Chairperson of NPM's International Research Advisory Board. She is a member of New Zealand’s Health Research Council, Chair of the Māori Health Research Committee, is President of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education and is a member of the Marsden Fund Council and Convener of the Social Sciences Assessment Panel. She has also most…
Emalani Case
Kanaka Maoli
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Emalani Case is a lecturer in Pacific Studies in Te Wānanga o Waipapa, the School of Māori and Pacific Studies at…
Emalani Case
Emalani Case is a lecturer in Pacific Studies in Te Wānanga o Waipapa, the School of Māori and Pacific Studies at Waipapa Taumata Rau, The University of Auckland. As a Kanaka Maoli activist, teacher, and writer, she is deeply engaged in issues of Indigenous rights and representation, settler colonialism and decolonisation, militarism and demilitarisation, and environmental and social justice. Her work, including her teaching, is motivated by a desire to draw on Pacific and Indigenous knowledges and histories to reflect upon the past, promote action and solidarity in the present, and envision…
Associate Professor Meegan Hall
Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Apakura
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Rautaki Kounga
Meegan teaches courses on higher education learning and teaching and hosts teaching orientations and events. Most of…
Associate Professor Meegan Hall
Meegan teaches courses on higher education learning and teaching and hosts teaching orientations and events. Most of her teaching is to lecturers and tutors whilst she also contributes to the programme offered by Te Kawa a Māui, the School of Māori Studies, such as their introductory course about Māori society and culture and their postgraduate course about Māori research methodologies. Her research interests lie in Māori academic development, Māori pedagogies, Māori student achievement and retention in higher education.
Daniel Patrick
Ngāti Pākehā, Irish, Danish
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Kaiwhakahaere Matua: Executive Director
Daniel is the Executive Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, and has been since 2011. He directs and plans the entire…
Daniel Patrick
Daniel is the Executive Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, and has been since 2011. He directs and plans the entire Centre’s business activities, including contracting, financial operations, resources planning, risk management, systems and performance measures and manages the Centre's investment portfolios. Daniel holds two degrees, a Bachelor's degree in Applied Sciences and a Master's degree in Health Sciences with honours, and is a member of the Project Management Institute and PM practitioner. He came to the Centre having been the Research Programme Manager for the Social Statistics…
Marie-Chanel Berghan
Te Rarawa, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tarāwhai, Te Arawa
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Pouhere Matua
Marie-Chanel Berghan looks after the financial, contract and operations (physical resources and infrastructure)…
Marie-Chanel Berghan
Marie-Chanel Berghan looks after the financial, contract and operations (physical resources and infrastructure) management of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. As well as managing the publications, specifically the two NPM Journals; AlterNative and MAI Journal. Marie-Chanel has a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration and in Business, Māori Development. Before joining the centre, she was the Whakapiki Ake Project Manager at The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences for five years and prior to that, a Project Administration Manager at Hewlett Packard.
Dr Annie Te One
Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Mutunga
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Annie Te One (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Mutunga) is a senior lecturer in Te Kawa a Māui. Annie’s PhD is from the Australian…
Dr Annie Te One
Annie Te One (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Mutunga) is a senior lecturer in Te Kawa a Māui. Annie’s PhD is from the Australian National University and focussed on iwi and local government relationships in Wellington and the Hutt Valley. She is currently undertaking research relating to the Mana Wāhine Inquiry (WAI2700), rangatahi-led research focussing on the future of Māori housing, as well as being a Fulbright Scholar to teach and research at the University of Hawaii with a particular focus on the connections between Māori and Kanaka Māoli political philosophies. Her research interests are also…
Professor Te Kawehau Hoskins
Ngāpuhi
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Te Kawehau Hoskins affiliates to the people of Ngāti Hau in Whakapara, a community located north of the Whangārei…
Professor Te Kawehau Hoskins
Te Kawehau Hoskins affiliates to the people of Ngāti Hau in Whakapara, a community located north of the Whangārei district. She is the former HOS of Te Puna Wānanga, the school of Māori and Indigenous Education and Te Tumu-Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work. Te Kawehau has pursued an academic career in Māori education. She has further developed expertise in qualitative social and educational research, politics, ethics of Indigene, settler relations, and multicultural and bicultural education. She is presently the Pro-Vice Chancellor Māori at Waipapa Taumata Rau | The…
Marie-Chanel Berghan
Te Rarawa, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tarāwhai, Te Arawa
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Pouhere Matua
Marie-Chanel Berghan looks after the financial, contract and operations (physical resources and infrastructure)…
Marie-Chanel Berghan
Marie-Chanel Berghan looks after the financial, contract and operations (physical resources and infrastructure) management of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. As well as managing the publications, specifically the two NPM Journals; AlterNative and MAI Journal. Marie-Chanel has a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration and in Business, Māori Development. Before joining the centre, she was the Whakapiki Ake Project Manager at The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences for five years and prior to that, a Project Administration Manager at Hewlett Packard.
Cheryle Rewha Willoughby
Ngāti Kuta, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Kaihāpai Hautaka, Pouhere Kaiwhakarite
Cheryle has a BA in Media/Marketing and Māori studies from Massey University. Diploma in Project Management (TWWOA) and…
Cheryle Rewha Willoughby
Cheryle has a BA in Media/Marketing and Māori studies from Massey University. Diploma in Project Management (TWWOA) and Sales Management, Business Studies (AUT). Her background is advertising and marketing working at Wilson & Horton Ltd for 12 years as EA and Sales Exec. Also in Event Management and Operations, finance, HR, sales and training.She has worked with her whanau and hapu over 35 years. As a secretary, trustee and negotiator, for the Hauai whenua claim and the first successful settlement with the Crown, on behalf of her hapu.Working as a Marketing Consultant with Dept of Labour…
Associate Professor Hiria McRae
Te Arawa, Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Hiria is an Associate Professor in the School of Education and Associate Dean Māori for the Faculty of Education…
Associate Professor Hiria McRae
Hiria is an Associate Professor in the School of Education and Associate Dean Māori for the Faculty of Education, Health & Psychological Sciences. She has extensive experience in working with practicing teachers and teaching postgraduate students and teacher trainees in the areas of mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori, science and technology, critical pedagogies, education for sustainability. Her research focuses broadly on Māori education in areas ranging from iwi Māori student success models, kaiako Māori leadership and computational thinking.
Dr Jade Le Grice
Ngāi Tupoto, Ngāti Korokoro, Te Pouka, Ngāti Wharara, Te Mahurehure
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Jade Le Grice (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Auckland. Her…
Dr Jade Le Grice
Jade Le Grice (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Auckland. Her research focuses on Indigenous sexuality and reproduction. She engages decolonising praxis - deconstructing dominant sociocultural norms and legitimating mātauranga Māori as they shape and inform lived realities, and across knowledge, health and education systems.
Professor Peter Adds
Te Ātiawa
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Peter Adds is an Associate Professor at Te Kawa a Maui - the School of Māori Studies at Victoria University of…
Professor Peter Adds
Peter Adds is an Associate Professor at Te Kawa a Maui - the School of Māori Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. He is from the Otaraua Hapu of Te Ātiawa in Taranaki. His academic training is in archaeology but he has extensive experience in Treaty Settlements and is also an accomplished Treaty trainer. He was the claimant researcher for the Taranaki Land Claim and subsequently the claim negotiator for Te Ātiawa. He is also the inaugural and current Chairperson of the Māori Association of Social Science.
Professor Michelle Thompson Fawcett
Ngāti Whatua, Ngāti Te Ata
Dr Michelle Thompson-Fawcett (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Te Ata) is Distinguished Professor in the School of Geography at the…
Professor Michelle Thompson Fawcett
Dr Michelle Thompson-Fawcett (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Te Ata) is Distinguished Professor in the School of Geography at the University of Otago Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka. She has 40 years’ experience in planning practice and university teaching and research. Michelle’s research explores urban and environmental planning activities by Indigenous communities at the local level. In particular, she examines the extent to which groups are able to engage in, influence, and achieve self-determination in regard to urban and environmental decision-making. She works with Māori communities on their aspirations for…
Associate Professor Te Taka Keegan
Waikato-Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Whakaue
University of Waikato
Associate Dean Māori
Associate Professor Keegan is a trailblazing academic based in the Computer Science Department, University of Waikato…
Associate Professor Te Taka Keegan
Associate Professor Keegan is a trailblazing academic based in the Computer Science Department, University of Waikato and is the Associate Dean Māori for Te Wānanga Pūtaiao (Division of Health, Engineering, Computing and Sciences) with postgraduate degrees in computer engineering and te reo Māori. His research focuses on traditional navigation, Māori language technologies, Indigenous language interfaces, and use of te reo in a technological environment. He developed the Microsoft Māori keyboard, Microsoft Office in Māori, Moodle in Māori, Google Web Search in Māori and the Māori…
Dr Arama Rata
Ngāruahine, Taranaki, Ngāti Maniapoto
University of Waikato
Arama is of Ngāti Maniapoto, Taranaki, and Ngāruahine descent. She completed her PhD in Psychology at Victoria…
Dr Arama Rata
Arama is of Ngāti Maniapoto, Taranaki, and Ngāruahine descent. She completed her PhD in Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington in 2012, which focused on Māori cultural engagement, identity, and psychological well-being in State secondary schools. Arama then lectured at Te Kawa a Māui (the School of Māori Studies), where she received a Research Establishment Grant to study Māori collective remembering of the New Zealand Wars. Dr Rata is currently involved with research relating to Māori health experiences, Māori in rural communities, as well as iwi consultancy.
Dr Farah Palmer
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Waiora, Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta
Massey University
Senior Lecturer
Farah research interests include gender issues in sport from a sociological or kaupapa Māori perspective, diversity…
Dr Farah Palmer
Farah research interests include gender issues in sport from a sociological or kaupapa Māori perspective, diversity issues in sport management and leadership and Māori leadership and governance in sport and business. She is a senior lecturer at the School of Management, Massey University coordinating a number of courses including Fundamentals of Leadership and Teamwork. She is on the board of NZ Rugby and is an former world cup winning captain of the Black Ferns.
Associate Professor Hinekura Smith
Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Emerging Researchers' Leader
Dr Hinekura Smith (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is NPM's Emerging Researchers’ Leader, providing further national leadership and…
Associate Professor Hinekura Smith
Dr Hinekura Smith (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is NPM's Emerging Researchers’ Leader, providing further national leadership and coordination of MAI Te Kupenga and developing and nurturing initiatives that contribute to the outcomes and objectives of NPM’s Capability and Capacity Strategy. Hinekura was initially a secondary school te reo Māori teacher then moved into teacher education research almost 10 years ago, when she commenced her postgraduate studies. She has worked as a professional development facilitator in Māori medium schools, te reo Māori facilitator in English-medium schools and a…
Associate Professor Meegan Hall
Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Apakura
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Rautaki Kounga
Meegan teaches courses on higher education learning and teaching and hosts teaching orientations and events. Most of…
Associate Professor Meegan Hall
Meegan teaches courses on higher education learning and teaching and hosts teaching orientations and events. Most of her teaching is to lecturers and tutors whilst she also contributes to the programme offered by Te Kawa a Māui, the School of Māori Studies, such as their introductory course about Māori society and culture and their postgraduate course about Māori research methodologies. Her research interests lie in Māori academic development, Māori pedagogies, Māori student achievement and retention in higher education.
Dr John Pirker
Ngāi Tahu
University of Canterbury
John's fields of research include marine ecology, aquaculture and marine algae and his research interests centre around…
Dr John Pirker
John's fields of research include marine ecology, aquaculture and marine algae and his research interests centre around aquaculture. His disciplines include ecology, evolution and behaviour within marine ecological systems and he belongs to the Māori Research Advisory Group (MRAG) and Marine Ecology Research Group (MERG)
Dr Dean Mahuta
Ngāti Mahuta, Waikato
Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
Researcher - Te Ipukarea, National Māori Language Institute,
Dean conducts research into traditional Māori knowledge, revitalisation of te reo Māori (the Māori language), Māori…
Dr Dean Mahuta
Dean conducts research into traditional Māori knowledge, revitalisation of te reo Māori (the Māori language), Māori history, the representation of Māori customs, language and lore in video games, Māori digital media and identities. He also supervises a number of Masters and PhD students at AUT.
Dr Carwyn Jones
Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Senior Lecturer School of Law
Carwyn's primary research interests relate to the Treaty of Waitangi and indigenous legal traditions. Before joining…
Dr Carwyn Jones
Carwyn's primary research interests relate to the Treaty of Waitangi and indigenous legal traditions. Before joining the faculty in 2006, Carwyn worked in a number of different roles at the Waitangi Tribunal, Māori Land Court, and the Office of Treaty Settlements. He is the author of New Treaty, New Tradition – Reconciling New Zealand and Maori Law (UBC Press, May 2016) He is the Co-Editor of the Māori Law Review and maintains a blog, Ahi-kā-roa, on legal issues affecting Māori and other indigenous peoples. Carwyn’s research is currently focused on a major project exploring the legal…
Dr Anne-Marie Jackson
Ngāti Whatua, Te Roroa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Kahu o Whangaroa
University of Otago
Senior Lecturer
Anne-Marie Jackson is a lecturer in Māori physical education and health at the University of Otago, and joined the…
Dr Anne-Marie Jackson
Anne-Marie Jackson is a lecturer in Māori physical education and health at the University of Otago, and joined the School of Physical Education as an academic staff member in 2011. After obtaining a Bachelor of Physical Education Honours degree majoring in Exercise Sport Science and a Master of Physical Education focusing on education policy at the School of Physical Education, she completed a doctorate in Māori studies and physical education examining rangatiratanga and Māori health and well-being within a customary fisheries context. Her research focuses on the examination of Māori…
Dr Amanda Black
Tūhoe, Whakatōhea, Whānau-ā-Apanui
Lincoln University
Lecturer / Māori Kaihautū
Amanda’s research expertise is in environmental soil and water chemistry, focusing on major nutrient cycling, including…
Dr Amanda Black
Amanda’s research expertise is in environmental soil and water chemistry, focusing on major nutrient cycling, including the incorporation of molecular techniques to explore the relationship between functional gene expression and soil product activity. She has recently focused her research on ecosystem resilience in soils from managed and natural ecosystems, with a particular focus on investigating disease resistant traits (i.e. evidence of PTA resistance in kauri forests). She is also part of a Māori Biosecurity Focus Group, seconded by the Ministry for Primary Industries, and is funded by…
Professor Jacinta Ruru FRSNZ
Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Maniapoto
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, University of Otago
Co-Director
Jacinta Ruru is a Professor of Law at the University of Otago. Her research has focused on exploring Indigenous…
Professor Jacinta Ruru FRSNZ
Jacinta Ruru is a Professor of Law at the University of Otago. Her research has focused on exploring Indigenous peoples' legal rights to own, manage and govern land and water including national parks and minerals in Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, United States, Australia and the Scandinavia countries. She has led, or co-led, several national and international research projects including on the Common Law Doctrine of Discovery, Indigenous peoples’ rights to freshwater and multidisciplinary understandings of landscapes and writes for several legal publishers including Adams’ Land Transfer and…
Professor Tracey McIntosh
Tūhoe
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga / University of Auckland
Tracey McIntosh (Ngāi Tūhoe) is Professor of Indigenous Studies and Co-Head of Te Wānanga o Waipapa at the University…
Professor Tracey McIntosh
Tracey McIntosh (Ngāi Tūhoe) is Professor of Indigenous Studies and Co-Head of Te Wānanga o Waipapa at the University of Auckland. She previously taught in the sociology and criminology programme at the University of Auckland. Tracey brings a high level of experience to her roles in international work, community development, student equity and in her wider contributions to the academic community. Tracey has lectured at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji, was a Fulbright Visiting Lecturer in New Zealand Studies at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. in 2004, and has served on…
Emeritus Professor Poia Rewi
Ngāti Manawa, Tūhoe, Te Arawa
Kanapu
Pouhere Kanapu
Happily married with children and mokos who make life so refreshing. My teaching, research and practice included…
Emeritus Professor Poia Rewi
Happily married with children and mokos who make life so refreshing. My teaching, research and practice included Indigenous language revitalisation, te reo me ngā tikanga Māori, Māori oratory, Māori performing arts and Māori history and have spanned the University of Waikato 1990-2003 and the University of Otago 2023-2020. Poia has also held leadership roles at Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori and Te Mātāwai. And if he didn’t have 5 operations on his achilles tendon he would have definitely been an All Black and a competitor on Dancing with Stars.