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Professor Jenny Bol Jun Lee-Morgan
Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Te Ahiwaru
Te Whare Wananga o Wairaka Unitec
Deputy Director - Te Kōtahi Research Institute
Dr Lee-Morgan is Professor of Māori Research and was a founding Director of Ngā Wai a te Tui Māori Research Centre, Te…
Professor Jenny Bol Jun Lee-Morgan
Dr Lee-Morgan is Professor of Māori Research and was a founding Director of Ngā Wai a te Tui Māori Research Centre, Te Whare Wananga o Wairaka Unitec. Initially a secondary school teacher, she became a teacher educator and kaupapa Māori researcher in education with a focus on Maori pedagogy and methodology. In 2106, she was awarded Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award by the New Zealand Association for Research in Education for her significant and high-quality research contribution to Māori education. Dr Lee-Morgan’s co-edited book ‘Decolonisation in Aotearoa: Research, education and practice’(Hutchings…
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 Kepa Morgan
Ngāti Pikiao of Te Arawa
Dr Kepa Morgan's (BE, MBA, PhD, CPEng, FIPENZ ) bi-cultural background is rooted in his cultural identity as Ngāti…
Dr Kepa Morgan
Dr Kepa Morgan's (BE, MBA, PhD, CPEng, FIPENZ ) bi-cultural background is rooted in his cultural identity as Ngāti Pikiao of Te Arawa. During his engineering career Kepa has strengthened his understanding of Pikiaoanga while also striving for excellence both professionally and academically. As an indirect result of this combination of identity, interests and expertise, Kepa has found himself at the juncture between Māori aspirations and the engineering profession on many occasions. At times these have been adversarial situations, and sometimes the results have been less than optimal, however…
Dr Andrea Reid
University of British Columbia
Dr. Andrea Reid is a citizen of the Nisga’a Nation and an Associate Professor with the University of British Columbia’s…
Dr Andrea Reid
Dr. Andrea Reid is a citizen of the Nisga’a Nation and an Associate Professor with the University of British Columbia’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries. She has launched and is leading the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, working to build an inclusive hub for the study and protection of culturally significant fish and fisheries. Her research program adopts highly interdisciplinary and applied approaches to improving our understanding of the complex interrelationships between fish, people and place. Reid’s PhD in Biology (Governor General’s Gold Medal; Carleton University, 2020) centred…
Dr Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri, or Fimben-áilluántte ja Gáren-niillasmáhteristena Susánna, is a Northern Sámi…
Dr Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri
Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri, or Fimben-áilluántte ja Gáren-niillasmáhteristena Susánna, is a Northern Sámi researcher at the Centre for Sámi Health Research (CSHR) at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. She holds a PhD in epidemiology and studies cardiovascular health among Norwegian Sámi populations. Her research explores the intersections of health sciences, Sámi research ethics, and data governance, with particular attention to Sámi self-determination and culturally sensitive research practices. She co-founded the GIDA-Sápmi network, which promotes Sámi research data sovereignty…
Dr Coen Hird
University of Queensland
Coen is a trawlwoolway pakana related to northeast lutruwita (Briggs, Johnson, Hearps family) and is accountable to the…
Dr Coen Hird
Coen is a trawlwoolway pakana related to northeast lutruwita (Briggs, Johnson, Hearps family) and is accountable to the Tasmanian Aboriginal community. Coen grew up as a visitor to many lands in so-called Australia and currently is living on Yuggera land at Tulmur. Coen is an ARC DAATSIA Fellow in the School of the Environment at The University of Queensland. His research and teaching spans environmental sciences, animal ecology, Indigenous studies, and science and technology studies. Coen's work currently spans several connected areas: native stingless bee science; herpetofauna and…
Professor Elisa Loncon Antileo
University of Santigo
Born in Lefweluan, a Mapuche community in Wallmapu, Chile, Elisa is a native speaker of Mapuzugun, the Mapuche…
Professor Elisa Loncon Antileo
Born in Lefweluan, a Mapuche community in Wallmapu, Chile, Elisa is a native speaker of Mapuzugun, the Mapuche Indigenous language. She is a professor in the Department of Education at the University of Santiago in Chile. She holds a PhD in Humanities from Leiden University (the Netherlands), a PhD in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and a Master's degree in Linguistics from the Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico. In 2021, Elisa served as President of the Chilean Constitutional Convention. She received the René Cassin International Human Rights Prize…
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…
Professor Waikaremoana Waitoki
Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Māhanga
University of Waikato
Waikaremoana is a Professor and Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the…
Professor Waikaremoana Waitoki
Waikaremoana is a Professor and Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She is a clinical psychologist with experience in adolescent and maternal mental health. She is a past president of the New Zealand Psychological Society, and inaugural co-chair of the Māori psychologist’s network, He Paiaka Totara. She is the co-editor of the first Indigenous psychology book, Te Manu Kai i te Mātauranga which is used nationally and internationally in teaching about monoculturalism and racism in psychology. She is also the co-editor…
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Dr Sonia Garcia Garcia
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Pouhere Rangahau
Sonia Garcia grew up in Spain with Catalan, Galician and Spanish as her family languages. Her career has largely…
Dr Sonia Garcia Garcia
Sonia Garcia grew up in Spain with Catalan, Galician and Spanish as her family languages. Her career has largely focused on policy and programme management.In the Catalan public service, Sonia designed and managed grants and programmes to support the internationalisation of Catalan literature. She later pursued her interest in fisheries, earning a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney for research on Australian fisheries policy.Sonia moved to Aotearoa in 2020 and worked as a Senior Policy Analyst and Programme Manager in the international fisheries team at the Ministry for Primary…
Sarah-Maru Berghan
Te Rarawa, Ngātiwai, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tarāwhai
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Pouhere Whakaaweawe
As Pouhere Whakaaweawe at NPM, she helps drive positive change through grants, awards, and the Research portfolio, all…
Sarah-Maru Berghan
As Pouhere Whakaaweawe at NPM, she helps drive positive change through grants, awards, and the Research portfolio, all grounded in Māori values. Drawing on a wealth of experience in the tertiary sector, including her recent work in research services at Waipapa Taumata Rau’s Faculty of Science, she is committed to advancing excellence and supporting our people.
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…
Ahere Hapi
Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Muriwhenua
Kanapu
Pou Hapori
Ahere (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Muriwhenua) proudly comes from the timber town of Tokoroa and has connections to both Maketu…
Ahere Hapi
Ahere (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Muriwhenua) proudly comes from the timber town of Tokoroa and has connections to both Maketu and Te Taitokerau. She is a passionate facilitator having worked with highly vulnerable youth to gain sustainable employment and life skills, as well as hapori throughout the Taupō-Ruapehu area to improve community engagement when conducting the 2023 Census. She has also worked with whānau in the Emergency Housing sector to navigate systems in order to reach better living circumstances, on top of several student-based roles to improve experience and participation in…
Cindy McQuade
Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao, Tūwharetoa
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Pouhere Whakapā
Cindy McQuade is the communications advisor for NPM. She has a varied career in the media, working both as a journalist…
Cindy McQuade
Cindy McQuade is the communications advisor for NPM. She has a varied career in the media, working both as a journalist and free-lance writer and as a graphic designer for many years. She holds a Bachelor of Social Science, majoring in Political Science, Bachelor of Media Art, majoring in graphic design, and Cert. Journalism.
Paora Sharples
Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Pou
Paora is Kaihautu Tikanga (Te reo me ngā tikanga Māori leader) at NPM and also a Professional Teaching Fellow at the…
Paora Sharples
Paora is Kaihautu Tikanga (Te reo me ngā tikanga Māori leader) at NPM and also a Professional Teaching Fellow at the Department of Māori Studies, University of Auckland where he lectures in Kapahaka, Traditional & Contemporary Māori Performing Arts and Te Reo Māori. He has had a significant career in kapahaka as well as traditional and contemporary Māori performing arts, including areas of performing, teaching/training, directing, judging as well as choreography and composition within this indigenous genre of dance. Paora has also spent 30 years developing, teaching and promoting the art of…
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.
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.
Dr Tim West-Newman
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Pouhere Pūnaha
Tim West-Newman develops and implements technical business solutions including websites for Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga…
Dr Tim West-Newman
Tim West-Newman develops and implements technical business solutions including websites for Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. Tim has a PhD in Human Computer Interaction and has worked mainly in web and information technology systems development, having worked in The University of Auckland and AUT University, as well as an independent contractor for various organisations.
Honorine Franswah
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Pouhere Whakahaere
Honorine Franswah is the Research Operation Coordinator in Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and assists with the contracts…
Honorine Franswah
Honorine Franswah is the Research Operation Coordinator in Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and assists with the contracts, finance and all the administrative functions of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. Honorine obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics major with auxiliary subjects Commerce and Statistics at the University of Madras and brings substantial administrative experience from nearly 20 years involvement in the manufacturing sector in India. She provided administrative support at The University of Auckland prior to taking up her role at the Centre
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…
Dr Heather Gifford
Ngāti Hauiti, Te Atihaunui ā Papārangi
Whakauae Research for Māori Health & Development
Senior Advisor Business & Research
Heather is a trained nurse working in the field of child and family health, and has taught at a tertiary level in…
Dr Heather Gifford
Heather is a trained nurse working in the field of child and family health, and has taught at a tertiary level in health services, as well as working as a manager with a Māori Development Organisation and in primary health care. She has completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health at Otago University, a Masters in Public Health from the same university and a PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowship with Te Pūmanawa Hauora, the Research Centre for Māori Health and Development, Massey University. In collaboration with Ngāti Hauiti, Heather established Whakauae Research for Māori Health and…
Associate Professor Māmari Stephens
Te Rarawa
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Associate Professor
Māmari completed an MA (Distinction) in Classical Studies, BA (Hons), and an LLB (Hons) at Victoria University. She…
Associate Professor Māmari Stephens
Māmari completed an MA (Distinction) in Classical Studies, BA (Hons), and an LLB (Hons) at Victoria University. She then spent three and a half years at Russell McVeagh in Wellington working in the Māori legal team in the Corporate Advisory Group, latterly concentrating on ACC law. Māmari has been with the Faculty of Law at Victoria University of Wellington since January 2006 and, with Assistant Professor Mary Boyce of the University of Hawai'i, runs the Legal Māori Project. The outputs of this project are available free online at www.legalmaori.net. Her primary research interests are law and…
Professor Rangi Matamua
Ngāi Tūhoe
University of Waikato
Associate Professor Matamua of Tūhoe, is a senior lecturer based in the School of Māori and Pacific Development at…
Professor Rangi Matamua
Associate Professor Matamua of Tūhoe, is a senior lecturer based in the School of Māori and Pacific Development at Waikato University. He has undertaken significant research in the areas of Māori language revitalisation, Māori culture, Māori astronomy and broadcasting. In his MA thesis Rangi focused on traditional Tūhoe weaponary, and his PhD examined the role of Māori radio in Māori language revitalisation. In addition, Dr Matamua has produced a number of publications in his specialist areas, and sits on a number of related boards including Society for Māori Astronomy Research and Traditions…
Professor Huia Tomlins-Jahnke
Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Hine
Massey University
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor Huia Tomlins Jahnke has been involved as a researcher and research coordinator of the D Company…
Professor Huia Tomlins-Jahnke
Associate Professor Huia Tomlins Jahnke has been involved as a researcher and research coordinator of the D Company Māori Battalion Oral History Project since 1997 when the Ngāti Kahungunu veterans of D Company established the project. She is Principal Investigator on the NPM project Au e ihu! Nga Morehu TauaThose that are left must endeavour to complete the work. Huia is currently an Professor of Māori Education, and Head of School in the College of Education at Massey University.
Professor Shaun Ogilvie
Te Arawa (Ngāti Whakahemo), Ngāti Awa (Ngāti Pukeko)
University of Canterbury
Shaun Ogilvie has a PhD in Ecology from the University of Canterbury and is the Director of Eco Research Associates…
Professor Shaun Ogilvie
Shaun Ogilvie has a PhD in Ecology from the University of Canterbury and is the Director of Eco Research Associates Ltd, a private environmental research company. He is also the Māori Business Development Consultant for the Cawthron Institute in Nelson, and a contractor to other organisations, including Lincoln University and The Environmental Protection Authority.
Shaun is the principal investigator on several Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga research projects:
Professor David Tipene-Leach
Eastern Institute of Technology
Professor David Tipene-Leach
Vasiti Margaret Palavi
Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Auckland War Memorial Museum
Vasiti Margaret Palavi
Joni Angeli-Gordon
Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Whātua, Te Roroa
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Joni Angeli-Gordon
Associate Professor Deborah Heke
Ngā Puhi, Te Arawa
Te Whare Wananga o Wairaka Unitec
Rautaki MAI Te Kupenga
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…
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…
Dr Rāwiri Tinirau
Te Āti Haunui-ā-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe
Te Atawhai Te Ao
Co-Director
Rawiri is a graduate of Massey University and Co-Director of Te Atawhai o te Ao. He was previously Project Manager for…
Dr Rāwiri Tinirau
Rawiri is a graduate of Massey University and Co-Director of Te Atawhai o te Ao. He was previously Project Manager for MANU AO with the responsibility of implementing key projects, such as the Leadership Course and Academic Forums. Rawiri has expertise in Project management; Māori event management; Māori business and organisations; and Māori oral history. He has tribal affiliations to Te Āti Haunui-ā-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Kahungunu me Ngāi Tūhoe.
Dr Marama Muru-Lanning
Waikato-Ngāti Maniapoto
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Senior Research Fellow
Marama holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Auckland. She is a Senior Research Fellow and Acting Director…
Dr Marama Muru-Lanning
Marama holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Auckland. She is a Senior Research Fellow and Acting Director at the James Henare Māori Research Centre. Marama also advises on elderly health projects in the School of Population Health. Her research is primarily concerned with debates and critical challenges in social anthropology where she focuses on the cultural specificity of iwi-Māori and their unique sense of place and belonging in New Zealand. What distinguishes Marama nationally as a social scientist is her specialization in water, environment and indigenous rights. She…
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 Amohia Boulton
Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga
Whakauae Research for Māori Health & Development
Research Centre Director
Dr Amohia Bolton is the Research Director at Whakaue Research for Māori Health & Development with a career that has…
Dr Amohia Boulton
Dr Amohia Bolton is the Research Director at Whakaue Research for Māori Health & Development with a career that has spanned public policy and academia. She has previously worked as a data analyst (Ministry of Education) policy analyst, senior analyst (Te Puni Kōkiri) and Private Secretary (Māori Affairs) and was awarded an HRC Māori Health Training Fellowship to pursue doctoral study at Massey University in Palmerston North. Her post-doctoral research took her to the University of Northern British Columbia in Canada where she worked with the Lheidli T'enneh First Nations people. Her research…
Professor Te Kani Kingi
Ngāti Pukeko, Ngāti Awa
Massey University
Director Māori
Te Kani Kingi is Director of Te Mata o te Tau, The Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship at Massey University in…
Professor Te Kani Kingi
Te Kani Kingi is Director of Te Mata o te Tau, The Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship at Massey University in Wellington. His specialist interests are in mental health research, psychometrics and Māori health. He has 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 and the Public Health Advisory Committee. He currently sits on Statistics New Zealand’s Māori Advisory Group, the Pharmacy Council and is Chair of the Mental Health Commission’s Advisory Board…
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 Graham Hingangaroa Smith
Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Kai Tahu and Ngāti Porou
Massey University
Professor Graham Smith, a prominent Māori educationalist, has been at the forefront of Māori initiatives in the…
Distinguished Professor Graham Hingangaroa Smith
Professor Graham Smith, a prominent Māori educationalist, has been at the forefront of Māori initiatives in the education field and beyond. His recent academic work has centered on developing theoretically informed transformative strategies related to intervening in Māori cultural, political, social, educational and economic crises. Professor Smith has made significant contributions to the political, social, economic and cultural advancement of indigenous Māori communities. He has also worked extensively with other indigenous peoples across the world, including Canada, Hawaii, USA mainland…
Arapata Hakiwai
Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Arapata Hakiwai has worked for the National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa for over fifteen years, having…
Arapata Hakiwai
Arapata Hakiwai has worked for the National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa for over fifteen years, having worked in a number of roles including Exhibitions Concept Developer, Curator and Community Partnerships Manager Māori for National Services, and is currently Scholar Mātauranga Māori, leading the research on the Māori collections. Arapata was formerly the Manager of Bicultural Operations at Te Papa from 1999 through to 2002 and Director of Mātauranga Māori from 2003-2009. He takes an active involvement in his marae and tribal affairs, and is a former council member for the…
Professor Shaun Ogilvie
Te Arawa (Ngāti Whakahemo), Ngāti Awa (Ngāti Pukeko)
University of Canterbury
Shaun Ogilvie has a PhD in Ecology from the University of Canterbury and is the Director of Eco Research Associates…
Professor Shaun Ogilvie
Shaun Ogilvie has a PhD in Ecology from the University of Canterbury and is the Director of Eco Research Associates Ltd, a private environmental research company. He is also the Māori Business Development Consultant for the Cawthron Institute in Nelson, and a contractor to other organisations, including Lincoln University and The Environmental Protection Authority.
Shaun is the principal investigator on several Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga research projects: