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Professor Peter Adds
Te Ātiawa
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Professor (Teaching)
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. -
Associate Professor Jade Le Grice
Ngāi Tupoto, Ngāti Korokoro, Te Pouka, Ngāti Wharara, Te Mahurehure
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Association Professor Psychology
Tēnā koutou kātoa, he uri ahau o Ngāpuhi me Te Rarawa. Ko Ngai Tupoto, Ngati Korokoro, Ngati Wharara, Te Pouka ngā…
Associate Professor Jade Le Grice
Tēnā koutou kātoa, he uri ahau o Ngāpuhi me Te Rarawa. Ko Ngai Tupoto, Ngati Korokoro, Ngati Wharara, Te Pouka ngā hapū. Nō Motukaraka me Pakanae ahau. I am an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Faculty of Science at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland, where I am also Co‑Director of Te Pūtahi o Pūtaiao, The Centre for Kaupapa Māori Science. I teach into three undergraduate and postgraduate courses that support foundational skills in Indigenous, kaupapa Māori & critical psychology. I have supervised over 15 doctoral, masters, honours, and clinical psychology students to… -
Associate Professor Hiria McRae
Te Arawa, Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Associate Professor, Associate Dean
Hiria Mcrae (Te Arawa,Tūhoe,Ngāti Kahungunu) is an Associate Professor in the School of Education and Associate Dean…
Associate Professor Hiria McRae
Hiria Mcrae (Te Arawa,Tūhoe,Ngāti Kahungunu) 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. -
Professor Michelle Thompson Fawcett FRSNZ, DNZG, MNZPI
Ngāti Whatua, Ngāti Te Ata
University of Otago
Poutoko Taiea | Distinguished Professor
Dr Michelle Thompson-Fawcett (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Te Ata) is Distinguished Professor in the School of Geography at the…
Professor Michelle Thompson Fawcett FRSNZ, DNZG, MNZPI
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… -
Professor Te Taka Keegan
Waikato-Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Whakaue
University of Waikato
Professor Department of Software Engineering & Co-Director of AI Institute Maori Artificial Intelligence Institute
Nō Waikato-Maniapoto, nō Ngāti Porou, nō Ngāti Whakaue hoki.Kei Ngāhinapōuri e noho ana, kei te pūtake o te maunga o…
Professor Te Taka Keegan
Nō Waikato-Maniapoto, nō Ngāti Porou, nō Ngāti Whakaue hoki.Kei Ngāhinapōuri e noho ana, kei te pūtake o te maunga o Pirongia.Kua roa ia e mahi ana ki te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, me tana aro ki te whai huarahi mō te reo rangatira ki te ao hangarau.Te Taka received a Diploma in Computer Engineering from CIT (Wellington) in 1987. He spent six years working as a hardware engineer for Datacom and Digital before returning to the Waikato and Waikato University. He received a BA through the Te Tohu Paetahi stream (Māori immersion) and in 1996 was awarded an MA having completed a thesis on… -
Dr Arama Rata
Ngāruahine, Taranaki, Ngāti Maniapoto
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Aukaha Hauora
Arama Rata is of Ngāti Maniapoto, Taranaki, and Ngāruahine descent. She completed her PhD in Psychology at Victoria…
Dr Arama Rata
Arama Rata 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
Pou Akonga (Executive Director) Māori Student Success
I have a particular research interest in race, gender and leadership issues in sport management, and my most recent…
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… -
Associate Professor Hinekura Smith
Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi
University of Queensland
Associate Professor
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
Toi Matauranga Maori - Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Mātauranga Māori
Meegan Hall (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Apakura) is Assistant Vice-Chancellor…
Associate Professor Meegan Hall
Meegan Hall (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Apakura) is Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Mātauranga Māori) in the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Māori). She provides strategic leadership to grow engagement with Māori knowledge and people in learning, teaching and research contexts, and supports Māori staff and Māori student achievement.Meegan's research focuses on Māori in higher education, which combines her interest in tertiary learning and teaching with her disciplinary background in Māori studies. She is co-Chair of the Ako Aotearoa Establishment Board, a… -
Dr John Pirker
Ngāi Tahu
University of Canterbury
Senior Lecturer
Dr John Pirker's fields of research include marine ecology, aquaculture and marine algae and his research interests…
Dr John Pirker
Dr John Pirker'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)