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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.