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Associate Professor Katharina Ruckstuhl
Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne
Research and Enterprise - University of Otago
Associate Professor and Associate Dean Māori
Associate Professor Ruckstuhl is the Kaitohutohu of the Otago Business School's Te Maea: Māori and Indigenous Economy…
Associate Professor Katharina Ruckstuhl
Associate Professor Ruckstuhl is the Kaitohutohu of the Otago Business School's Te Maea: Māori and Indigenous Economy and Enterprise Network.She leads a number of research projects, including in the Science for Technological Innovation National Science Challenge, where she is the Vision Mātauranga deputy leader of the Challenge and co-leads the Building New Zealand's Innovation portfolio.She is also the Associate Director Māori on the Dodd-Walls Centre of Research Excellence. Her broader research focuses on innovation and Māori business, resource extraction, energy transition and Māori policy. -
Dr Karyn Paringatai
Ngāti Porou
Te Tumu - University of Otago
Chair - Marketing and Promotions
Karyn's research interests are in a number of areas that intersect at various points. These are: sociological issues…
Dr Karyn Paringatai
Karyn's research interests are in a number of areas that intersect at various points. These are: sociological issues surrounding Māori urbanisation and Māori identity development and maintenance; Māori performing arts, particularly poi, the analysis of haka and waiata compositions and the role kapa haka plays in identity; grammatical aspects of the Māori language and second language acquisition; Māori language and Māori performing arts teaching methodologies. She is a co-director of an Otago Research Theme, Poutama Ara Rau, alongside Professor Jacinta Ruru (Faculty of Law) and Associate… -
Dr Kahu McClintock
Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Porou, Waikato Maniapoto, Te Ātiawa
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing
Managing Editor
Kahu McClintock is an example of Māori leadership that provides direction and also a source of strength and…
Dr Kahu McClintock
Kahu McClintock is an example of Māori leadership that provides direction and also a source of strength and inspiration. With almost 45 years of experience working with Māori whānau, communities, and iwi, Kahu shows what can be achieved through a commitment to helping others, hard work, and courage.Kahu’s approach to leadership is the result of multiple strands of knowledge woven together; cultural, clinical, and academic. One of her strongest influences is her whānau (family). She was born the sixth of eight children raised in the small provincial town of Piopio in the King Country, by 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) -
Veronica Tawhai
Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Uepohatu
Massey University
Lecturer - Te Putahi-a-To
Ms Tawhai lectures in policy and politics at Te Pūtahi a Toi. A recent recipient of the Fulbright-Nga Pae o Te…
Veronica Tawhai
Ms Tawhai lectures in policy and politics at Te Pūtahi a Toi. A recent recipient of the Fulbright-Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga scholar award, Ms Tawhai's fields of research and community work include the Treaty of Waitangi, Māori and youth political engagement, constitutional change, and electoral, civics and citizenship education. Veronica has co-edited two books, authored several papers and presents widely on these issues. She is a member of Matike Mai Aotearoa, the Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation and is completing her PhD on the role of citizenship education in… -
Professor John Broughton
Ngāi Tahu, Ngati Kahungunu Ki Heretaunga
University of Otago
Professor: Preventive and Social Medicine and Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences
John is responsible for the integration of Hauora Māori/oranga niho in the curriculum of the undergraduate Bachelor of…
Professor John Broughton
John is responsible for the integration of Hauora Māori/oranga niho in the curriculum of the undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Surgery and the Bachelor of Oral Health. John is also the director of the Ngai Tahu Maori Research Unit within the Centre for Hauora Māori. The Unit was established in 1996 as a partnership between Te Runanga O Ngai Tahu and the Dunedin School of Medicine. John has published widely on oranga niho. His PhD thesis topic was ‘Oranga niho: A review of Māori oral health service provision utilizing a kaupapa Māori methodology’. The thesis was originally submitted for the… -
Professor Joanne Baxter
Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha
Independent Scholar
Joanne Baxter (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha) is a public health medicine specialist with research interests in Māori…
Professor Joanne Baxter
Joanne Baxter (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha) is a public health medicine specialist with research interests in Māori health workforce development, Māori mental health, Māori child and youth health, hazardous drinking among tertiary students and health inequalities.She is an experienced senior leader with a successful track record in the health and tertiary education sectors. Skilled in Strategic Leadership, Academic Governance and Change Management & Development; Research Innovation to enhance health and education outcomes; People Engagement (professional development, mentoring). Strong… -
Associate Professor Jo Smith
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Associate Professor
Jo's research examines the socio-political power of media technologies with a primary focus on how colonial histories…
Associate Professor Jo Smith
Jo's research examines the socio-political power of media technologies with a primary focus on how colonial histories inform contemporary media practices. She has developed her research profile across three interrelated fields (Indigenous, Postcolonial, and Settler Colonial Studies) to ask new questions about the ways in which media technologies, institutions and aesthetic practices help shape notions of identity, nationhood and community. Her research interests include Māori Television; Postcolonial Media Cultures; Indigenous Film and Media; Race and Ethnicity; Media, Subjectivities and… -
Dr Hinemoa Elder
Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri, Ngāpuhi
Psychiatrist
Dr Hinemoa Elder is a mother of two from Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri and Ngāpuhi nui tonu. She works as a Child…
Dr Hinemoa Elder
Dr Hinemoa Elder is a mother of two from Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri and Ngāpuhi nui tonu. She works as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in private practice. She is a deputy member of the Mental Health Review Tribual and on the list of Medical Consultants under the Intellectual Disability Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation Act 2003. Dr Elder provides neuropsychiatric assessment and treatment for tamariki, taiohi and their whānau who have experienced traumatic brain injury (TBI) via ACC. Dr Elder's focus is the development of a tikanga-centred approaches for tamariki who have… -
Dr Erica Williams
Te Arawa, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao, Te Whānau a Āpanui
NIWA - Taihoro Nukurangi
Principal Scientist - Māori Environmental Research (Te Kūwaha)
Erica Williams (Te Arawa, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao, Te Whānau ā Apanui) joined NIWA in 1995 and has been a member of…
Dr Erica Williams
Erica Williams (Te Arawa, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao, Te Whānau ā Apanui) joined NIWA in 1995 and has been a member of Te Kūwaha team since its inception.Erica has an extensive research career that began with a MSc from the University of Waikato, where she developed a blue mussel embryo-larval toxicity test, she then pursued a PhD at the University of Auckland examining the impact of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on shellfish. Erica has played a significant role in supporting the research aspirations of whānau, hapū, and iwi, during her almost 30-year career at NIWA, particularly…