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Professor Chellie Spiller
Ngāti Kahungunu
University of Waikato
Professor of Management and Leadership Waikato Management School
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa tōku iwi.Ko Ngāi Tahu Matawhaiti Iwitea tōku hapū.I am Professor of Leadership and…
Professor Chellie Spiller
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa tōku iwi.Ko Ngāi Tahu Matawhaiti Iwitea tōku hapū.I am Professor of Leadership and Management at Waikato Management School, University of Waikato. My research explores how people, organisations and communities cultivate the capacities needed to act wisely within relationships, responsibilities and conditions of uncertainty. Across my work, I bring together Indigenous leadership, Māori economies of wellbeing, wayfinding, stewardship, relational wealth, cultural intelligence, wisdom and systems change.My doctoral research developed the idea of relational wellbeing… -
Associate Professor Bridget Robson
Ngāti Raukawa
University of Otago
Associate Dean Māori & Director of Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare
Bridget Robson (Ngāti Raukawa) is the director of Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare at the University of Otago…
Associate Professor Bridget Robson
Bridget Robson (Ngāti Raukawa) is the director of Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare at the University of Otago, Wellington. Her research interests are in the areas of social and economic determinants of health, inequitable treatment in the health system, the impact of racism on health, and the development of kaupapa Māori epidemiology.Bridget is the Principal Investigator of Unequal Treatment: The Role of Health Services. She is also involved in the Mauri Tangata project on unemployment and health, several projects on Māori cancer outcomes, and she is active in providing Tackling… -
Aroha Mead
Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Tūhourangi, Ngāi Tūhoe
Independent Researcher
Aroha Mead (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Tuhourangi and Ngāi Tūhoe) traverses many different fields and…
Aroha Mead
Aroha Mead (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Tuhourangi and Ngāi Tūhoe) traverses many different fields and disciplines. She's a political scientist (international relations) specialsing on the contribution of indigenous peoples to national, regional and global policy and law. Aroha has experience in journalism, public policy, diplomacy, senior management, governance boards, academic lecturer and researcher. She's worked in many different sectors including the public service, international organisations, community groups and in the voluntary sector. Her experience traverses working… -
Professor Tim McCreanor
Ngati Pakeha
Massey University
Professor and Senior Researcher SHORE and Whariki Research Centre
Tim McCreanor is a senior researcher at SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, within the College of Health at Massey…
Professor Tim McCreanor
Tim McCreanor is a senior researcher at SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, within the College of Health at Massey University in Auckland. His broad public health orientation and interest in the social determinants of health and wellbeing, provide a platform for social science projects that support and stimulate social change. In particular his research seeks to foreground, critique and redress the mechanisms of talk, text and other forms of communication that operate to produce, maintain and naturalise the disparities, exclusions and inequities so evident in our society. Discourse analysis… -
Dr Gail Tipa
Ngāi Tahu
Tipa & Associates
Independent Researcher
Gail Tipa (Kai Tahu) completed a BA at the University of Otago and taught for six years at schools in Dunedin and the…
Dr Gail Tipa
Gail Tipa (Kai Tahu) completed a BA at the University of Otago and taught for six years at schools in Dunedin and the Taieri before completing a Master's degree in Resource and Regional Planning. She then worked in the planning field firstly for Electricity Corporation of New Zealand and then for the Southern Regional Health Authority.In 1996 Gail began consultancy work, being involved with the Ngai Tahu claim and other iwi resource management projects.Since 1996 Gail has increasingly focused on work that enhances Maori aspirations. This includes representation of her rununga and iwi on… -
Mr. Garth Harmsworth
Te Arawa, Ngti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa
Manaaki Whenua
Senior Environmental Scientist
Garth Harmsworth is a senior environmental scientist based in Palmerston North and has worked for Manaaki…
Mr. Garth Harmsworth
Garth Harmsworth is a senior environmental scientist based in Palmerston North and has worked for Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research since 1992. His professional career spans over 38 years in resource management, land resource assessment, national environmental databases, GIS applications, and indigenous research. Garth pioneered much of the Māori led research in Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research Ltd., working on a wide range projects with Māori organisations, Government agencies, regional councils, industry, and communities throughout New Zealand, particularly in the areas of land use planning… -
Professor Diane Ruwhiu
Ngāpuhi
University of Otago
Professor
Diane Ruwhiu (Ngāpuhi) teaches strategic operations and supply chain management at under and post-graduate levels. In…
Professor Diane Ruwhiu
Diane Ruwhiu (Ngāpuhi) teaches strategic operations and supply chain management at under and post-graduate levels. In addition, she also introduces Māori values and practice into other areas, such as entrepreneurship, research methods, business communication, and organisations and sustainability.Diane's PhD, 'The Sleeping Taniwha: Exploring the practical utility of kaupapa Māori in firm performance', engaged with the premise that improved Māori firm performance and sustainable advantage, are not merely an outcome of economic activity, but are also determinants of the value derived from… -
Professor Papaarangi Reid
Te Rarawa
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Tumuaki and Head of Department of Maori Health at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Papaarangi is Tumuaki and Head of Department of Maori Health at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University…
Professor Papaarangi Reid
Papaarangi is Tumuaki and Head of Department of Maori Health at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand. She holds science and medical degrees from the University of Auckland and is a specialist in public health medicine. She has tribal affiliations to Te Rarawa in the Far North of Aotearoa and her research interests include analysing disparities between indigenous and non-indigenous citizens as a means of monitoring government commitment to indigenous rights. -
Professor Michael Walker
Whakatōhea
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Professor
Professor Michael Walker is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Royal Institute of Navigation in…
Professor Michael Walker
Professor Michael Walker is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Royal Institute of Navigation in London. He is best known for his research on the existence, capacities and use of the magnetic sense in navigation over long distances. Recently, he has developed research investigating the mechanisms of the lunar and tidal rhythms in marine organisms. He also led other NPM projects, He Reo no te Whenua: The establishment of a Māori-centric conservation paradigm and Use of advanced technologies to develop culturally appropriate pest-management strategies for rural Māori…