Associate Professor Liana MacDonald
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Chair in Māori, Moriori and Indigenous Peace Studies, Co-Director of Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa | The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
Associate Professor Liana MacDonald (Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne o Wairau, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Ngāti Tama, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga) completed a doctorate at Te Herenga Waka (Victoria University of Wellington). Prior to joining Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa, Liana taught in Te Herenga Waka in the Faculty of Education (2021 – 2022) and the Sociology programme (2023 – 2024).
Since 2025, Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa has implemented a Tiriti-based, relational and bicultural kaupapa across teaching, research, community engagement and cultural work. This foundation guides our commitment to addressing and reducing racial, structural, and cultural violence against Indigenous peoples.
Liana prioritises scholarship that advances the mana motuhake and rangatiratanga of Indigenous peoples of Oceania, including Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, and Waitaha; Te Rūnanga o Moeraki, Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki, and Te Rūnaka o Ōtākou; iwi and hapū Māori; imi Moriori; and Pasifika communities.
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