Danny Poa
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Hapai ō ki muri | Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder Rehutai
Nō ngā iwi o Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou me Ngāpuhi ia.
Danny Poa has strong interests in the social issues that affect whānau including criminal justice, child welfare and whānau ora. Danny is draw to tautoko organisations that are of service to others and are connected to his values.
- Principal Advisor, Survivor Voice and Insights Crown Response Unit - Abuse in Care (2023 - Present)
- Senior Advisor, Te Tiriti Engagement Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry (2022 - 2023)
- Kaitiaki Kaupapa/Relationship and Engagement Manager Coastal Peoples Southern Skies National Centre of Research Excellence (2021 - 2023)
- Kaitiaki Kaupapa/Relationship and Engagement Manager. Te Koronga Indigenous Science Research Theme - University of Otago (2019 - 2022)
- Advocate, Child Rights, UNICEF Aotearoa (2018 - 2019)
- Māori Rights and Engagement/ Restorative Justice Co-ordinator (2015 - 2017)
Rangahau · Related projects
What we were and what we could be: Restorative Justice and its impact on Māori
We have identified a set of questions relating to Māori restorative justice in the Aotearoa Justice system and its effectiveness for Māori: What are the barriers Māori face when they participate in restorative justice as it stands? What can we learn from the traditional ways of resolving conflict that could minimise these barriers? The over-representation…
View projectWhat we were and what we could be: Restorative Justice and its impact on Māori
We have identified a set of questions relating to Māori restorative justice in the Aotearoa Justice system and its effectiveness for Māori: What are the barriers Māori face when they participate in restorative justice as it stands? What can we learn from the traditional ways of resolving conflict that could minimise these barriers? The over-representation of Māori offending, re-offending and victimisation shows the failure of the current justice system’s interventions to keep our communities safe, address the harms caused by injustice, and effectively rehabilitate those who have done harm…
Kairangahau · Researchers
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Danny Poa
Danny Poa
Nō ngā iwi o Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou me Ngāpuhi ia.Danny Poa has strong interests in the social issues that affect whānau including criminal justice, child welfare and whānau ora. Danny is draw to tautoko organisations that are of service to others and are connected to his values.Principal Advisor, Survivor Voice and Insights Crown Response Unit - Abuse in Care (2023 - Present)Senior Advisor, Te Tiriti Engagement Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry (2022 - 2023)Kaitiaki Kaupapa/Relationship and Engagement Manager Coastal Peoples Southern Skies National Centre of… -
Dr Anne-Marie Jackson
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…
Ētahi atu · Other people
Professor Sarah-Jane Paine
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Professor Sarah-Jane Paine (Tūhoe) is a leading Māori health researcher and internationally respected authority on…
Professor Sarah-Jane Paine
Professor Sarah-Jane Paine (Tūhoe) is a leading Māori health researcher and internationally respected authority on Indigenous child wellbeing. She is Research Director and Principal Investigator of Growing Up in New Zealand, Aotearoa’s flagship longitudinal study of child development, and a Professor at Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.Her work in Kaupapa Māori epidemiology has influenced national policy in maternal and child health, racism and child wellbeing, food security, and youth wellbeing. Known for combining scientific rigour with strong community…
Associate Professor Deborah Heke
Ngā Puhi, Te Arawa
Te Whare Wananga o Wairaka Unitec
Associate Professor Deborah Heke (Ngā Puhi, Te Arawa) is the Director of Ngā Wai a Te Tūī Māori and Indigenous Research…
Associate Professor Deborah Heke
Associate Professor Deborah Heke (Ngā Puhi, Te Arawa) is the Director of Ngā Wai a Te Tūī Māori and Indigenous Research Centre at Unitec. With a background in Exercise Physiology, Psychology, and Public Health, her current research centres on Mana Wahine scholarship. Recent work includes an exploration of Māori and Indigenous women’s embodied practices and physical activity in te taiao as a means for connecting, communicating, and healing. Deborah is also passionate about building the capability and capacity of Māori and Indigenous (future) scholars and providing spaces for Indigenous…
Kiri Edge
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Kiri has contributed to a wide range of interdisciplinary research and evaluation projects across both academic and…
Kiri Edge
Kiri has contributed to a wide range of interdisciplinary research and evaluation projects across both academic and community contexts. Kiri is experienced working within complex and sensitive topics, and engaging with people, whānau, and communities that some consider ‘hard to reach’. Kiri’s research interests are diverse, but pivot towards endeavours that contribute towards Māori wellbeing and flourishing, equity, social justice and sustainable community-driven development. Kiri’s current rangahau interests include reclamation of indigenous pathways to wellbeing, grieving within and across…