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Tangata · NPM Researcher

Dr. Māmari Stephens

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Senior Lecturer

Ko Pukenamu te maunga, ko Wainui te awa, Ko Tinana te waka, ko Tumoana te tangata. He uri tēnei nō Te Rarawa; ko Ngāti Moetonga, ko Te Rokekā ngā hapū; ko Wainui te marae. Tēnā tātou.

Māmari is Priest Assistant at St Michael's and All Angels in Kelburn, Wellington. Her primary ministry and theological interests involve Māori Christianity and Christianity among Māori.

Māmari has previously worked in Corrections, Māori broadcasting, and as a Reader at the Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington, where she researched law and language, Māori and the New Zealand legal system, and social security law. Māmari is married and has three children.

Rangahau · Related projects

Kia Ārohi Kia Mārama - Scoping Excellence

He Pounga: the Māori Jurisprudence Project (Stage 1)
Whare wānanga · Host Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Wā rangahau · Timeline Commenced 2016

This research seeks to investigate Māori jurisprudence. Māori jurisprudence, broadly speaking, comprises a set of tikanga and how those tikanga are used in everyday life to make decisions that affect Māori communities. For this research we wish to focus specifically on the most important institution of Māori decision-making: the hui. This pilot project will…

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