Dr Marjorie Lipsham
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Senior Lecturer Hauora
Rangahau · Related projects
23MR13Māori Streets
Street design in Aotearoa has had limited involvement from iwi, hapū and Māori hāpori to date and yet streets are everywhere, they connect us to each other, they are communication channels and spaces and places to engage with others. What then might a Māori street look and feel like?
View projectMāori Streets
Street design in Aotearoa has had limited involvement from iwi, hapū and Māori hāpori to date and yet streets are everywhere, they connect us to each other, they are communication channels and spaces and places to engage with others. What then might a Māori street look and feel like?
Kairangahau · Researchers
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Dr Morehu McDonald
Dr Morehu McDonald
My doctoral rangahau (research) and thesis focused on the resistance, struggle and survival of my Ngāti Hinerangi hapū and iwi of Matamata and Tauranga. Labeled as Hauhau and unsurrendered rebels, we were driven to the brink of cultural extinction by the Crown and Pākehā settler colonisers. Our lands, our identity, our language, our culture, our history, our stories, our traditional practices, our ancient knowledge systems, our spiritual beliefs were undermined, destroyed or stolen from us by 170 years of cultural genocide.This experience was shared by iwi and hapū throughout Aotearoa when… -
Dr Marjorie Lipsham
Dr Marjorie Lipsham
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Dr Kimiora Raerino
Dr Kimiora Raerino
Kimiora’s research centres on Māori wellbeing in relation to the design and function of built environments - particularly streetscapes, public spaces, and transport systems. Recent work examines how these environments can better support whānau Māori through increased physical activity, reduced car dependency, and deeper cultural connection to place. Key interests include urban reindigenisation, Māori approaches to co-design, and creating healthier, more inclusive and equitable living environments for all. From 2018 to 2025, Kimiora led the Māori strand of Te Ara Mua – Future Streets, a…
Ētahi atu · Other people
Dr Pikihuia Pomare
Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga, Ngā Rauru, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Paoa
Massey University
I am an Associate Professor of Kaupapa Māori Psychology and a Clinical Psychologist. My research is grounded in…
Dr Pikihuia Pomare
I am an Associate Professor of Kaupapa Māori Psychology and a Clinical Psychologist. My research is grounded in mātauranga Māori and Indigenous Psychologies, with a focus on rongoā Māori and te taiao (traditional healing, the natural environment), wairuatanga and spirituality, Māori mental health, and child and youth mental health, including digital technologies. In 2021, I received the Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Fellowship (Health Research Council of New Zealand) for a 4.5-year project, Mauri Tau, which examines mauri tau as a Māori framework for wellbeing and emotion regulation.Research…
Erani Motu
Ngā Puhi, Cook Island Māori, Ngati Tautahi
Massey University
Erani identifies as Māori, Cook Island Māori and Pakeha, of Ngā Puhi and Ngati Tautahi descent. A Doctoral student in…
Erani Motu
Erani identifies as Māori, Cook Island Māori and Pakeha, of Ngā Puhi and Ngati Tautahi descent. A Doctoral student in the Massey University Albany Psychology Clinical Programme, her research focuses on exploring cultural safety of assessments conducted for Rangatahi Māori with offending behaviour in Te Whatu Ora. Erani’s project is in an area with limited research and will explore culturally safe assessment for rangatahi Māori. She will also explore what cultural safety is for rangatahi Māori, the assessment processes' cultural safety, and rangatahi engagement with their assessors. Using a…
Deacon Fisher
Ngāpuhi
Massey University
Deacon Fisher (Ngapuhi) is a Lecturer and PhD student within Massey's School of Social Work.
Deacon Fisher
Deacon Fisher (Ngapuhi) is a Lecturer and PhD student within Massey's School of Social Work.