Dr. William Xu
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Rangahau · Related projects
24MR04Te Rangianiwaniwa a Te Harakeke – The Harakeke’s Rainbow
This research supports iwi-led, tikanga-informed innovation, grounded in Kaupapa Māori methodology. Through wānanga and co-design with Ngāti Tukorehe, the team is developing safe, solvent-free dye processes that respect tikanga and are reproducible in community settings.
View projectTe Rangianiwaniwa a Te Harakeke – The Harakeke’s Rainbow
This research supports iwi-led, tikanga-informed innovation, grounded in Kaupapa Māori methodology. Through wānanga and co-design with Ngāti Tukorehe, the team is developing safe, solvent-free dye processes that respect tikanga and are reproducible in community settings.
Kairangahau · Researchers
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Associate Professor Sonya Withers
Associate Professor Sonya Withers
Sonya Withers is a New Zealand born Pacific creative with whakapapa back to Scotland and Sama’i, Falelatai, Sāmoa. Sonya is a graduate of the College of Creative Arts, with BDes (Textile Design major) and postgraduate qualifications in Visual and Material Culture and a Masters in Design. Sonya is a Design lecturer at the College of Creative Arts School of Design and teaches across Textile Studio and Critical and Contextual Studies. -
Dr. Tanya Ruka
Dr. Tanya Ruka
Ko Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka ahau, Ngati Pakau, Ngapuhi te Iwi. Tanya Ruka is a research-based contemporary arts practitioner, educator, author, editor, curator & publisher.2025 DNDA Don Norman Design Award in EducationHer work in the digital landscape, is dedicated to embedding indigenous knowledge and perspectives into contemporary narratives and practices. Firmly placing Indigenous ways of knowing and being in landless territories of new imagined futures. AIRI (Artificial Indigenous Relational Intelligence) - coined by Tanya 2024 PhD - training educational/ relational AI with… -
Briar Moffat
Briar Moffat
Kō Tainui te WakaKō Tararua te MaungaKō Ōtaki me Ōhau ngā AwaKō Ngāti Tukorehe me Ngāti Raukawa te iwiKō Briar Moffatt tāku ingoaI am the Founder and Director of Whare Kōtare -
Dr. William Xu
Dr. William Xu
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Ally Ataria
Ally Ataria
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Julia Hope
Julia Hope
Julia Hope is a textiles artist who completed her Masters of Design at Massey University. -
Huhana Smith
Huhana Smith
Professor Huhana Smith is a visual artist, curator and principle investigator in research who engages in major environmental, trans-disciplinary, kaupapa Māori and action-research projects. She is co-principle investigator for research that includes mātauranga Māori methods with sciences to actively address climate change concerns for coastal Māori lands in Horowhenua-Kāpiti. Huhana actively encourages the use of art and design’s visual systems combined in exhibitions, to expand how solutions might integrate complex issues and make solutions more accessible for local communities. -
Faith Kane
Faith Kane
Faith Kane is a design researcher and educator working in the area of textiles and materials. Her research interests include design for sustainability, collaborative working in the design/science space and the role and value of craft knowledge within these contexts. She is also an editor of the Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice. Find out more about Faith’s work at www.faithkane.com
Ētahi atu · Other people
Professor Deidre Brown
Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
I am Te Tumu (Deputy Dean) of the Faculty of Engineering and Design Te Herenga Auaha, Professor of Architecture, and…
Professor Deidre Brown
I am Te Tumu (Deputy Dean) of the Faculty of Engineering and Design Te Herenga Auaha, Professor of Architecture, and Co-convenor of the Ancestral Futures Signature Research Area, at the University of Auckland. My previous leadership roles include Acting Dean, Deputy Dean, Head of the School of Architecture and Planning, and, at various times, Associate Dean in Research, Performance-Based Research Fund, Postgraduate (x2) and Equity in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industry. Between 2022 and 2026 I was the Co-director of MĀPIHI: Māori and Pacific Housing Research Centre (a university-level…
Ella Ruth Newbold
Ngāti Tiipā, Ngāti Paoa, Ngāti Tamaoho, Ngāti Porou
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Ella is a Professional Teaching Fellow and Co-Associate Head of School (Initial Teacher Education) in Te Puna Wānanga…
Ella Ruth Newbold
Ella is a Professional Teaching Fellow and Co-Associate Head of School (Initial Teacher Education) in Te Puna Wānanga (School of Māori Education), Faculty of Education and Social Practice, University of Auckland, where she also coordinates and directs the Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Māori Medium). Her career spans 30 years in Māori-medium education — as a classroom teacher, as principal at a Kura Kaupapa Māori, as a director of professional learning and development, and in university lecturing — including leading the redevelopment of the Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Huarahi Māori…
Associate Professor Aroha Harris
Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Dr Aroha Harris belongs to Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi. Her research interests span Māori and iwi histories of Māori policy…
Associate Professor Aroha Harris
Dr Aroha Harris belongs to Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi. Her research interests span Māori and iwi histories of Māori policy and community development in the twentieth century. Her practice has included both historical and social research for Government departments, private organisations, and iwi. Contributing research advice for Te Runanga o Te Rarawa on a range of iwi development projects included involvement in the negotiation and settlement of Te Rarawa historical Treaty claims. Aroha is a founding member of Te Pouhere Korero, the national collective of Māori historians, and co-editor of their…