Dr Lee-Morgan is Professor of Māori Research and was a founding Director of Ngā Wai a te Tui Māori Research Centre, Te Whare Wananga o Wairaka Unitec. Initially a secondary school teacher, she became a teacher educator and kaupapa Māori researcher in education with a focus on Maori pedagogy and methodology. In 2106, she was awarded Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award by the New Zealand Association for Research in Education for her significant and high-quality research contribution to Māori education.  Dr Lee-Morgan’s co-edited book ‘Decolonisation in Aotearoa: Research, education and practice’(Hutchings & Lee-Morgan, 2016) won Te Kōrero Pono (non-fiction category) in the Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards 2017.

Waikato Ngāti Mahuta Ngāti Te Ahiwaru
Deputy Director - Te Kōtahi Research Institute
Pou Pae Ahurei, Kāhui Arahi
Te Whare Wananga o Wairaka Unitec

Related Projects

Kia Ārohi Kia Mārama - Scoping Excellence

Project commenced:

Te Pū o te Rākau: The pedagogy of pūrākau

What is the pedagogy of pūrākau, and how does it operate as an Indigenous story work approach to advance kaupapa Māori research and innovative contributions to broader research and pedagogical processes within Aotearoa?

Given this is a scoping proposal, the following questions are pertinent to the investigation of the above research question:

What is the theory, methodology, and pedagogy of pūrākau? How was it used in traditional Māori society, and how is it utilised today?

How do pūrākau connect to the pedagogy of Indigenous story work and storytelling (including non-Indigenous) approaches?