Professor Te Kani Kingi
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Director Māori
Te Kani Kingi is Director of Te Mata o te Tau, The Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship at Massey University in Wellington. His specialist interests are in mental health research, psychometrics and Māori health.
He has been an executive member of the New Zealand Public Health Association, the Mental Health Advocacy Coalition, the National Ethics Advisory Committee, the National Health Committee and the Public Health Advisory Committee.
He currently sits on Statistics New Zealand’s Māori Advisory Group, the Pharmacy Council and is Chair of the Mental Health Commission’s Advisory Board. He was born and raised in Poroporo and attended St Stephens Māori Boys College in South Auckland. He has tribal affiliations to Ngāti Pukeko, Ngāti Awa and Ngāi Tai.
Rangahau · Related projects
Resilient Legacies: Mānawa te Taonga Tuku Iho explored how Māori cultural treasures—taonga tuku iho—are used, valued, and commodified in Aotearoa’s rugby world. From haka to carved trophies, and digital taonga on the horizon, the project examines the impact on mana, mauri ora, and identity, and the cultural and commercial implications for Māori and rugby…
View projectResilient legacies: Mānawa te taonga tuku iho: The application and influence of taonga tuku iho in rugby
Resilient Legacies: Mānawa te Taonga Tuku Iho explored how Māori cultural treasures—taonga tuku iho—are used, valued, and commodified in Aotearoa’s rugby world. From haka to carved trophies, and digital taonga on the horizon, the project examines the impact on mana, mauri ora, and identity, and the cultural and commercial implications for Māori and rugby alike.
Kairangahau · Researchers
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Dr Farah Palmer
Dr Farah Palmer
I have a particular research interest in race, gender and leadership issues in sport management, and my most recent publications have focused on the incorporation of Māori values and tikanga in sport contexts, Sport for Development from an indigenous perspective, taonga tuku iho in rugby, elite Maori athletes and their cultural identities in sport, the leadership and organisational culture of the All Blacks, Black Ferns, Māori All Blacks, Māori women's experiences in sport management and leadership, and the involvement of mothers in elite sport as leaders and athletes. For 10 years I… -
Dr Carwyn Jones
Dr Carwyn Jones
Dr Carwyn Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu) is Pūkenga Matua (Lead Academic) in the Ahunga Tikanga (Māori Laws and Philosophy) programme at Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Prior to joining the Wānanga, Carwyn was an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Victoria University of Wellington. He has worked in various roles at the Māori Land Court, Waitangi Tribunal, and Office of Treaty Settlements. He also served as a negotiator for the iwi and hapū of te rohe o Te Wairoa in the settlement of their historical claims against the Crown. Carwyn’s primary research interests relate to the Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the… -
Professor Te Kani Kingi
Professor Te Kani Kingi
Te Kani Kingi is Director of Te Mata o te Tau, The Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship at Massey University in Wellington. His specialist interests are in mental health research, psychometrics and Māori health. He has been an executive member of the New Zealand Public Health Association, the Mental Health Advocacy Coalition, the National Ethics Advisory Committee, the National Health Committee and the Public Health Advisory Committee. He currently sits on Statistics New Zealand’s Māori Advisory Group, the Pharmacy Council and is Chair of the Mental Health Commission’s Advisory Board…
Ētahi atu · Other people
Dr Erena Wikaire
Ngāpuhi , Ngāti Hine, Te Hikutu , Te Kapōtai
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Dr. Erena Wikaire (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Te Hikutu, Te Kapotai) is a Kaupapa Māori researcher with over 20 years’…