Professor Waikaremoana Waitoki
Professor Waikaremoana Waitoki
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Waikaremoana is a Professor and Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She is a clinical psychologist with experience in adolescent and maternal mental health. She is a past president of the New Zealand Psychological Society, and inaugural co-chair of the Māori psychologist’s network, He Paiaka Totara.
She is the co-editor of the first Indigenous psychology book, Te Manu Kai i te Mātauranga which is used nationally and internationally in teaching about monoculturalism and racism in psychology. She is also the co-editor in chief of the First Nations Health and Wellbeing - The Lowitja Journal which is committed to Indigenous and First Nation health research.
She was the science lead for the MBIE anti-racism project: WERO - Working to End Racism and Oppression project which sought to address racism in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is committed to research and practice that transforms Indigenous peoples in settler-colonial societies. Her teaching portfolio includes Mana Wahine, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Mātauranga Māori, and Hauora Māori