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Arianna Nisa-Waller
Arianna Nisa-Waller (Ngāi Te Rangi / Ngāti Ranginui) is a Māori researcher, Indigenous health educator, and storyteller. My mahi centres whānau wellbeing, Indigenous parenting journeys and relational models of care. My expertise sits within kaupapa Māori research, maternal and perinatal wellbeing, visual and narrative methodologies, and community-led approaches to healing and transformation. Through my doctoral rangahau, Pīkau ki Tua, I explored how ancestral parenting practices and intergenerational knowledge can illuminate new possibilities for whānau wellbeing in Aotearoa.
Professor Albert L.Refiti
Leali’ifano Dr Albert Refiti is the leader in critical studies research on spatial design and architectural environments in the Pacific, with a focus on material culture and ethnography on the subject. He advanced the discipline by creating a method of spatial exposition to examine the notion of vā (space) and wā (time) as central mechanisms to understand Pacific societies and their buildings, artefacts and social system.Dr Refiti practised architecture in Auckland (1990, 1994-2002) and London (1991-1993) before beginning his academic career at Auckland University of Technology in 2002. He…
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…
Coral Wiapo
Coral Wiapo (Ngāti Whātua) is dedicated to making significant contributions to improve Māori healthcare - passionate about developing the necessary skills, knowledge, and expertise to support the development of the nursing workforce to be able to respond to the needs of Māori. Coral recognises the intersectionality of being wahine Māori, a nurse and a lesbian and strives to give visibility to the strengths that are inherent within this.Coral currently works as a Professional Teaching Fellow at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland. She was previously the Northland Regional…
Associate Professor Deborah Walker-Morrison
Deborah Walker-Morrison (Ngati Kahungunu; Rakai Paaka; Ngati Pahauwera; Ngai Te Ipu, Ngai Tamanuhiri) was awarded the Dunmore Medal (awarded yearly by the Fédération des Alliances Françaises of New Zealand in recognition of major contributions to knowledge of the part played by the French people and French culture in the Pacific). She has received the NZ Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards, nomination (awarded by the University of Auckland).