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Professor Te Kahautu Maxwell
Te tangata nāna i noho WhakaruaKārangaranga te muriKa tutū ngā tamatea o te moanaE ko au! Ko au! Ko au tēnei!Ko Tūtāmure! Professor Te Kahautu Maxwell is a senior academic at Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao – the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato. Born and raised in Ōpōtiki in the eastern Bay of Plenty, he affiliates primarily to Te Whakatōhea, with whakapapa connections to Ngāi Tai, Ngāti Awa, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Tūhoe, and Ngāti Maniapoto.Professor Te Kahautu Maxwell is a senior academic within Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao – the Faculty of Māori and…
Erina Watene
Erina Watene-Rawiri is an experienced governor and director having also served on Te Wai Maaori Trust, NZ Biological Heritage Science Challenge, Iwi, and not-for-profit boards; as well as many advisory groups (such as the New Zealand Fish Passage Advisory Group). Professionally, Erina is a freshwater scientist with a background in river and lake restoration, tāonga species research, resource management and environmental planning. She is experienced working at the interface between policy, mātauranga Māori, and science. Ms Watene-Rawiri grew up alongside the Waikato River and has whakapapa…
Che Wilson
Ngāti Rangi-Whanganui, Tūwharetoa, Mōkai Pātea, Ngāti Apa, Ngā RauruChe Wilson was raised as part of a large extended whānau at the foothills of Mount Ruapehu and has been involved in tribal activities and leadership from a young age. He was granted access from the age of 11 and entrusted with knowledge from his tribal Whare Wānanga.Che is the Managing Director of Intugen Limited. Through Intugen, Che focuses principally in the tūpuna wisdom space as a guest speaker, consciousness coach, resource developer, and a podcaster on a range of social media platforms as well strategy and…
Cindy McQuade
Cindy McQuade is the communications advisor for NPM. She has a varied career in the media, working both as a journalist and free-lance writer and as a graphic designer for many years.She holds a Bachelor of Social Science, majoring in Political Science, Bachelor of Media Art, majoring in graphic design, and Cert. Journalism.
Professor Yvonne Underhill-Sem
I am a Pacific feminist development geographer of Cook Island, Niuean and Pakeha descent. I joined the staff in Pacific Studies, Te Wānanga o Waipapa (Maori Studies and Pacific Studies), Faculty of Arts in 2021 after 19 years in Development Studies. My current research projects focus on climate mobility in the Pacific; research methodologies from the Pacific; maternities, menstruation and embodiment in the Pacific; Pacific labour mobility. My research is informed by critical Pacific epistemologies but I have also served on various research assessment panels spanning the full range of science…
Professor Te Kawehau Hoskins
Te Kawehau Hoskins affiliates to the people of Ngāti Hau in Whakapara, a community located north of the Whangārei district. She is the former HOS of Te Puna Wānanga, the school of Māori and Indigenous Education and Te Tumu-Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work. Te Kawehau has pursued an academic career in Māori education. She has further developed expertise in qualitative social and educational research, politics, ethics of Indigene, settler relations, and multicultural and bicultural education. She is presently the Pro-Vice Chancellor Māori at Waipapa Taumata Rau | The…