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Dr Farah Palmer
Farah research interests include gender issues in sport from a sociological or kaupapa Māori perspective, diversity issues in sport management and leadership and Māori leadership and governance in sport and business. She is a senior lecturer at the School of Management, Massey University coordinating a number of courses including Fundamentals of Leadership and Teamwork. She is on the board of NZ Rugby and is an former world cup winning captain of the Black Ferns.
Tame Malcolm
Tame has more than a decades experience in environmental management roles in the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Canterbury and Marlborough regions. This has included working for OSPRI (TB Free), Waikato Regional Council, Department of Conservation (Waikato) and most recently the Maori Biosecurity Network. His is a member of the Bay of Plenty Conservation Board, is on the Advisory Board for Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, was interim executive of Te Tira Whakamataki (Maori Biosecurity Network), and is a member of the Royal Society.
Dr Jamie Newth
Jamie is a lecturer in Management and International Business at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Auckland. He is also the CEO of Soul Capital, which invests in social enterprises and social business in Aotearoa New Zealand. He is a board member on the National Advisory Board for Impact Investment, on Connect: Supporting Recovery, on Social Enterprise Auckland and works as a consultant on Business Model Innovation, Strategy and Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Dr Kiri Dell
Kiri is a lecturer in property in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. Her teaching focuses on Māori land issues and Māori entrepreneurship and business development. Kiri’s research and areas of expertise focuses on competitive Māori strategy, Māori economics and Māori business.
Dr Rāwiri Tinirau
Rawiri is a graduate of Massey University and Co-Director of Te Atawhai o te Ao. He was previously Project Manager for MANU AO with the responsibility of implementing key projects, such as the Leadership Course and Academic Forums. Rawiri has expertise in Project management; Māori event management; Māori business and organisations; and Māori oral history. He has tribal affiliations to Te Āti Haunui-ā-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Kahungunu me Ngāi Tūhoe.
Fiona Wiremu
Fiona is Chairperson of Te Puna Ora o Mataatua and Med Central (Whakatāne medical practice) and is also an executive director at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. Her research interests are focused on Māori health outcomes and economic initiatives.
Associate Professor Hinekura Smith
Dr Hinekura Smith (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is NPM's Emerging Researchers’ Leader, providing further national leadership and coordination of MAI Te Kupenga and developing and nurturing initiatives that contribute to the outcomes and objectives of NPM’s Capability and Capacity Strategy.Hinekura was initially a secondary school te reo Māori teacher then moved into teacher education research almost 10 years ago, when she commenced her postgraduate studies. She has worked as a professional development facilitator in Māori medium schools, te reo Māori facilitator in English-medium schools and a…
Dr Marama Muru-Lanning
Marama holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Auckland. She is a Senior Research Fellow and Acting Director at the James Henare Māori Research Centre. Marama also advises on elderly health projects in the School of Population Health. Her research is primarily concerned with debates and critical challenges in social anthropology where she focuses on the cultural specificity of iwi-Māori and their unique sense of place and belonging in New Zealand. What distinguishes Marama nationally as a social scientist is her specialization in water, environment and indigenous rights. She…
Melanie Mark-Shadbolt
Melanie is an Indigenous environmental sociologist, and the Māori Research Manager – Kaiārahi for the Bio-Protection Research Centre (a Centre of Research Excellence) based at Lincoln University. She is also the Māori Manager for New Zealand’s Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, a founding member of Te Tira Whakamātaki; the Māori Biosecurity Network and a project leader and researcher in a number of National Science Challenge, Tertiary Education Commission and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment programmes including ‘Mātauranga Māori characterisation of NZ’s…
Professor Ocean Mercier
Ocean Mercier (Ngāti Porou) focuses on how mātauranga and science connect, relate, and how their proponents and experts work together, particularly in environmental and educational contexts. She explores decolonial and Indigenous approaches to science through specific projects. Her current research includes Māori perspectives of novel biotechnological controls of pests in Aotearoa; understanding groundwater systems with mātauranga Māori; ocean mātauranga to support iwi and community interests and Antarctica-Aotearoa connections. Her research also explores Māori conceptions of mapping and…
Rebecca Kiddle
Rebecca Kiddle began her career working for the New Zealand government. Following the completion of undergraduate degrees in Politics, Women’s and Maori studies, where she worked predominantly as a Housing policy analyst for the Aotearoa/New Zealand government and as Private Secretary Housing for the Associate Minister of Housing in New Zealand’s parliament. During this time she became increasingly aware of the need to link housing research and policy to physical space design more directly. This led her to undertaking an MA and PhD in urban design at the Joint Centre for Urban Design at…
Dr. Chelsea Laurell Cunningham-McLean
He uri tēnei nō Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Kai Tahu, Ngā Rauru hoki – Ko Chelsea Cunningham tēnei!Raised on the lands of Kahungunu, Chelsea Cunningham-McLean brings a spirited energy for sport, play, and whānau well-being to Toi Tangata. She’s a graduate of Otago University, where her passion for Māori physical activity and health truly took flight. Her rangahau dives into how whānau connect to whakapapa and whenua, exploring the significance of ancestral land and seascapes to uplift well-being. Chelsea leads the Rangahau stream, with her main kaupapa being Growing the Puna, crafting…