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Tiana Watkins
Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Tahu
Le Va
Senior Manager Suicide Prevention
I am a mokopuna, daughter, māmā, and nan from Tauranga Moana, where my tūpuna arrived on both the Mataatua and Takitimu…
Tiana Watkins
I am a mokopuna, daughter, māmā, and nan from Tauranga Moana, where my tūpuna arrived on both the Mataatua and Takitimu waka. I whakapapa to Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga, and Ngāti Ranginui, and also to Ngāi Tahu (Kai Tahu).I am unapologetically Māori, guided by my whakapapa, grounded in my values, and committed to uplifting the wellbeing and wairua of our people. As Senior Manager for LifeKeepers, Aotearoa New Zealand’s national suicide prevention programme, I am honoured to lead kaupapa that centre whānau, connection, and collective strength across the motu.My journey began in Public… -
Dr Rewi Nankivell
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi, Waikato
University of Waikato
Pūkenga | Lecturer
Rewi Nankivell is a lecturer in psychology at the University of Waikato. He contributes to the intersection between…
Dr Rewi Nankivell
Rewi Nankivell is a lecturer in psychology at the University of Waikato. He contributes to the intersection between lecturing and Kaupapa Māori psychology, Indigenous development, and te reo Māori revitalisation. His contributions are supported by the practical application of his research, aiming to provide tangible benefits for Māori. Currently, Rewi is advancing his scholarship through a doctorate in education, complementing his background in educational leadership and management. His profile highlights a commitment to integrating mātauranga Māori with contemporary psychological research… -
Te Mihinga Komen
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Kairangahau Matua
Neke atu i te 25 tau kua whakaako a Te Mihinga i te reo Māori me ngōna tikanga, kōhungahunga mai, pakeke mai, puta i…
Te Mihinga Komen
Neke atu i te 25 tau kua whakaako a Te Mihinga i te reo Māori me ngōna tikanga, kōhungahunga mai, pakeke mai, puta i ngā tūmomo akomanga katoa. Hei tāna, “Ko tōku reo tōku oranga.” Kātahi anō ia ka wehe i tōna tūranga hei Pou Ārahi i academyEX ki te whai i tana tohu kairangi. I reira, i whakangungua e ia ngōna hoamahi me ngāna ākonga ki ngā tini āhuatanga o tōna ao Māori, arā, ko te reo Māori, tikanga, karakia, waiata, ngā āhuatanga o te Kaupapa Māori, hautūtanga Māori, mātauranga Māori me te whakaako i te tauira Māori i te kura. Nāna hoki i kōkiri Te Ara Kōtihi, te rautaki ako o te kamupene… -
Dr. Kiri West
Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Whaanga
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Senior Lecturer Social Sciences
Ko Moehau te maunga, ko Tikapa te moana, ko Waihou te awa, ko Matai Whetu te marae, ko Ngāti Whaanga te hapū, ko Ngāti…
Dr. Kiri West
Ko Moehau te maunga, ko Tikapa te moana, ko Waihou te awa, ko Matai Whetu te marae, ko Ngāti Whaanga te hapū, ko Ngāti Maru (ki Hauraki) te iwi. Tihei Mauriora. I am an Indigenous researcher, kaupapa Māori theoriser, Communication lecturer and a reluctant storyteller. My research background includes Māori data sovereignty, tikanga and technology and research ethics. In an increasingly digitised world, I am interested in the ways in which we can give meaning to the above fields through the telling of our own stories. I draw on storytelling as a method of sense-making, particularly through the… -
Dr Kim Southey
Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Koata
Te Whare Wānanga o Aotearoa
Dr Kim Southey (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Koata) serves on the Rangahau team of Te Manawahoukura, based in…
Dr Kim Southey
Dr Kim Southey (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Koata) serves on the Rangahau team of Te Manawahoukura, based in Kirikiriroa. She is a Ngā Pūanga Pūtaiao Fellow, bringing a kaupapa-driven research programme grounded in mātauranga Māori and community-connected practice.Kim is a registered community psychologist with experience across government and Māori provider organisations. Her mahi has focused on advancing health equity through policy development and frontline roles grounded in Whānau Ora principles. She has led community and iwi-based research across a range of kaupapa, including child… -
Tracy Maniapoto
Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa
Tracy Moniapoto
Founder
Te Āti Haunui-a-PāpārangiNgāti TūwharetoaNgāti PorouNgāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa I draw inspiration for my designs from…
Tracy Maniapoto
Te Āti Haunui-a-PāpārangiNgāti TūwharetoaNgāti PorouNgāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa I draw inspiration for my designs from my love of weaving kete whakairo and kākahu, having learned with the Hetet School of Māori Art for a number of years.I also draw inspiration from te reo Māori, the Māori language. I did not grow up learning te reo and have struggled to reclaim this learning. As a full-time post-graduate student with Te Pūtahi-a-Toi, Massey University, I have been gifted the opportunity to engage with te reo through research. My doctoral research explores the revitalisation of te reo Māori in… -
Aamon Hāwea Apiata
Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Toarangatira
University of Waikato
Poukōkiri Mātauranga Toi
Hāwea Apiata (Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Toarangatira) currently works as the Poukōkiri Mātauranga Toi based in Te Iho…
Aamon Hāwea Apiata
Hāwea Apiata (Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Toarangatira) currently works as the Poukōkiri Mātauranga Toi based in Te Iho o Te Manawataki|Library. In this role he works across both the University’s art & taonga collections as well as the open research space (research dissemination & publishing).In his work in the arts space he curates exhibitions, advises on and contributes to the campus gallery’s exhibition program, and applies an Indigenous lens to collection care, management, and research alongside the Poutiaki Taonga and Kaitiaki Mātangireia.In the open research space, he supports… -
Dr Dion O’Neale
Nicholson Consulting
Principal Investigator
Dion O’Neale is a Principal Data Scientist at Nicholson Consulting. With a background in Mathematics and Physics, Dion…
Dr Dion O’Neale
Dion O’Neale is a Principal Data Scientist at Nicholson Consulting. With a background in Mathematics and Physics, Dion is interested in all things network science-related. This has spanned from using networks for economic geography (to understand how scientific innovations cluster within regions leading to technological specialisation); archaeology (using networks of co-occurring obsidian artefacts to infer social networks in pre-European Aotearoa); through to behavioural ecology (using networks of species and traits to understand the mating systems of spiders). Much of his recent work has… -
Dr Paul Brown
Tainui, Ngāti Hikairo
University of Waikato
Senior Lecturer & Research Associate
Ko Karioi tōku maungaKo Whāingaroa me Kāwhia ōku moanaKo Tainui tōku wakaKo Tainui me Ngāti Hikairo ōku iwiKei te noho…
Dr Paul Brown
Ko Karioi tōku maungaKo Whāingaroa me Kāwhia ōku moanaKo Tainui tōku wakaKo Tainui me Ngāti Hikairo ōku iwiKei te noho au ki KirikiriroaKo Paul Brown tāku ingoaI am an early career researcher in Statistics, with research interests in computational Bayesian inference and statistical modelling. Currently, I am working on projects with police on a range of projects, including statistical modelling crime and crime patterns in Kirikiriroa (Hamilton). As the use of data and algorithms in society become more prevalent, it is important that we understand the benefits and pitfalls that this may cause… -
Professor Georgina Stewart
Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi
Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
Professor
Georegina Stewart's (Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi) book ‘Māori Philosophy: Indigenous thinking from Aotearoa’ (Bloomsbury 2021)…
Professor Georgina Stewart
Georegina Stewart's (Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi) book ‘Māori Philosophy: Indigenous thinking from Aotearoa’ (Bloomsbury 2021) explains her original delineation of Māori Philosophy as a Kaupapa Māori approach for investigating topics in Māori knowledge. Her research contributes to the debate between science and Māori knowledge, a local form of a global discussion about the role of Indigenous knowledge in science, in the face of looming environmental multi-crises. She's also engaged in ongoing investigations of what it means to be Māori today, as an example of living cultural difference, even after…