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Dr James Berghan
Dr James Berghan (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri) is an Adjunct Research Fellow with the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies and Co-Director at Spatial Justice Aotearoa, a kaupapa Māori research and design firm based in Pōneke and Ōtautahi. With a background in urban planning and design, James leads several research projects about how housing, transport and cities can better reflect Māori aspirations and belonging.James holds a Tāwhia Te Mana Future Leader Fellowship from the Royal Society Te Apārangi. His four-year research programme examines how urban change in Aotearoa is framed and…
Dr Rebecca Kiddle
Mana Tūānuku Research Leader Fellowship—Awarded by Royal Society Te Apārangi through the Tāwhia te Mana programme, recognising her contribution as leading scholar in respective field.Dr Rebecca Kiddle’s (Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi) work focuses on spatial justice, the fair distribution of resources and opportunities irrespective of where people live. Working within a settler colonial context, her research maps spatial injustice across the motu, examining inequities in access to kai, healthcare, employment, and climate resilience. This work considers how the planning, design, and structures of our…
Dr Jeanette Wikaira
Jeanette Wikaira serves as the Thames-Coromandel District Council’s Group Manager Community after five years as part of the executive leadership team at Dunedin City Council.Wikaira, Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāpuhi, served in Dunedin as General Manager for Arts, Culture and Recreation, plus General Manager of Community Services, and General Manager of Partnerships, Policy and Governance before deciding to return to the Coromandel.Prior to Wikaira’s local government background, she held senior roles at the University of Otago and Auckland University of Technology and is currently chair…
Professor Ricci Harris
Professor Ricci Harris (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Raukawa) is a public health physician and Kaupapa Māori epidemiologist at Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare.Her research is primarily concerned with upholding Māori rights to health and health equity as ensured by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and in-line with International Indigenous Rights.She draws on Kaupapa Māori Research theory to undertake and develop decolonial approaches to epidemiology that centre Māori and are contextualised within systems of ongoing racism and colonialism. This has included research into the classification of…
Hana Burgess
Hana Burgess (Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa, Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is a queer Kaupapa Māori researcher, teacher, gardener and creative. Hana’s research interests are in Māori health, Kaupapa Māori theory, and critical and decolonial research methodologies. Her work explores how through being in good relation with our mokopuna and tūpuna we can navigate shifts in Western science and technology, and envision futures beyond colonialism.
Professor Jason Paul Mika
Jason Paul Mika Ko Ranginui e tū iho nei, ko Papatūānuku e takoto nei, ko te ira tangata kei waenganui i raro i te kaitiakitanga o ngā atua, o te manaakitanga o te Runga Rawa. Tīhei mauri ora! Ko Ngāi Tūhoe, ko Ngāti Awa, ko Te Whakatōhea, ko Ngāti Kahungunu ōku iwi. Ko Jason Mika ahau. I was born in Whakatāne and raised mainly in Rotorua. In November 2024, I was fortunate join Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland as a Professor of Māori Management and Associate Dean Māori in He Manga Tauhokohoko Auckland Business School. My research, teaching, writing, and practice centres on Māori and…
Dr Matthew Rout
Dr. Matthew Rout's research explores how Indigenous worldviews shape the institutions that govern economic activity, environmental management, and public decision-making. Working at the nexus of political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental domains, his research examines how values, knowledge systems, and social organisation influence the ways societies coordinate collective action and pursue development. A central focus of his work is the application of te ao Māori and mātauranga Māori to contemporary policy challenges, including environmental governance, disaster risk reduction…
Professor Clive Aspin
Professor Clive Aspin (Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Tamaterā) was the inaugural Associate Dean Māori in the Faculty of Health at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington and is currently an adjunct professor in Health.He was born in Waiuku and grew up on his ancestral land of Hauraki. Clive is a Māori public health researcher whose work focuses on Māori and Indigenous health, HIV, sexuality, and suicide prevention. He was the Executive Research Officer at Ngā Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand’s centre of Māori research excellence.He served as a ministerial appointment to the…
Morgan Tupaea
Morgan Tupaea is a kairangahau kaupapa Māori at Te Atawhai o Te Ao and doctoral candidate with Waipapa Taumata Rau. Morgan’s research prioritises reproductive justice, since 2017 involved in research exploring state care and protection, reproductive education, sexual violence prevention, policing within Aotearoa, and perinatal mental health. Through the guidance and awhi of Te Atawhai, Morgan has also been able to work alongside whānau researchers exploring whakapapa kōrero and Rainbow Organisations supporting the well-being of rangatahi takatāpui within Te Ranga Tupua.
Dr. Logan Hamley
I had the immense privilege to join Whakauae in the season of Puanga in 2024. My background is in psychology, where I completed my PhD at the University of Auckland in 2023. This work explored how rangatahi tāne Māori find identity and belonging in Tāmaki-makaurau. This work with rangatahi is my passion, particularly with tāne and rangatahi takatāpui. I am extremely fortunate to have been supported by incredible Māori researchers throughout my undergraduate and postgraduate studies, who have shaped the way I approach research today. I love working in the Kaupapa Māori space, especially where…
Cinnamon Lindsay Latimer
Ko Ngāti Porou, ko Ngāpuhi ōku iwiKo Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare, ko Ngāti Korokoro, ko Ngāti Wharara ōku hapūKo Tuatini, ko Pākirikiri, ko Pakanae ōku maraeKo Lindsay Latimer tōku whānauKo Cinnamon tōku ingoa. Cinnamon Lindsay Latimer joined Whakauae in 2023 after working as a community researcher in Māori Public Health, and as a RA at the University of Auckland. She holds a Master’s degree in Science (Psychology) from the University of Auckland and am passionate about critical qualitative Kaupapa Māori research. Cinnamon has been mentored and supervised by incredible wāhine Māori throughout her…
Associate Professor Metiria Stanton Turei
My research interests include Mātāpono Ture o te Māori/Māori legal principles, Te Mātauranga Ture o te Māori/Māori jurisprudence and Te Ariā ā-Ture o ngā Iwi Taketake/Indigenous Legal Theory. I also research visual jurisprudence and visual art. My LLM thesis was on the Visual Literacy of Māori Law. I built a career as a social activist, lawyer and member of the New Zealand Parliament over 20 years before moving to develop my art practice and re-engage in legal education. I was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for 15 years and Co-leader of the Green Party for 9 years. I am undertaking a…
Rereata Makiha
Rereata Makiha is a distinguished expert in mātauranga Māori, with a profound understanding of ngā taka o te marama, Māori lunar knowledge and practices. He has dedicated his life to preserving and promoting ngā mahi taiao rooted in Māori knowledge. Rereata has been instrumental in revitalising traditional practices related to the environment, including the revival of whare wānanga teachings. His efforts have significantly contributed to the understanding and application of ngā taka o te marama in modern contexts, helping iwi and communities across Aotearoa to reconnect with the taiao and tea…
Associate Professor Isaac Warbrick
Associate Professor Isaac Warbrick (Ngāti Te Ata, Te Arawa, Ngā Puhi) is Director of Taupua Waiora Centre for Māori Health Research.He is currently leading international, nation-wide and community-based projects and collaborating with researchers in a variety of fields including environmental/planetary health, exercise physiology, Māori health, environmental microbiome, heart rate variability, and the use of traditional knowledge and language in reconnecting Indigenous peoples with the environment and enhancing health and holistic well-being. His past research has focused on the associations…
Dr Valance Smith
Dr Valance Smith (Ngāpuhi, Waikato, Ngāti Haina, Ngāti Pākehā) has recently been appointed to Assistant Pro-Vice Chancellor (Māori Advancement) and leads the Mātauranga Māori Strategy at AUT. Valance provides cultural leadership to AUT, his whānau and abroad, this year accompanying the Pacific Mission Delegation to Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands alongside Rt Hon Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters. While his doctoral thesis looked at the role of contemporary Māori music in promoting te reo Māori (2014), his most recent research applies mātauranga Māori across many disciplines of research…
Professor Maui Hudson
Maui Hudson (Whakatōhea, Ngāruahine, and Te Māhurehure) is an interdisciplinary researcher working on Indigenous ethics, Indigenous data sovereignty, and the challenges of working at the interface of mātauranga Māori and science. He is currently the Co-Director of the Te Kotahi Research Institute working on projects around Indigenous Trade, benefit sharing, and improving research practices when working with Indigenous communities. Maui is a founding member of Te Mana Raraunga Māori Data Sovereignty Network and the Global Indigenous Data Alliance as well as a co-author of the CARE Principles…
Associate Professor Claudio Aguayo
Claudio Aguayo is an Associate Professor in Digital Innovation in Education at Te Ara Poutama, the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Development at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). With a background in Biology and a PhD in Science & Technology Education, Claudio’s work bridges human-computer interaction (HCI), user experience (UX) design, cross-cultural responsive design, and critical design in digital learning environments. As Director of AUT's AppLab, Claudio leads projects exploring emerging technologies for educational transformation and curriculum innovation. His research-driven…