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Dr Maree Sheehan
As a researcher, educator, and composer, I have the privileged role of responding to the educational aspirations of many communities. My personal belief is that outstanding achievements are invariably the result of planned and sustained collaboration. This is especially true when the team has diverse skills and are kaupapa-driven, committed and hardworking, therefore I also acknowledge those who work with me. I especially have had the benefit of many mentors in my lifetime and want to acknowledge those who have supported me to be where I am today. Over the last 15 years, I have worked as a…
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…
Associate Professor Christina Mckerchar
Christina Mckerchar is of Ngāti Kahungunu, Tūhoe, and Ngāti Porou descent. She trained as a nutritionist and worked for a number of years for Te Hotu Manawa Māori, a national Māori Health provider, before her academic career. Her research has focused broadly on the right to healthy food. She has researched the food environment, especially food availability and marketing, food security and food sovereignty, and other aspects of public health that impact hauora Māori, including alcohol, transport, and housing.Christina is a member of Climate Health Aotearoa, and is on the Food Expert panel for…
Summer Rangimaarie Wright
Summer (Ngāti Maniapoto) trained as a dietitian and is a public health researcher focused on climate justice, health equity, and food sovereignty. She has also worked in disability as a youth worker and support worker. Summer has a few creative pursuits and likes to spend time outside and with animals.
Dr Ken Taiapa
Ken Taiapa is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Whāriki Research Centre, and is part of the HRC funded Tangata Whenua Tangata Ora research programme. His research interests include the relationship between healthy environments and healthy people, with a focus on Māori & indigenous values and eco-health, and kai sovereignty. His PhD work told the story of a hapū mārakai inititiative and the healing that occured through connecting people to whenua. He is also employed by the University of Otago as a Post-Dpctoral Research Fellow on the Climate Health Aotearoa project; a multi-institutional…
Rahui Papa
Rahui Papa is an orator, spokesperson, and recognised authority on Waikato reo and tikanga.He has a background in broadcasting and education, and has served on the Waikato-Tainui Governance Group since its inception.Rahui has previously chaired the Waikato Tainui Executive, Te Arataura, and served as a director and member of various holdings companies, ministerial committees, and national and local boards.Rahui plays an integral role in the Iwi Leaders’ Forum, providing advice to Ministers and Crown officials on matters of national significance.
Karaitana Tamatea
Ko Maungatautari, ko Maungahaumi ngā maunga.Ko Waikato, ko Waipaoa ngā awa.Ko Maungatautari, ko Pōhara, ko Takitimu ngā marae.Ko Waikato, ko Aitanga a Mahaki, ko Rongowhakaata ngā iwi.Ko Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, ko Ngā Pōtiki ngā hapū.Ko Karaitiana ahau.Mai i aku pakeketanga i whakaaro mai he aha te take ruarua noa iho ngā ākonga Māori i eke taumata ki te ao o te Mātauranga engari ia ki te taumata Pae 7 (Tau13) ki ngā kura tuarua.I takoto te manuka i taua wā kia panonihia tēnei āhuatanga kia tokomaha ake ā Ngāi Māori kia eke ki tōna taumata ake, Kura Tuarua mai, Whare Wānanga mai, ā hapū, ā Iwi…
Associate Professor Frauke Meyer
Frauke Meyer is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Education. Her academic teaching and research mainly focus on educational leadership and leadership practices. Her current research is concerned with school leadership, interpersonal leadership practices, and school improvement. The immediate focus of her research is the analysis, assessment, and development of interpersonal behaviours that promote relational trust. Another area of research is equity and bias. Her expertise lies in qualitative as well as some quantitative research methodologies and mixed methods designs. Frauke…
Emeritus Professor Christine Ruby-Davies
Professor Christine Rubie-Davies is based in the School of Learning, Development and Professional Practice in the Faculty of Arts and Education|n. She has been at the University of Auckland| Waipapa Taumata Rau since April 1998.CURRENT APPOINTMENT2015- Professor of Education, University of Auckland2023- Visiting Professor of Teacher Expectations, Academica University of Applied Sciences, AmsterdamPREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS2020- 2022 Director Te Pūtahi Research Centre (Woolf Fisher)2012-2014 Head of School and Associate Professor, School of Learning Development and Professional Practice, Faculty of…
Justice-Te Amorangi Hetaraka
Justice Hetaraka has recently completed her Law and Arts conjoint degrees at the University of Auckland. She studied remotely from Whangarei to remain connected to her whanau and community. In 2019 Justice Co-Founded HĀ – History of Aotearoa, to develop education programmes that use art and indigenous pedagogy to teach our local history. HĀ’s goal is for tamariki and kaiako to safely engage in our history and be empowered to contribute to our future with a deeper connection to the whenua and to themselves. Justice is currently supporting the Wai 262 claimants to advance their vision of…
Dr Maia Hetaraka
He uri tēnei no Ngāti Wai, Ngāi Tahu, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Paoa. I currently reside in Te Tai Tokerau where I research, teach, and have many whanaungatanga connections. I am interested in Māori and indigenous knowledge and approaches that contribute to justice in education practice, pedagogy and policies. I am committed to developing understandings about the multitudinous ways Māori and indigenous knowledges can impact on and provide solutions to contemporary social, educational and political issues. I have particular interests and expertise in mātauranga Māori and in the historical realities that…
Associate Professor Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Ruanui) is a practicing artist and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato. Donna’s PhD research focused on investigating embodied Indigenous knowledge in the art forms of Māori weaving arts, and creative practice as decolonizing spaces. Donna is a passionate practitioner in the fields of raranga and whatu creating sculptural garments and in situ installations.On- going current research is uncovering the embodied mātauranga Māori in the Māori sail housed in the British Museum, this project was funded by Te…
Associate Professor Jani Wilson
Jani Wilson (Ngāti Awa, Ngā Puhi, Ngā iwi o Mātaatua) hails from Pāroa on the outskirts of Whakatāne, in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, and grew up on the Rangitāiki river. She is currently Associate Professor in Aotahi, School of Māori & Indigenous Studies, but most importantly, she is the proud māmā of a very entertaining daughter, Manaaki (23). Initially trained in vocals/drama at performing arts school (Excel), she later studied Film, TV & Media Studies to PhD level at the University of Auckland. Since graduating, Jani has worked in public health (smoking cessation, child poverty & problem…
Dr. Luke Fitzmaurice
My research and teaching interests are centred on Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Decolonisation, Family Law, Child Protection and Children's Rights. My PhD research focused on kaupapa Māori approaches to children's rights, and decolonising the child protection system. I have a background in child protection policy, having worked for Oranga Tamariki and Child, Youth and Family prior to undertaking PhD study.I have a strong interest in kaupapa Māori research, especially kaupapa Māori legal research, and have been involved in a number of multi-disciplinary kaupapa Māori research projects. These have…
Dr. Tania Cliffe-Tautari
E ngā maunga whakahī, tēnā koutou katoa. Tania Cliffe-Tautari (Te Arawa, Ngāi Tahu) is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and Social Practice within the Faculty of Arts and Education. Her research interests are driven by a deep commitment to advancing equitable educational and social outcomes for Māori, with a particular focus on Māori youth who are marginalised within education and society, including Māori youth who find themselves in the youth justice system. Tania’s expertise traverses multiple research areas including Māori youth justice and Māori education.Her recent and…
Erina Watene
Erina is a freshwater scientist with a background in tāonga species research, lake and river restoration, resource management and environmental planning. She is experienced in working at the interface between iwi, science and policy. Erina has a strong governance background from Science Challenge, several iwi and not-for-profit trust boards. She is also a member of numerous fisheries and freshwater societies in New Zealand and Australia, and holds a Master of Science (Hons) majoring in Chemistry from the University of Waikato.
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.
Dr. Sean Ogilvie
My research focuses on liquid processing of 2D materials for printing of electronic devices and energy materials and aims to understand structure-property relationships in nanomaterials to enable real-world applications.ACADEMIC POSITIONSSenior Research Fellow and Assistant Professor in Materials PhysicsUniversity of Sussex, United Kingdom2025Research Fellow and Lecturer in Materials PhysicsUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom2024 - 2025Research Fellow BUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom2020 - 2024Research Fellow AUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom2018 - 2020
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
Professor 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…