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Dr Angelique Reweti
Angelique Reweti (Ngāpuhi) As a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health Sciences, my primary focus is on teaching and researching in the field of Public Health and Hauora Māori. My work is driven by the kaupapa of empowering communities to improve their health and wellbeing, with a particular emphasis on the role of whānau (extended family) in supporting community health. I have the privilege of working with a diverse range of students, from first-year undergraduates to postgraduates working towards Masters and PhDs and the opportunity to work on some exciting research projects.
Dr. Cara Meredith
Ko Hikaroroa, ko Takitimu, ko Aoraki ōku mauka,Ko Waikouaiti, ko Aparima, ko wataki ōku awa,Ko Takitimu tōku waka,Ko Kāi Tahu, ko Kāti Māmoe, ko Waitaha ōku iwi,Ko Kāi Te Ruahikihiki tōku hapūKo Puketeraki, Ko Taku Tai o Te Tītī, ko Murihiku ōku maraeKo Goodwillie-Stevens tōku whānauKi te taha o tōku pāpā, he uri ahau nō WēraKo Meredith-Gibbons tōku whānauKo Cara Meredith tōku ikoaKo Myfanwy rāua ko Osian āku tamarikiCara Meredith was born and raised in Wales and moved to Ōtautahi in 2003 with her whānau. Cara completed her nurse training in West Wales and has a background in Cardiology and…
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Ngahuia Mita
Ka tūhura a Tākuta Ngahuia Mita (Te Aitanga-ā-Mahaki, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hako) o Rehutai Consulting me Tairāwhiti Waka i te āhua o te noho a ngā waka hei kaitiaki, hei waka hauora me te orangaMy PhD had dual foci: Understanding Tairāwhiti Voyaging Philosophies and their embodiment by contemporary Tairāwhiti voyagers and examining how Tairāwhiti Waka enhances hauora. Findings:1. Tairāwhiti Voyaging Philosophies; theories and principles that guide Tairāwhiti Waka and offer a blueprint for contemporary kaihautū and kaumoana.2. Tairāwhiti Waka values act as a poutama, guiding rangatahi to become…
Dr. Hine Funaki-Cole
I am a Māori inter-disciplinary researcher and lecturer in Sociology with the School of Social and Cultural Studies. My research interests encompass kaupapa Māori methodology, Sociology, Philosophy, Reclamation, Decolonisation, Māori identity and belonging, Higher Education, Hauntology, and Settler-Colonialism. My current project investigates the challenges, strategies, and successes that Māori mothers encounter as they reclaim ancestral knowledge and wisdom for future generations. It positions Māori mothers as key change-makers for their whānau, adopting a desires-based approach to Māori…
Associate Professor Karen Brewer
Karen Brewer (Whakatōhea, Ngaiterangi) is a kaupapa Māori researcher, with a background in speech-language therapy. She holds two appointments – Co-DIrector Māori of Pūtahi Manawa | Healthy Hearts Aotearoa New Zealand (CoRE), and Associate Professor in Speech Science, Psychology. Karen graduated with a PhD in Speech Science from Waipapa Taumata Rau in 2014. Before that, she spent two years working in the Speech Language Therapy Department at Waikato Hospital. Karen also has a Master of Speech-language Therapy Practice from Waipapa Taumata Rau, and completed a BA in Linguistics at Victoria…
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Dr Ngahuia Harrison
"Ahakoa e tū ana ahau ki uta, e taupungā ana ki tai." He whakatauākī tēnei nā to matou tupuna a Manaia. E ai kī te kōrero o Manaia, ahakoa ki hea i te Akau Roa o Ngātiwai e tata tonu ana koe ki te moana. Koina te hononga pumau mō matou ki te moana. I am Ngātiwai, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pūkenga and Pākehā. I am a Lecturer at Elam in the School of Creative Arts, where I completed my Doctorate of Fine Arts. My research interrogates colonisation as an ongoing event and explores the possibilities that decolonisation holds for anyone who thinks of Aotearoa New Zeland as home. Through lens-based practice…
Dr Billie Jo Pomare Rameka
Dr Billie Jo Pomare Rameka is experienced in health, education, social sector and Iwi development. Skilled working with rangatahi and Whānau, Strategic Planning,Team Building, Training, Research, and Leadership. Strong professional with a Master's degree in Indigenous studies from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.
Dr Hotukura Wharehoka
Hotukura Wharehoka is a mother of four and a proud Taranaki wahine from Parihaka Papakāinga.She is a Senior Lecturer and Kaupapa Māori scholar with expertise in whānau kōrero Māori, whānau wellbeing, mātauranga Māori, decolonial sexuality, Māori names, and Mana Wahine research. She currently holds the Hohua Tutengaehe Research Fellowship (2021–2025), where she explores the needs and experiences of whānau supporting taiohi in navigating healthy and decolonial sexualities, genders, and intimate relationships. In 2021, she completed a Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship…
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Dr Reuben Collier
An award-winning producer, Indigenous scholar and academic leader, Dr Collier has dedicated more than three decades to advancing mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori and tikanga Māori. His work spans kaupapa Māori scholarship, documentary practice, doctoral education and the protection of Māori histories for future generations. The honour reflects a career of service across tertiary education, Māori broadcasting and Indigenous research, alongside a deep commitment to strengthening Māori knowledge systems in Aotearoa. Dr Collier says the recognition acknowledges the enduring value of mātauranga…
Josephine Davis
I te taha tōku māmā, he mokopuna ia o Ngātī KōpakiI te taha tōku pāpā, he uri ia o Ngātī Manu me Ngātī Whātua ŌrakeiKo Josephine Davis tōku ingoa I am proud to be a Registered Nurse (RN), and Nurse Practitioner (NP) registered in Aotearoa New Zealand. My work experience has been across the health sector, and I have held senior nurse roles in secondary, community, rural and primary care settings. I have been the director of nursing across the Whangarei/Kaipara region with Manaia PHO, and moved to a director of nursing role for the whole of Tai Tokerau with Mahitahi Hauora PHE. My work in that…
Dr. Alehandrea Raiha Manuel
Dr. Alehandrea Raiha Manuel is a Māori-Filipina Audiologist and Kaupapa Māori researcher with an interest in Indigenous people's health and equity. Currently working on solutions with communities to reduce ear, hearing, and vision inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Dr. Alana Haenga O'Brien
Alana Haenga O'Brien's doctoral research sought to understand the relevance of wairuatanga to our rangatahi Māori and their whānau today.
Dr. Anna Adcock
Anna Adcock (Ngāti Mutunga) is a social researcher with a Master’s degree in sociology from Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington. With this background in sociology, she brings experience in qualitative methods and social theory to the team.Anna does Kaupapa Māori (by Māori, for Māori) sexual/reproductive and family health research that centres the lived experiences and perspectives of whānau Māori (Māori family collectives). She is passionate about health equity, data sovereignty, research ethics, and whānau.Anna’s doctoral thesis was a qualitative longitudinal research study…
Dr. Madi Williams
Research interests include Te Waipounamu iwi histories and New Zealand history. Particular focus on the histories of Te Tauihu, oral traditions and myth. The Global Middle Ages with a focus on Polynesia.
Dr. Kirsty Dunn
My main research interests lie within the field of Māori and Indigenous literatures; my PhD thesis completed in 2022 is a study and celebration of Māori writing in English wherein I use various invocations of whakapapa and draw upon pūrākau to read a range of contemporary texts featuring representations of the more-than-human. Inspired by Indigenous literary scholars and decolonizing research methodologies, I situate these texts in an expansive whakapapa of creative production; I therefore have related research interests in Māori and Indigenous art, art history and curation, taonga tuku iho…
Tia Barrett
Ngāi Tahu, Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto. I am currently a PhD candidate at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), where I also completed my Master of Visual Arts. I am an artist whose practice spans moving image, song and sound-making, installation, and photography. My work explores narratives of connection, whakapapa, and the environment, and I create spaces, both physical and conceptual, that celebrate Indigenous ways of knowing. In 2023, I was a recipient of the Te Tumu Toi Arts Foundation Springboard award, and my work has been included in major exhibitions such as Whāia te Taniwha at…
Lisa Jean Kremer
My research focuses on safe and effective use of medicines in neonates to contribute to achieving health equity for Māori. Research I am involved in is able to be implemented by health care professionals to contribute to improved clinical practice and equitable health outcomes.I am an advocate for diversity equity and inclusion within health education, and I ensure that research and teaching contributions have beneficial health impacts for underrepresented groups.
Hannah Rapata
He uri ahau nō Awarua. Ko Kāi Tahu me Ngāti Rahiri Tūmutumu ōku iwi. Ka mahi au i te rangahau hauora Māori. I am an interdisciplinary kaupapa Māori health researcher and registered dietitian. My areas of research expertise and interest include Māori data sovereignty, food sovereignties, kaupapa Māori theory and methodologies, and Māori infant nutrition.
Dr Pita King
Pita King is a Kaupapa Māori Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at Massey University.
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…
Dr Eleanor Britain
Dr Eleanor (Elle) Brittain is Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa and Ngāti Rakaipaaka. She is a Senior Lecturer in Te Kura Hinengaro Tangata, School of Psychology, based on the Pukeahu, Wellington campus. She is also a Clinical Psychologist.Her research focuses on issues pertinent to Māori, including research projects that have explored Māori psychology and wellbeing. With experience in implementing methodologies grounded in the values of Kaupapa Māori research theory, her research practice is predominantly qualitative. Ultimately she sees her work as in service of communities in order to…
Hans Tiakiwai
Ko Hāmua, ko Ngāti Mura, ko Te Mahurehure ngā hapū. Ko Waikirikiri, ko Te Putere o Potaka, ko Te Rewarewa ngā marae. Ko Tūhoe te iwi. I have spent more than 30 years in Māori education as a teacher, Deputy Principal, and for over a decade as Tumuaki of Te Wharekura o Rūātoki, building a kura where tamariki, whānau, and staff felt safe, valued, and connected to who they are. Grounded in te reo Māori, tikanga, and mātauranga Māori, my leadership has always centred on one belief: when people feel seen, and their strengths are recognised, they are capable of extraordinary things. Along the way, I…
Megan Fitzpatrick
Megan Fitzpatrick specialises in trade policy, with a strong focus on the agricultural sector. This comes from over 10 years of public sector experience working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministry for Primary Industries and at Capital & Coast District Health Board. She enjoys translating complex data into advice with real-world implications for New Zealanders. She brings a robust set of quantitative skills to NZIER, including Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling, Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) analysis, and cost-benefit evaluation.
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…