NPM PhD scholar Waratah Taogaga (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi, Barkindji (NSW), Ngāti Hāmoa) travelled to Norway in June to present her research at the NAISA Indigenous Studies Conference.

An invisible yet indelible cord connects rivers and estuaries around Aotearoa to Alaska’s Yukon and Kuskokwim Delta, and each year it reverberates with the beating wings of the Kūaka (Bar-tailed Godwit) on their staggering annual migrations.

MAI Te Kupenga alumni Dr Alice Eruera (Ngāpuhi) had a tragic introduction to the invisible world of the microbiome when she was a child. Read about how this led to a career as a biophysicist at the University of Otago.

Engineering PhD students, Haukapuanui (left) and Sonny Vercoe are working to help make marae more resilient to natural hazards.

Many of us are unaware of how information we share with government agencies, businesses and on the internet can be used and manipulated by others without our knowledge or consent. PhD researcher Ella Newbold is looking at hapū data and how to better protect it.

Neuroscientist Nicole Edwards is establishing her own lab at the University of Auckland and is eager to tautoko students interested in a career in brain research.

AUT senior lecturer Deborah Heke encourages wāhine Māori to cherish their connection with te taiao.

Transportation planner, Corrigan Millar (Ngāti Kahungunu) believes the design of urban spaces can have an important impact on our well-being and that urban spaces in Aotearoa could be vastly improved if mana whenua were involved in the early stages of design.