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Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora FRSNZ, HFNZPS
Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Tūhoe, Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngati Pahauwera
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Professor & Associate Head of School: Research Māori and Pacific Studies
Researcher and academic, Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora was formerly the Director of the Māori & Psychology Research…
Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora FRSNZ, HFNZPS
Researcher and academic, Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora was formerly the Director of the Māori & Psychology Research Unit in the School of Psychology at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. In 2017, she became a Professor Indigenous Studies at the University of Auckland where she was also Co-Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence (2017-2025). She presently teaches in the Master's of Indigenous Studies programme and supervises dissertations, master's theses and PhDs.Her specialty interests are in the development of indigenous psychologies… -
Professor Rangi Matamua
Tūhoe
Living by the Stars
Founder, Living by the Stars
Professor Rangi Matamua (Tūhoe) is a pioneering Māori scholar who has revolutionised understandings of Māori astronomy…
Professor Rangi Matamua
Professor Rangi Matamua (Tūhoe) is a pioneering Māori scholar who has revolutionised understandings of Māori astronomy, and in particular Matariki.His research has been ground-breaking in terms of its contribution to mātauranga Māori; he has enlightened both national and international populations on the mātauranga of astronomy.He is renowned for his role communicating his research in an accessible and engaging way andreaching both academic and non-academic audiences. Rangi is both the author of the bestselling book Matariki: The Star of the Year (published both in English and te reo… -
Dr Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai
Te Rarawa ki Hokianga, Waikato ki Ngāti Haua, Ngaati Awa, Ngaati Pikiao (whaangai)
University of Waikato
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Māori Office of Deputy Vice-Chancellor Māori
He uri tēnei nō Te Rarawa ki Hokianga, Waikato ki Ngāti Haua, me he whāngai ki a Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pikiao. My iwi…
Dr Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai
He uri tēnei nō Te Rarawa ki Hokianga, Waikato ki Ngāti Haua, me he whāngai ki a Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pikiao. My iwi affiliations connect me to the Far North of Hokianga, to Ngāti Haua in Waikato and I also have whāngai connections to the iwi of Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Pikiao.While my disciplinary background is Māori Studies much of my research work has been across disciplines and in education more specifically.The research that excites me connects and enables me to contribute to the needs of our diverse Māori and indigenous communities - through tribal claims research, seeking to understand the… -
Professor Joanna Kidman
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Professor of Māori Education
Joanna Kidman is a sociologist with affiliations to Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Raukawa. Her work spans indigenous…
Professor Joanna Kidman
Joanna Kidman is a sociologist with affiliations to Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Raukawa. Her work spans indigenous sociology, Māori youth, higher education, decolonization studies and comparative education. She is especially interested in the interplay of power relations between different groups of people. She is a Fellow of Te Apārangi Royal Society of New Zealand.Joanna is working on several projects relating to the New Zealand Wars and the aftermath for Māori communities today. -
Professor Tracey McIntosh MNZM
Tūhoe
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga / University of Auckland
Professor & Head of School Māori and Pacific Studies
Tracey McIntosh, MNZM, is Ngāi Tūhoe and is Professor of Indigenous Studies in Te Wānanga o Waipapa (School of Māori…
Professor Tracey McIntosh MNZM
Tracey McIntosh, MNZM, is Ngāi Tūhoe and is Professor of Indigenous Studies in Te Wānanga o Waipapa (School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies) at the University of Auckland. She is a Commissioner of Te Kāhui Tātari Ture: Criminal Cases Review Commission. She has recently finished her appointment as Chief Science Advisor for the Ministry of Social Development. She was the former Co-Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence.She previously taught in the sociology and criminology programme at the University of Auckland. She was a Fulbright Visiting… -
Professor Waikaremoana Waitoki
Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Māhanga
University of Waikato
Professor Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Associate Dean of Research Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Research Associate Te Ngira Institute for Population Research
Waikaremoana is a Professor and Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the…
Professor Waikaremoana Waitoki
Waikaremoana is a Professor and Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She is a clinical psychologist with experience in adolescent and maternal mental health. She is a past president of the New Zealand Psychological Society, and inaugural co-chair of the Māori psychologist’s network, He Paiaka Totara. She is the co-editor of the first Indigenous psychology book, Te Manu Kai i te Mātauranga which is used nationally and internationally in teaching about monoculturalism and racism in psychology. She is also the co-editor…Rangahau · Related projects
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Dr Shaun Awatere
Ngāti Porou
Manaaki Whenua
Kaihautū Māori Research Impact Leader
Shaun Awatere (Ngāti Porou) is a resource economist for Landcare Research in Hamilton. He has been working to improve…
Dr Shaun Awatere
Shaun Awatere (Ngāti Porou) is a resource economist for Landcare Research in Hamilton. He has been working to improve the incorporation of Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge and values) into local government planning by developing the systems and processes that will enable Māori values to be integrated into urban design and development. -
Dr James Ataria
Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga / Cawthron Institute, Lincoln University
Māori Business Development Consultant and Ecotoxicologist
Dr James Ataria was a Deputy Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga for a fixed term 2016 to 2018. He is Senior Lecturer…
Dr James Ataria
Dr James Ataria was a Deputy Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga for a fixed term 2016 to 2018. He is Senior Lecturer at Lincoln University and an ecotoxicologist at the Cawthron Institute, Nelson and is also an associate trustee of the Tuaropaki Trust and a member of Ngā Kaihautū Tikanga Taiao (Māori Advisory Committee to the board of the Environmental Protection Authority).His research interests are in the development and application of ecotoxicological tools for the assessment of the biological effects and impacts of legacy and new emerging contaminants on culturally significant species… -
Professor Huia Tomlins-Jahnke
Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Hine
Massey University
Professor of Māori and Indigenous Education & Associate Dean Māori
Professor Huia Tomlins Jahnke is currently a Professor of Māori Education, and Head of School in the College of…
Professor Huia Tomlins-Jahnke
Professor Huia Tomlins Jahnke is currently a Professor of Māori Education, and Head of School in the College of Education at Massey University. -
Dr Dominic Andrae
Cape York Land Council
Senior Anthropologist
Dr Dominic Andrae is a part-time Research Fellow working with Tracey McIntosh (Director) on her research programme…
Dr Dominic Andrae
Dr Dominic Andrae is a part-time Research Fellow working with Tracey McIntosh (Director) on her research programme. Dominic’s role is to conduct research in the area of incarceration, gang membership and gang whānau and to develop new and appropriate methodologies in working with vulnerable groups: generating new knowledge, outputs and research opportunities (funding, support and collaborations).
