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Associate Professor Natasha Tassell-Matamua
Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Makea kei Rarotonga
Centre for Indigenous Psychologies
Ahonuku/Associate Professor & Manutaki/Director
Natasha Tassell-Matamua (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Makea kei Rarotonga) is an Associate Professor at Massey University in…
Associate Professor Natasha Tassell-Matamua
Natasha Tassell-Matamua (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Makea kei Rarotonga) is an Associate Professor at Massey University in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is the Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Psychologies. Her research and teaching is in the area of Indigenous psychologies, and in particular the utilisation of Indigenous knowledges to effect meaningful change across a range of contexts. Her research typically focusses on the interplay between spirituality, well-being and the wider ecosystem. Natasha has spent the last decade researching the phenomenology, after-effects and cultural… -
Dr Jordan Waiti
Ngāti Pikiao, Te Rarawa, Ngaati Maahanga, Ngāti Haupoto
ACC New Zealand
Performance Lead (ACC), Co-Founder (Aotearoa Water Patrol)
Jordan Waiti started as a lecturer within Te Hautaki Waiora Faculty of Health, Sport and Human Performance at the…
Dr Jordan Waiti
Jordan Waiti started as a lecturer within Te Hautaki Waiora Faculty of Health, Sport and Human Performance at the University of Waikato in early 2018. Previously, he was a Māori Health Consultant based out of Whaingaroa/Raglan.He completed his PhD at Massey University, which focused on Māori notions of ‘Resilience’ and how they are utilised by whānau who had experienced adversity. He has Honours and Master's degrees from Otago University, with research expertise that is broadly based in the area of Māori Health. He has also been a volunteer facilitator for the Te Taitimu Youth Trust in Hawkes… -
Dr Adreanne Ormond
Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Senior Lecturer
Ko Rongomaiwāhine, Ngati Kahungunu me Ngati Tuwharetoa oku iwi, e tipu ake ahau ki MāhiaAdreanne Ormond's Māori nations…
Dr Adreanne Ormond
Ko Rongomaiwāhine, Ngati Kahungunu me Ngati Tuwharetoa oku iwi, e tipu ake ahau ki MāhiaAdreanne Ormond's Māori nations are Rongomaiwāhine, Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Tuwharetoa and she is raised on her ancestral homeland of Māhia peninsula. Her research includes Māori young people, race and culture, cultural identity and critical white studies.Adreanna is a Senior Lecturer in Te Kura Māori in the Faculty of Education. Her research interests include youth, education, and health as well as Māori development with a specific interest in Indigenous – ethnic minority youth and how existent issues… -
Dr Arama Rata
Ngāruahine, Taranaki, Ngāti Maniapoto
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Aukaha Hauora
Arama Rata is of Ngāti Maniapoto, Taranaki, and Ngāruahine descent. She completed her PhD in Psychology at Victoria…
Dr Arama Rata
Arama Rata is of Ngāti Maniapoto, Taranaki, and Ngāruahine descent. She completed her PhD in Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington in 2012, which focused on Māori cultural engagement, identity, and psychological well-being in State secondary schools. Arama then lectured at Te Kawa a Māui (the School of Māori Studies), where she received a Research Establishment Grant to study Māori collective remembering of the New Zealand Wars. Dr Rata is currently involved with research relating to Māori health experiences, Māori in rural communities, as well as iwi consultancy. -
Dr Tia Neha
Ngāpuhi
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Senior Lecturer in Māori and Indigenous Psychology
I completed my PhD” Me Maumaharatanga Ngā Kōrero o Ngā Whānau, Family Recollections and Social Contributions to Māori…
Dr Tia Neha
I completed my PhD” Me Maumaharatanga Ngā Kōrero o Ngā Whānau, Family Recollections and Social Contributions to Māori Children’s Learning, under the supervision of Professor Elaine Reese and Dr Mele Taumoepeau in 2016. In my dissertation, I investigated the role of culture and autobiographical memory and to what extent these factors link to Māori children’s school readiness.Research includes:Indigenous and developmental psychology in the interdependent relations between whānau and their children’s learningAutobiographical memory with whanauLanguage researchMāori pediatric health -
Associate Professor Sonja Macfarlane
Ngāti Waewae, Ngāi Tahu
Massey University
Associate Professor
Sonja Macfarland (Ngāti Waewae, Ngāi Tahu) interest’s focus on the importance of culturally responsive, evidence-based…
Associate Professor Sonja Macfarlane
Sonja Macfarland (Ngāti Waewae, Ngāi Tahu) interest’s focus on the importance of culturally responsive, evidence-based approaches in education, psychology, counselling, health and human development in order to enhance the social, cultural, educational and health outcomes that are achieved by Māori.The importance of exploring 'what works well' for Māori as a pathway to responding to disparity and unlocking potential guides most of her research endeavours. She argues that many of the solutions for reducing such disparities actually reside in 'te ao Māori' (the Māori world, which includes Māori… -
Dr Farah Palmer
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Waiora, Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta
Massey University
Pou Akonga (Executive Director) Māori Student Success
I have a particular research interest in race, gender and leadership issues in sport management, and my most recent…
Dr Farah Palmer
I have a particular research interest in race, gender and leadership issues in sport management, and my most recent publications have focused on the incorporation of Māori values and tikanga in sport contexts, Sport for Development from an indigenous perspective, taonga tuku iho in rugby, elite Maori athletes and their cultural identities in sport, the leadership and organisational culture of the All Blacks, Black Ferns, Māori All Blacks, Māori women's experiences in sport management and leadership, and the involvement of mothers in elite sport as leaders and athletes. For 10 years I… -
Tame Malcolm
Te Arawa, Ngāti Ruanui
Te Arawa Lakes Trust
General Manager
“𝒯𝓊𝓀𝓊𝒶 𝓂𝒶𝒾 𝓀𝒾𝒶 𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾, 𝓉𝓊𝓀𝓊𝒶 𝓂𝒶𝒾 𝓀𝒾𝒶 𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒶, 𝓀𝒾𝒶 𝑒𝓀𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝒾 𝓀𝒾 𝓉𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝑒𝓅𝒶𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝐻𝑜𝓊𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓉𝒾” 𝒯𝑒 𝒜𝓇𝒶𝓌𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓀𝒶, 𝒯𝑒 𝒜𝓇𝒶𝓌𝒶…
Tame Malcolm
“𝒯𝓊𝓀𝓊𝒶 𝓂𝒶𝒾 𝓀𝒾𝒶 𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾, 𝓉𝓊𝓀𝓊𝒶 𝓂𝒶𝒾 𝓀𝒾𝒶 𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒶, 𝓀𝒾𝒶 𝑒𝓀𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝒾 𝓀𝒾 𝓉𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝑒𝓅𝒶𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝐻𝑜𝓊𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓉𝒾” 𝒯𝑒 𝒜𝓇𝒶𝓌𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓀𝒶, 𝒯𝑒 𝒜𝓇𝒶𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝒶𝓃𝑔𝒶𝓉𝒶, 𝓀𝒾𝒶 𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝒾 𝓃𝑔ā 𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒶 𝓀𝒾 𝓉ē𝓃𝑒𝒾 𝓀𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓀𝒶𝒽𝒾𝓇𝒶𝒽𝒾𝓇𝒶. Te Arawa Lakes Trust is proud to announce the appointment of Tame Malcolm as its new General Manager. A proud product of Te Arawa, and with an impressive track record in indigenous and environmental conservation, Tame has the knowledge, skills, and experience to lead the Trust at this critical time.Te Arawa Lakes Trust Chairman, Wally Haumaha, expressed his enthusiasm for the appointment, following a thorough and… -
Dr Jamie Newth
Ngāpuhi
Soul Capital
Founder and CEO Soul Capital
Jamie Newth is the CEO of Soul Capital, which invests in social enterprises and social business in Aotearoa New…
Dr Jamie Newth
Jamie Newth is the CEO of Soul Capital, which invests in social enterprises and social business in Aotearoa New Zealand.He is a board member on the National Advisory Board for Impact Investment, on Connect: Supporting Recovery, on Social Enterprise Auckland and works as a consultant on Business Model Innovation, Strategy and Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. -
Dr Kiri Dell
Ngāti Porou
University of Auckland
Senior Lecturer
Kiri Dell is a lecturer in property in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. Her…
Dr Kiri Dell
Kiri Dell is a lecturer in property in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. Her teaching focuses on Māori land issues and Māori entrepreneurship and business development. Kiri’s research and areas of expertise focuses on competitive Māori strategy, Māori economics and Māori business.