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Dr Valance Smith
Ngāpuhi, Waikato, Ngāti Haina
Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
Te Pouhere Aronui Māori Advancement | Assistant Pro-Vice Chancellor
Dr Valance Smith (Ngāpuhi, Waikato, Ngāti Haina, Ngāti Pākehā) has recently been appointed to Assistant Pro-Vice…
Dr Valance Smith
Dr Valance Smith (Ngāpuhi, Waikato, Ngāti Haina, Ngāti Pākehā) has recently been appointed to Assistant Pro-Vice Chancellor (Māori Advancement) and leads the Mātauranga Māori Strategy at AUT. Valance provides cultural leadership to AUT, his whānau and abroad, this year accompanying the Pacific Mission Delegation to Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands alongside Rt Hon Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters. While his doctoral thesis looked at the role of contemporary Māori music in promoting te reo Māori (2014), his most recent research applies mātauranga Māori across many disciplines of research… -
Associate Professor Donna Campbell
Ngāpuhi , Ngāti Ruanui
University of Waikato
Associate Professor
Donna Campbell (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Ruanui) is a practicing artist and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Māori and…
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… -
Professor Te Kawehau Hoskins
Ngāti Hau, Ngāpuhi
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori
Professor Te Kawehau Hoskins affiliates to the people of Ngāti Hau in Whakapara, a community located north of the…
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… -
Dr Rāwiri Tinirau
Te Āti Haunui-ā-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngā Rauru Kītahi , Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Wairiki-Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Maru
Te Atawhai Te Ao
Director
Te Āti Haunui-a-PāpārangiNgāti RangiNgā Rauru KītahiNgāti RuanuiNgā Wairiki-Ngāti ApaNgāti TūwharetoaNgāti MaruBachelor…
Dr Rāwiri Tinirau
Te Āti Haunui-a-PāpārangiNgāti RangiNgā Rauru KītahiNgāti RuanuiNgā Wairiki-Ngāti ApaNgāti TūwharetoaNgāti MaruBachelor of Business in Accountancy, Massey UniversityBachelor of Arts with Honours in Māori Studies, Massey UniversityPostgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, Massey UniversityDoctor of Philosophy in Management, Massey UniversityRāwiri joined Te Atawhai o Te Ao in 2017. His professional background and expertise lie in education, research, Māori project/business management, and governance. Through his role as Director, Rāwiri provides strategic leadership and management, and… -
Professor Marama Muru-Lanning
Waikato-Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Whatua
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Professor & Associate Head of School: Māori Social Sciences
I am a Professor in Anthropology. My teaching and research is dedicated to Māori communities and prioritises tikanga…
Professor Marama Muru-Lanning
I am a Professor in Anthropology. My teaching and research is dedicated to Māori communities and prioritises tikanga, equity and inter-dependence. As an environmental anthropologist I focus on the cultural specificity of tangata whenua groups and their unique sense of place and belonging in Aotearoa. My professional expertise includes: building research relationships with Māori communities especially with coastal and river people, ecological consciousness, food security, kai sovereignty, kaumātua gardening, kai gathering, food and peace politics. What distinguishes me internationally as a… -
Associate Professor Meegan Hall
Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Apakura
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Toi Matauranga Maori - Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Mātauranga Māori
Meegan Hall (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Apakura) is Assistant Vice-Chancellor…
Associate Professor Meegan Hall
Meegan Hall (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Apakura) is Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Mātauranga Māori) in the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Māori). She provides strategic leadership to grow engagement with Māori knowledge and people in learning, teaching and research contexts, and supports Māori staff and Māori student achievement.Meegan's research focuses on Māori in higher education, which combines her interest in tertiary learning and teaching with her disciplinary background in Māori studies. She is co-Chair of the Ako Aotearoa Establishment Board, a… -
Dr Amohia Boulton
Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga
Whakauae Research for Māori Health & Development
Research Centre Director
Dr Amohia Bolton is the Research Director at Whakaue Research for Māori Health & Development with a career that has…
Dr Amohia Boulton
Dr Amohia Bolton is the Research Director at Whakaue Research for Māori Health & Development with a career that has spanned public policy and academia. She has previously worked as a data analyst (Ministry of Education) policy analyst, senior analyst (Te Puni Kōkiri) and Private Secretary (Māori Affairs) and was awarded an HRC Māori Health Training Fellowship to pursue doctoral study at Massey University in Palmerston North. Her post-doctoral research took her to the University of Northern British Columbia in Canada where she worked with the Lheidli T'enneh First Nations people.Her research… -
Professor Te Kani Kingi
Ngāti Pukeko, Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tai
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Executive Director of Research and Innovation
Prior to his role as Executive Director of Research and Innovation at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, Professor Te…
Professor Te Kani Kingi
Prior to his role as Executive Director of Research and Innovation at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, Professor Te Kani Kingi was an Associate Professor at Massey University in Wellington and concurrently held three roles as Director Māori (within the Office of the Associate Vice-Chancellor) Director of the Research Centre for Māori Health and Development (within the College of Health) and Director of Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship. He has formally been an executive member of the New Zealand Public Health Association, The Mental Health Advocacy Coalition, the National Ethics… -
Distinguished Professor Jacinta Ruru FRSNZ
Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Maniapoto
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, University of Otago
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Māori
Distinguished Professor Jacinta Ruru FRSNZ is a proud University of Otago graduate and since 1999 has had an…
Distinguished Professor Jacinta Ruru FRSNZ
Distinguished Professor Jacinta Ruru FRSNZ is a proud University of Otago graduate and since 1999 has had an award-winning career based in the Faculty of Law.Her research considers how state legal systems should reconcile with their Indigenous peoples, their laws and knowledges, and specifically considers how law and policy can be more Te Tiriti o Waitangi compliant to better enable Māori to contribute towards caring for, owning, managing and governing lands and waters. Her work has advanced options including legal personality of the environment and creating a bijural legal education. Her… -
Distinguished Professor Graham Hingangaroa Smith
Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Kai Tahu and Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Kati Mamoe
Massey University
Te Toi Ihorei ki Pūrehuroa – Distinguished Professor at Large
Professor Graham Smith, a prominent Māori educationalist, has been at the forefront of Māori initiatives in the…
Distinguished Professor Graham Hingangaroa Smith
Professor Graham Smith, a prominent Māori educationalist, has been at the forefront of Māori initiatives in the education field and beyond. His recent academic work has centered on developing theoretically informed transformative strategies related to intervening in Māori cultural, political, social, educational and economic crises. Professor Smith has made significant contributions to the political, social, economic and cultural advancement of indigenous Māori communities. He has also worked extensively with other indigenous peoples across the world, including Canada, Hawaii, USA mainland…