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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
“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
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
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.
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…
Fiona Wiremu
Fiona (Tūhoe, Ngāti Ranginui) joined Whānau Āwhina Plunket’s board in early 2022, with more than a decade of experience in governance roles across a range of purpose-led organisations behind her. She began her role as Chair in August 2025.Her involvement in academic research has seen her develop specialised skills in mātauranga Māori health and community development, Whai Rawa (Māori Economies), Te Taiao (Natural Environment), and Mauri Ora (Human Flourishing and Wellbeing).She is the Chair of the largest regional kaupapa Māori Health, Social and Employment provider in Aotearoa, Chair of a…
Associate Professor Hinekura Smith
Dr Hinekura Smith (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is NPM's Emerging Researchers’ Leader, providing further national leadership and coordination of MAI Te Kupenga and developing and nurturing initiatives that contribute to the outcomes and objectives of NPM’s Capability and Capacity Strategy.Hinekura was initially a secondary school te reo Māori teacher then moved into teacher education research almost 10 years ago, when she commenced her postgraduate studies. She has worked as a professional development facilitator in Māori medium schools, te reo Māori facilitator in English-medium schools and a…
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…
Tania Williams-Blyth
Judge Williams-Blyth initially worked as a solicitor in Hamilton with Norris Ward, and went on to establish herself as a barrister in Rotorua and more recently Hamilton, practising mostly in the family law area.She has been a District Inspector for Mental Health since 2008 and a member of the Parole Board since 2014. She has been instrumental in working with iwi leaders and local communities around the country in an effort to increase knowledge and awareness of Family Court and Oranga Tamariki procedures.Judge Williams-Blyth will be sworn in on 10 June and take up her appointment at the…
Melanie Mark-Shadbolt
Melanie Mark-Shadbolt is of Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa descent. She is an indigenous environmental sociologist, passionate about the environment, indigenous rights and the empowerment of communities to manage their own resources. Melanie reprised her BioHeritage role as Kaihautū Ngātahi – Co-Director Māori in April 2023, working in partnership with Co-Director, Daniel Patrick, on strategic priorities and building strategic links with Māori and indigenous researchers, groups and entities.In addition to her BioHeritage mahi, Melanie is…
Professor Ocean Mercier
Ocean Mercier (Ngāti Porou) focuses on how mātauranga and science connect, relate, and how their proponents and experts work together, particularly in environmental and educational contexts. She explores decolonial and Indigenous approaches to science through specific projects. Her current research includes Māori perspectives of novel biotechnological controls of pests in Aotearoa; understanding groundwater systems with mātauranga Māori; ocean mātauranga to support iwi and community interests and Antarctica-Aotearoa connections. Her research also explores Māori conceptions of mapping and…
Haylee Anne Koroi
Haylee is Kaiārahi for Kai Māori Kai Ora at Toi Tangata. In recent years her mahi around kai has deepened and expanded and now includes research on local food systems alongside marae, co-led kaupapa kai alongside knowledge holders and grassroots collectives, and celebrating the kai stories of whānau. She is a gardener of many years, following after her aunties, nan, and great-grandmother and is enjoying building her new māra in Whangārei alongside a community of artists, community organisers, growers and land stewards. She loves kai (and especially kina), and is always looking to forge trade…
Dr. Kelly Moanna Klink
Kelly is a proud indigenous and environmental activist and academic living on Aotea. Kelly completed both her Bachelors and Masters at the University of Waikato. It was at this time that she became heavily entrenched in the fight for Māori rights and sovereignty, utilising the skills and knowledge she had gained through her studies. One of the big victories was their ‘David and Goliath’ victory over the New Zealand Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and their approval of the dumping of 250,000 cubic metres of toxic dredge off the coast of her familial island, Aotea – Great Barrier Island…
Shane Kennard
My interests are the development of practice competence, issues of social justice, recognising potentially unsafe practice and facilitating the learning potential in all of us. I bring a kaupapa Māori worldview and a lived experience of most social issues affecting NZ society, with a focus on critical reflection in supervision as the catalyst for transformative learning.
Marareia Hamilton
Marareia Hamilton is a Māori scholar whose academic excellence and entrepreneurial drive have propelled her to the forefront of both academia and business. Recognized as the highest-achieving Marketing Master's student of 2020, she now embarks on her Ph.D. journey. With a rich background in teaching business at the university level and contributing to the Māori Strategy team at AUT, she seamlessly blends academia with real-world impact. Her leadership extends to the management of multiple tourism companies, specializing in the Asian market, and fostering cultural exchanges that bridge…
Dr. Rebecca Kiddle
Dr. Rebecca Kiddle is an urban designer and urbanist who has spent her career asking one of the most important questions in Aotearoa: what does it mean for Māori to truly belong in our cities? Her work sits at the heart of community, identity, and the built environment, exploring how urban spaces can reflect and sustain Māori culture and ways of being. When she is not reshaping how we think about place, she is at the pottery wheel or feeding the people she loves with something freshly baked. She is the kind of person who will bring a homemade bake to a meeting and somehow make that feel like…
Kerry-Leigh Dougall
Experienced leader with demonstrated history of working in complex systems. Skilled in Management, Allied Health, Public Policy, Health Policy, and Public Health. Strong healthcare services professional with a Master's degree focused in Indigenous studies from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
Dr. Chelsea Laurell Cunningham-McLean
He uri tēnei nō Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Kai Tahu, Ngā Rauru hoki – Ko Chelsea Cunningham tēnei!Raised on the lands of Kahungunu, Chelsea Cunningham-McLean brings a spirited energy for sport, play, and whānau well-being to Toi Tangata. She’s a graduate of Otago University, where her passion for Māori physical activity and health truly took flight. Her rangahau dives into how whānau connect to whakapapa and whenua, exploring the significance of ancestral land and seascapes to uplift well-being. Chelsea leads the Rangahau stream, with her main kaupapa being Growing the Puna, crafting…
Dr. Kara Beckford
"He uri ahau nō Te Arawa whānui, nō Jamaica hoki. My identity is always evolving and it’s exciting to learn and reclaim my own ancestral knowledges to express who I am. I identify as a Te Arawa and Black woman (mokopuna, daughter, sister, niece, cousin, partner and soon-to-be-mum) of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora and as Takatāpui. The pronouns I use are contextual and are not at the forefront when I think of who I am, but I acknowledge the privilege in this. I don't mind she/her, ia or just my name. " I have spent many years working in advocacy spaces to advance the mana, rangatiratanga, and…