During my residency with Te Pūnaha Matatini, I created Ongo mei he fonua – Sounds of soil (contamination), a work that explores the interconnections between land, people, and environmental histories.

Professor Rebecca Priestley, from the Centre for Science in Society at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, is an academic, science historian and writer with degrees in earth sciences, ...

Isabel Castro Isabel is a Professor of Wildlife Biology at Massey University and a member of Te Pūnaha Matatini. She co-leads the long-term Ponui Island Kiwi Research Programme, integrating ...

Zac McIvor is a lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Otago. His research focuses on the interface between Mātauranga Māori and archaeology to develop new understandings about hapū-Māori pasts.

Our purpose and vision provide a clear direction for our work, uniting our efforts to address societal challenges through the power of complex systems research. Our purpose is to reveal the patterns ...

Professor Hēmi Whaanga is Head of School at Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato. Hēmi has been involved, in various capacities as a ...

Hitaua Arahanga-Doyle (Ngāi Tahu, Te Āti Haunui a Pāpārangi) is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago. Hitaua’s doctoral research aimed to connect whanaungatanga with ...

Nirmal Nair is Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering and directs the Power Systems Group, both houesed within the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the ...

Alex is a tangata Tiriti public health physician and Professor in Environmental Health at Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou. Her expertise is at the intersection of environmental sustainability and health ...

Dr Mubashir Qasim is a Senior Economist at DairyNZ. He specialises in macroeconomic modelling, predictive machine learning, data science, and the development of web applications. His research spans ...

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Rhema Vaithianathan is a Professor in Health Economics, and the Director of the Centre for Social Data Analytics, at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). She specialises in the use of integrated ...