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.

Investigating the effects of a changing climate on health inequities in Aotearoa, through disease transmission and healthcare ...

What is the impact of climate mitigation and adaptation efforts on the life of communities? Can we overcome the radical ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Communities of Inquiry (COI) are the central threads that weave through all the work we do at Te Pūnaha Matatini. Our three COIs provide leadership and community around key practices that are ...

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 ...