F rOm T h e DI r ec T Or - Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

IRANGAHAUE W S L E T T E R O F M Ā O R I R E S E A R C HRHe MihiKei ngā maunga huahuaKei ngā taumata iringa kōreroKei ngā wai karekareKei ngā awa tuku kiri a te iwiKei ngā nohoanga tāngataTēnā koutouTēnā koutouTēnā koutou katoa!He WhakataukīE noho koe ki te waewae o UenukuKia ora ai te tangataSit at the feet of the RainbowSo that humankind might prosperNgā Pae o te Māramatanga thanks allthose who contributed to this newsletter.EditorGretchen CarrollProduction Co-ordinatorJosie McClutchieItems and photos for the newsletter can besent to Gretchen Carroll.Seek to bring the distant horizon closerOur PeopleGrasp the horizon that is nearDirectors And so emerge from darkness into lightProfessor Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal | DirectorNgāti Raukawa, Marutūahu, Ngā PuhiProfessor Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal has been Director of NgāPae o te Māramatanga (NPM) since late 2009. He is also Professorof Indigenous Development in The University of Auckland’s Faculty ofArts. Charles is a musician and researcher with interests in the creativepotential of mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge), particularly as thisrelates to the whare tapere (traditional houses of performing arts), thewhare wānanga (traditional institutions of higher learning) and indigeneity. Charles is a formerDirector of Graduate Studies and Research at Te Wānanga o-Raukawa, Ōtaki.Daniel Patrick | Executive DirectorDaniel Patrick was Business Manager for NPM from 2008 until early2011, when he became Executive Director. His role is to direct andplan the Centre’s business activities, including contracting, financialoperations, resources planning, risk management and managingthe Centre's investment portfolios. Daniel holds a Bachelor's degreein Applied Sciences and a Master's degree in Health Sciences withhonours. He came to the Centre having been the Research ProgrammeManager for the Social Statistics Research Group, and establishing the Centre of Methods andPolicy Applications in the Social Sciences (COMPASS) at The University of Auckland.Dr Daniel Hikuroa | Research DirectorNgāti Maniapoto, Tainui, Te ArawaDr Daniel Hikuroa was appointed Research Director in 2011. Hedirects the Centre’s Research Plan, provides leadership in indigenousdevelopment research, while maintaining his own personal researchprogramme. Daniel leads the following NPM projects: Restoring theMauri to Rotoitipaku (Industrial Waste Site): Implementing Mātaurangain a Scientific Paradigm; and Harvesting the Fruits of Papatuanuku: AKaitiaki Approach to Geothermal Development. Previously Daniel was Community Earth SystemsScience Programmes Manager for the Institute of Earth Science and Engineering, The Universityof Auckland.comms@maramatanga.ac.nzContact detailsNgā Pae o te MāramatangaWebsite: www.maramatanga.ac.nzEmail: info@maramatanga.ac.nzTelephone: +64 9 923 4220Fax: +64 9 373 7928Free subscriptionsAvailable electronically on our website or inprint by contacting us.ResearchDr Joseph Te Rito | Senior Research Fellow: IndigenousDevelopmentRongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu, RangitāneDr Joseph Te Rito’s role is to conduct excellent research that is relevantto NPM’s Research Plan and assist the Centre monitor its research.He is also helping NPM establish and develop the academic field ofindigenous development. Joe’s research examines oral recordings inthe Māori language of kaumātua from the Rongomaiwahine-Kahungunuregion of Hawke’s Bay. Formerly Dean of Māori Studies at the Eastern Institute of Technology,Joe led the establishment of its degree programme in Māori language and culture, the campusmarae and his tribe’s radio station Radio Kahungunu, which he still heads.Dr Marilyn Tangi Ina McPherson | Senior Research Fellow:Research PerformanceTe Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti KahuDr Marilyn McPherson's (also known as Dr Brewin) role is to conductexcellent research relevant to the NPM Research Plan and help monitorthe Centre’s research. Her three current research interests are aroha inresearch; trends in Māori injury prevention and safety; and San FilipoSyndrome. Between 2004–11, Marilyn was Research —ProgrammeLeader at NPM. She holds a PhD from The University of Auckland.Te P ūwānanga | Takurua | Winter© 2011 Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga 2

BusinessMarie-Chanel Berghan | Business ManagerTe Rarawa, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Maniapoto, Te ArawaMarie-Chanel Berghan looks after the Centre'sfinancial, contract and operations (physical resourcesand infrastructure) management. Marie-Chanel has aPostgraduate Diploma in Business Administration andin Business, Māori Development. Before joining the centre, she was theWhakapiki Ake Project Manager at The University of Auckland’s Facultyof Medical and Health Sciences for five years and prior to that, a ProjectAdministration Manager at Hewlett Packard.Premika Sirisena | Centre CoordinatorPremika Sirisena has been with NPM since its inceptionin 2002. She facilitates and coordinates the Centre’swork by providing administrative and operationalsupport. Premika has legal qualifications from SriLanka and the United Kingdom, and gained extensiveexperience working in management and marketing in Sri Lanka and theUnited Kingdom before moving to New Zealand.Honorine Franswah | Centre AdministratorHonorine Franswah assists with all the administrativefunctions of NPM, including reception and secretarialduties. Honorine holds a Bachelor of Arts and bringssubstantial administrative experience from nearly 20years involvement in the manufacturing sector in India.More recently she provided administrative support at The University ofAuckland prior to joining the Centre.Systems DevelopmentDr Tim West-Newman | Systems DevelopmentManagerTim West-Newman develops and implementsadvanced technical business solutions includingwebsites for NPM. Tim has a PhD in Human ComputerInteraction and has considerable experience in weband information technology systems development, having worked at TheUniversity of Auckland and AUT University, as well as an independentcontractor for various organisations.Jane Rangiwahia | Programme Coordinator–Directors and Grants and AwardsNgāti Ruanui, TaranakiJane Rangiwahia coordinates the Grants andAwards Programme and provides executiveassistance to the Director. Prior to joining NPM,Jane owned and managed a number of small businesses in thehospitality industry and property sector.Josie McClutchie | Production Coordinator – AVRongomaiwahine, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti PorouIn her role as Production Coordinator – AV, JosieMcClutchie operates a digital-video production unit forNPM, producing high-quality audio visual material forsharing with our communities through multiple mediums.Josie has a background in the independent television and film industrywhich she brings to the indigenous academic research sector.Publications and CommunicationsDr Helen Ross | Publications and CommunicationsManagerDr Helen Ross manages the Centre’s journalsand publications, and other online and writtencommunications. Originally from Scotland, Helenholds a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry and a PhD inMolecular Biology. After time as a post-doctoral research fellow infunctional genomics, Helen moved into publishing, holding editorialpositions at several academic journals. Moving to New Zealand in 2007,Helen previously worked in the Research and Enterprise Office at theUniversity of Otago, advising on research funding.Gretchen Carroll | Communications CoordinatorGretchen Carroll organises and prepares variousNPM communications, including the annual report, theCentre’s websites, research summaries and marketingmaterial. She is also the editor of Te Pūwānanga andwelcomes readers to get in touch and send in storiesand photo submissions (email comms@maramatanga.ac.nz). Gretchenhas worked in journalism, communications and PR for more than 10 years– most recently at Cambridge University Press and prior to that, she wasa Communications Manager at AUT University. She holds a Bachelor ofCommunication Studies.Dr Katharina Bauer | Journal and PublicationsCoordinator – AlterNativeDr Katharina Bauer coordinates the publicationprocesses of AlterNative: An International Journal ofIndigenous Peoples and other scholarly publishingprojects of NPM. Previously, she was the EditorialAssistant for the Health Policy office of Elsevier'sSocial Science and Medicine journal and the Administrator forCOMPASS. She holds a PhD in English Literature.Kimiora Brown | Journal and PublicationsCoordinator – MAI ReviewNgāti Kuri, Te Aupōuri, Te Arawa whānui,Kimiora Brown coordinates the publication processesof MAI Review, the New Zealand focussed academicjournal of NPM, and other scholarly publishingprojects. Prior to joining the Centre, Kimiora was the MANAfika/TuākanaCoordinator at The University of Auckland Business School.Donna Gardiner | Research and CommunityCoordinatorNgaiterangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti PukengaDonna Gardiner is a PhD scholar of NPM and parttimeResearch and Community Coordinator. This rolecoordinates the translation of the Centre's research andactivities to our communities, specifically Māori and indigenous, to makepositive change. She also coordinates opportunities for these communitiesto discuss their research ideas and issues. In the past, Donna has beenthe outpost manager for Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, and morerecently Programme Leader, undergraduate programmes, for Te AraPoutama at AUT University.To read the full profiles and for contact details, visit:www.maramatanga.co.nz/about/our-peopleTe P ūwānanga | Takurua | Winter © 2011 Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga 3