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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