• Te Arawa Ngāti Ruanui
    Director
    Puna Consultants

    Tame has more than a decades experience in environmental management roles in the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Canterbury and Marlborough regions. This has included working for OSPRI (TB Free), Waikato Regional Council, Department of Conservation (Waikato) and most recently the Maori Biosecurity Network.

    His is a member of the Bay of Plenty Conservation Board, is on the Advisory Board for Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, was interim executive of Te Tira Whakamataki (Maori Biosecurity Network), and is a member of the Royal Society.

    Related Projects

    Full project

    Project commenced:

    Strengthening Māori Agency: Te Whakamaru o Horohoro Maunga

    The overarching research questions for this platform are:

  • Ngaruahine Rangi Ngāti Ruanui Te Ati Awa
    Senior Researcher
    Te Reo me Ngā Tikanga Māori

    Related Projects

    Full project

    Project commenced:

    Digital Solutions to Support Knowledge and Connections

     

    What digital platforms could support a collective approach to Te Tai Ao?
    How could this be managed; practically and using what protocols?
    What are the potential uses and benefits of these platforms locally, nationally and internationally?
    What are the potential Te Tai Ao future needs of iwi/hapū that need to be addressed in the digital platform considerations?
    What opportunities are there for Indigenous digital solution platform that can be developed and implemented in communities?

     

    Kia Ārohi Kia Mārama - Scoping Excellence

    Project commenced:

    He rongoā tō te reo – Te Reo Māori as a form of healing

    What are some of the psychological, emotional and spiritual influences that learners have experienced when learning te reo Māori?

    How are these influences related to past trauma or negative experiences of theirs (or others) and in what ways have these influences impacted their engagement with and learning of te reo Māori?

    What kinds of intergenerational trauma are having an impact on the ability to engage with and learn/speak te reo Māori?

    In what ways do learners overcome these barriers to being motivated to learn te reo Māori?

  • Ngāpuhi Ngāti Ruanui
    Senior Lecturer, Co-Director - Centre for Recreation Research
    University of Otago
    Mauri Ora - Human Flourishing

    Anna Thompson is a senior lecturer and course coordinator at the University of Otago. She serves as the Department representative on the School's Undergraduate Advisory Group and the University of Otago Women's Development Programme. She is Kaiawhina Māori and on the Teaching and Learning Committee for the Tourism Department.

    Anna has published internationally in peer reviewed academic journals and been invited as a chapter contributor to numerous edited books. Her current research interests are focused on the environmental management of tourism,indigenous business development, cultural landscapes, heritage tourism, Maori sport and leisure activities.

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