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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
Rikke Betts
My research interests are diverse, but I particularly focus on early childhood education, refugee and migration, diversity, social justice, and neurodiverse issues.
Shari Tidswell
My employment background is in adult education, social services and public health. Currently working as a contractor (Social Change Consulting), supporting social services providers with service design, policy development, evaluations…continue reading
James Shanly
James Shanly is a Research Fellow at Te Ngāpara Centre for Restorative Practice, Victoria University of Wellington. His research focuses on restorative justice practices and criminal justice reform in Aotearoa…continue reading
Atelaite Mapa
Atelaite Taupeavai Mapa is a Moana public health creative-practitioner committed to Indigenous systems change and social justice. With a background in policy, research, and creative methodologies, her work amplifies Moana…continue reading
Stephanie D’Souza
I am Deputy Director of COMPASS Research Centre and Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of Auckland. My research interests are diverse, with the overarching theme of using…continue reading
Dion Enari
Dr. Dion Enari is the first Pasifika Associate Professor at Unitec. He sits in Ngā Wai a Te Tūī (Maori and Indigenous Research Centre) and School of Healthcare and Social…continue reading
Tanya Jurado
My research focusses on public policy support for SMEs, with a focus on entrepreneurs from communities that are traditionally underrepresented, such as Indigenous entrepreneurs, women, migrants and refugees. Currently I…continue reading