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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.

Leoni Mckelvey

I specialise in research, insights, monitoring, evaluation and programme development with charities, NGO’s and not-for-profits in the development sector, especially within health, wellbeing and physical activity. I have lectured undergraduate…continue reading

Posted on 2 May 2025 |

Rikke Betts

My research interests are diverse, but I particularly focus on early childhood education, refugee and migration, diversity, social justice, and neurodiverse issues.

Posted on 2 May 2025 |

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

Posted on 2 May 2025 |

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

Posted on 2 May 2025 |

Tanja Rother

Kia ora, I am a freelance researcher, historian and writer with a special interest in environmental history and Māori and Pākehā narratives of place. In 2016 I received a PhD…continue reading

Posted on 2 May 2025 |