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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
Tuihana Ohia
Founder & Director – Woo Wellbeing Kaiwhakahere Hauora, Wellbeing Manager – Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki, Auckland Council Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga, Te Arawa, Ngāi Pākehā Tuihana comes with a…
Professor Tim McCreanor
Professor Tim McCreanor (Pākehā) is a senior social scientist at Whāriki Research Centre, within the College of Health at Massey University in Auckland. His broad public health orientation and interest…
Kaye-Maree Dunn
Kaye-Maree specialises in relationship building, strategy, facilitation and human centered design, Kaye-Maree wants to ensure individuals have the right tools and support to govern their organisations with confidence and competence. …
Associate Professor Heather Came
Associate Professor Heather Came is a seventh generation Pākehā New Zealander based at Auckland University of Technology. Her background is in public health and social justice activism. Her research focuses…
Professor Jacquie Kidd
Professor Jacquie Kidd (Ngāpuhi) based at Auckland University of Technology. Her academic practice is focused on social justice, anti-racism and equity in health for Māori. Generally, she utilises a kaupapa…
Professor Dominic O’Sullivan
Dominic O’Sullivan (Te Rarawa) is a Professor of Political Science. His work encompasses the disciplines of political science, education and public theology with indigeneity providing a unifying scholarly theme. His…
Dr James Berghan
James (Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri) is a Licensed Cadastral Surveyor and PhD candidate at the University of Otago. After working on a range of planning, subdivision and land development projects…
Grace Gassin
Grace is Curator Asian New Zealand Histories at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Her wide-ranging research interests encompass the historical and contemporary experiences of Asian diaspora communities…
Grace Wong
Grace’s interests are health promotion, public health, Asian health and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. She was a public health nurse, researcher & policy analyst for Action on Smoking and Health…
Bev Tso Hong
Bev is a social policy researcher whose work has spanned a wide range of social sector portfolios. She is the Kaitūhono, Ethnic Research Engagement Lead at Community Research, actively involved…
Ali Hamlin-Paenga
Ali Hamlin is the Kaihautū – CEO of Ngāti Kahungunu Community Services, a kaupapa Māori organisation providing housing solutions & social support services across the wider Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) region. Ali provides…
Mike Smith
Mike Smith (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi) is an educationalist and has spent the last 40 years focused on taking action where it matters. Although some of his favourite activities are gardening,…