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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
Carey-Ann Morrison
I am an experienced qualitative researcher, evaluator and educator with a particular affiliation for matters of cultural and social justice and inequality. My work spans disability, gender and sexuality, public…continue reading
Nadia Charania
Nadia’s background is in health and environmental sciences and she completed her doctoral studies at the University of Waterloo in Canada in 2014. She primarily teaches at the postgraduate level…continue reading
Julie Wharewera-Mika
Julie Wharewera-Mika (DClinPsy; Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Whānau-a-Apanui) is a Director, Senior Clinical Psychologist and Kaupapa Researcher with Manu Ārahi – The Flying Doctors (Kaupapa Māori Psychology & Research…continue reading
Kirsten Spencer
Kirsten Spencer is an Associate Professor at Auckland University of Technology where she leads the research team in Performance analysis, Sports Coaching and Youth Development. She is a director of…continue reading
Cristy Trewartha (Dr)
Kia ora. I am a researcher and change strategist who specialises in supporting communities, NGOs and government to develop, implement and measure community-based approaches to prevent family and sexual violence.…continue reading
Terryann Clark
Dr Terryann Clark is a registered comprehensive nurse with extensive experience in youth health, community health, sexual health, health promotion, youth mental health and Māori health. She works part time…continue reading
Angela Millar
A dynamic teacher, facilitator, consultant, researcher and social advocate with a demonstrated history of involvement in addressing unmet social and learning needs in schools, organisations, and local communities. I lead…continue reading
Irene Ayallo
Dr Irene (is a Registered Social Worker) teaches social work and community development at Unitec in the social practice field. Her teaching and practice in this field is significantly informed…continue reading
Sahib Rasulov
I completed my PhD very recently, but in Physiology. However, as I started to work as a Community Engagement Coordinator as a continuation of my years of community service experience…continue reading
Sharon Bell
Dr Sharon Bell is the research manager of The Workshop, a research and communications not-for-profit organisation specialising in narratives strategies which help individuals and organisations to better communicate complex social…continue reading
Ahmed Al-Sa’di
I am a committed person with over 14 years of experience at several leading organization (7 years in NZ, 5 in KSA, 2 in Jordan) teaching students from various social…continue reading