School of Māori Knowledge staff
Head of School
Associate Professor Margaret Forster
Associate Professor - Te Putahi-a-Toi
Email:
Ph: ext +6469517359
Rongomaiwāhine, Ngāti Kahungunu
Margaret teaches in the area of Māori knowledge and development and supervises postgraduate research on a range of topics related to the adaptation and resilience of Māori culture. Her research interests are focused around cultural and social sustainability and include an exploration of Māori relationships with whenua, Māori-state resource management relations, and cultural and ethical issues related to engagement with Māori.
Administration staff
Staff
Albany
Associate Professor Fiona Te Momo
Associate Professor - Te Putahi-a-Toi
Regional Director - Auckland - College Office - Albany
Email:
Ph: ext +6492136347
Ngati Porou
The research of Dr Te Momo focuses mainly on the development of indigenous knowledge. Her discipline is Development Studies and for over a decade she has researched Māori Development. This area of expertise spans across three sectors; the Social Development of Māori, Political Development of Māori, and Economic Development of Māori. The foci encapsulates the areas of Whānau Development, Community Development, Cultural Knowledge, Social Work Practices, Māori Social Science Practice, Iwi Resource Management, Volunteerism, Māori Land, Māori Voluntary Work, Māori Student Recruitment and Retention, and a Māori perspective of Biotechnology and the impact on Māori communities.
Manawatu
Kai Tautoko Akonga Student Advisor - Te Putahi-a-Toi
Email:
Ph: ext +6469517491
E aku nui, e aku rahi
Ko Maungapōhatu te maunga, ko Tauranga te awa, ko Ngai Tūhoe te iwi.
I am a facilitator in Māori Medium education in The Centre for Educational Development, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa. I have taught in both Māori Medium and English Medium settings for the past 8 years, with my most recent position having taught in a bi-lingual setting for 6 years. I have lead The Arts curriculum and have also been trained in Incredible Years.
Associate Professor Margaret Forster
Associate Professor - Te Putahi-a-Toi
Email:
Ph: ext +6469517359
Rongomaiwāhine, Ngāti Kahungunu
Margaret teaches in the area of Māori knowledge and development and supervises postgraduate research on a range of topics related to the adaptation and resilience of Māori culture. Her research interests are focused around cultural and social sustainability and include an exploration of Māori relationships with whenua, Māori-state resource management relations, and cultural and ethical issues related to engagement with Māori.
Professor of Maori and Indigenous Education - Te Putahi-a-Toi
Email:
Ph: ext +6469516277
Associate Professor Darryn Joseph
Associate Professor - Te Putahi-a-Toi
Email:
Ph: ext +6469517352
Ngāti Maniapoto
Dr Joseph has taught tertiary students the Māori language since 1996. He started at Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, Massey Univeristy in 2000. Since then he's authored over 23 books; mainly textbooks and chapter books for Māori immersion education. He has won the Huia Short Stories Award for te reo Māori and the LIANZA Librarian Te Kura Pounamu Award for "most distinguished contribution to literature for children and young adults written in Te Reo Māori." Current literary scratchings include a chapter book Te Haerenga Mīharo a Arekahānara; a picture book Kua pau te miraka, and a reo activity book.
Associate Professor Hone Morris
Pukenga Reo - DVC Maori
Email:
Ph: ext +6469517354
Kua roa e whai atu ana i ngā kaupapa mātuatua, ngā kaupapa whakarauora i te reo Māori kia ora tonu ai hei taonga, hei reo mana o Aotearoa. Ā, kei te tautokona ōku hapū Ngāi Te Rangitotohu, Ngāti Mārau ki Rākautātahi ki roto ki ngā kaupapa reo, kaupapa whenua, kaupapa wai.
Ko te whāinga kia tohua ngā āhuatanga ā-reo hei āwhina i te tangata kia āta titiro atu ki tēnei ao hurihuri ki tā te Māori titiro. Tautokona ai ngā rōpū kia reorua te kōrero, kia whakamāori rānei. Kua 4 ngā pukapuka kua tuhia mā ngā kaiako reo Māori.
Research Development Advisor - Research Operations
Email:
Ph: ext +6469516883
Ngati Kahungunu
Mr Mulholland's research interests include Maori rugby, the relationship between Maori and the State, and symbols of nationhood. He is currently undertaking a PhD on the evolution of nationhood which focuses upon the three foci and he is a member of the New Zealand Flag Consideration Panel. Mulholland has also authored "Beneath the Maori Moon: An Iillustrated History of Maori Rugby" and has either edited or co-edited seven Maori academic texts.
Senior Lecturer - Te Putahi-a-Toi
Email:
Ph: ext +6469516286
No Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Te Ati Awa me Ngāti Toa Rangatira.
He Pukenga Whakaako ki roto i te hōtaka o Te Aho Tātairangi me Te Aho Paerewa, me te tohu pouako ka whakaakohia ki te reo Māori mo ngā pouako Kura Kaupapa Māori - Te Aho Matua o Aotearoa.
I tōna wā kua noho hei kaiwhakaako, kātahi hei tumuaki ki roto i tē Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito , ā ki Turoa Kohanga Reo hoki.
He tohu Kaiwhakaako - BEd - Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tamaki Makaurau, me te tohu BMVA o Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa.
Senior Advisor - Maori - Te Putahi-a-Toi
Email:
Ph: ext +6469517357
Iwi Affiliation: Ngāti Porou; Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāti Kauwhata.
School of Māori Art, Knowledge & Education.
Ms Taiapa began her association with Massey University as an undergraduate in 1973. She trained as a primary teacher while completing her Masterate degree. She taught at both Awapuni Primary School and Queen Eliizabeth College prior to joining the staff of the Department of Social Anthroplogy and Māori Studies in 1987.
Associate Professor Veronica Tawhai
Pukenga Tiriti - DVC Maori
Email:
Ph: ext +6469517365
Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Uepohatu
Ms Tawhai lectures in policy and politics at Te Pūtahi a Toi. A recent recipient of the Fulbright-Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga scholar award, Ms Tawhai's fields of research and community work include the Treaty of Waitangi, Māori and youth political engagement, constitutional change, and electoral, civics and citizenship education. To date she has co-edited two books, authored several papers and presents widely on these issues. She is a member of Matike Mai Aotearoa, the Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation and is completing her PhD on the role of citizenship education in transforming indigenous-coloniser relations.
Senior Lecturer - Te Putahi-a-Toi
Email:
Ph: ext +6469518091
I am committed to teaching, researching and supervision philosophies such as Ako, Āta, Kaupapa Māori, Matauranga, Pūrākau, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Tikanga, and Te Reo Māori, in the areas of Hauora, Whānau ora, Parenting for Māori, Māori infant and maternal health and wellbeing, and Māori youth development. I am proficient in large group facilitation as well as innovative online delivery and digital technologies in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
Senior Lecturer - Te Putahi-a-Toi
Email:
Ph: ext +6469516289
Rangitane, Matakore, & Whitikaupeka
Ms Warren lectures education in both the English & Māori language. She is actively engaged in iwi & marae activities & Kura Kaupapa Māori education. Previously working in areas of rangatahi health, & iwi development her research aims to address the challenges faced by iwi, marae and Māori education. The evolution of tikanga Māori and contemporary application is a key theme of her research, where decolonisation and decolonialty are viewed as a means to provide a ‘counter-narrative’ to common myths. Te Rina is a PhD candidate investigating the impact of the internet on tikanga Māori.
