Our people
Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāi Tahu
Christine Kenney is the Kaiwhakahaere (Director) of Te Toi Whakaruruhau o Aotearoa, the EQC Mātauranga Māori disaster risk reduction research centre, and Professor of Disaster Risk Reduction at Massey University.
Muaupoko, Ngāti Apa, Ngāi Tahu
Jonathan Procter is a Professor of Natural Hazards that has taught natural hazard science, emergency management and hazard analysis.
Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha
Dr Suzanne Phibbs is a Māori health sociologist and senior lecturer in public health in the School of Public Health at Massey University.
Ngāruahine Rangi, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Āti Awa
Dr Acushla Sciascia is of Ngāruahine Rangi, Ngāti Ruanui and Te Āti Awa descent.
Massey University (Chair)
Massey University
EQC
Te Toi Whakaruruhau o Aotearoa supports a number of Ākonga students and emerging researchers whose studies focus on Māori disaster risk reduction. The Centre is committed to using a Tuakana-Teina mentorship model to manaaki students, to foster whakawhanaungatanga and to provide academic and cultural support.
Te Rarawa
PhD Student
Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe
Waitaha: PhD Student
Te Arawa, Ngāti Tahu
Honours student
Te Arawa, Tūwharetoa, Te Āti Haunui-ā-Pāpārangi Ngāti Pāhauwera & Ngāi Tahu, Honours student
Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri
PhD Student
If you are an emerging Māori researcher or student who would like to get in contact with us, please get in touch via link or by my email C.Kenney@massey.ac.nz
Associate Professor Dan Hikuroa University of Auckland
Dr Tumanako Ngāwhika Fa’aui University of Auckland
Dr Darren King Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
Dr Shaun Awatere Manaaki Whenua Landcare
Dr Wendy Saunders Toka Tū Ake
Professor Te Kani Kingi Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Professor Anthony Hoete University of Auckland
Associate Professor Sandy Morrison University of Waikato
Hema Wihongi Toka Tū Ake
Dr Shari Gallop Pattle Delamore Partners