About Us

Te Matahiapo Indigenous Research Organization

Te Matahiapo Indigenous Research organization, a collective established in 2012, is committed to unlocking the potentiality of customary wisdom and knowledge located within the layers of whanau, hapū, iwi of Aotearoa New Zealand and other diverse indigenous groups and communities around the world.

 

Te Taumata Kaiarahi

 

bio_tehuirangi-waikerepuruDr Te Huirangi Eruera Waikerepuru – Taranaki Whānui; Ngā Puhi

Ahorangi – Honorary Doctorate, University of Waikato

bio_broughtonMereiwa Broughton – Te Atiawa; Ngāti Maru; Ngātiawa

Ahorangi

bio_teurutahi-waikerepuruTe Urutahi Waikerepuru – Taranaki Tūkau; Tāngahoe; Tuhourangi; Ngāti Whakaue; Ngā Puhi

Pou Arahi – BA Tohu Paetahi, University of Waikato

bio_kura-pukeKura Puke – Te Atiawa Nui Tonu

Poutua – BFA Fine Arts, Quay School of the Arts, Wanganui; MMVA Toioho ki Apiti, Massey University, Palmerston North

bio_tengaruru-wineeraTengaruru Wineera – Ngāti Ruanui; Ngā Ruahinerangi; Taranaki Tūkau; Ngāti Toa

Poutua – BA Tohu Paetahi, University of Waikato

 

Ngā Kaitautoko

 

bio_melvilleRachel Melville

Research Centre Co-ordinator
Taranaki Whānui; Ngā Puhi, Tūhourangi; Ngāti Whakaue; Kahungūngū; Ngāti Raukawa

bio_raukura-ropihaRaukura Ropiha

Research & Community Co-ordinator
Taranaki Whānui; Ngā Puhi; Tūhourangi; Ngāti Whakaue; Kahungūngū; Ngāti Raukawa
BMM, BML, DipML, DipMS, DipDA, DipTRM, Level4 FLM

Taneille Tamati

Research Centre Administrator
Taranaki Whānui; Ngā Puhi; Tūhourangi; Ngāti Whakaue