Position within Board of Directors and Terms of Serving: Tangata Whenua (Indigenous) representative from Council for Social Work Education in Aotearoa New Zealand
Affiliation and Position (other than IASSW): Ngāti Te Aukiwa and Ngāti Kōhua hapū (sub-tribe affiliations)
Senior Academic – Social Work, Learning Delivery, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand – Te Pūkenga
Membership of organisations (other than IASSW):
- Tangata Whenua Social Workers Association of Social Work,
- Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers,
- Tangata Whenua Voices in Social Work,
- Ngāti Kahu Social and Health Services Charitable Trust
- Registered Social Worker (Kāhui Whakamana Tauwhiro – Social Workers Registration Board, Aotearoa New Zealand
- Council for Social Work Education in Aotearoa New Zealand
Educational Qualification/s: (Degrees):
- Master of Social Work (with Distinction), University of Otago.
- Bachelor of Social Work, University of Auckland
- EdD doctoral candidate, University of Auckland
Languages written and spoken:
- Te Reo Māori
- English
Interest Areas (social work teaching, research and practice):
- Indigenous wellbeing knowledges and practices
- Tiriti o Waitangi / Treaty of Waitangi (critical biculturalism- allied solidarity)
- Te Ao Māori – mātauranga, kaupapa and tikanga
- Supervision & Kaupapa Supervision
Current Activities (social work teaching, research, practice, others):
- Co-programme lead within Bachelor of Social Work
- Primary Subject Matter Expert – Mātauranga Māori, Te Ata Māhina Unified BSW Programme Project
- ED doctoral candidate, working title: “Grounded Praxis: The hidden significance of the ‘must have Marae-based experience’ of social work: a decolonising and indigenizing space-place that is a step up on the Poutama, or academic tokenism, voyeurism and cultural tourism?”.