Professor Te Kawehau Hoskins

Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori

Dr Te Kawehau Hoskins (Ngāpuhi) is the Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, and Associate Professor at Te Puna Wānanga in the Faculty of Education and Social Work. She is primarily engaged in qualitative social and educational research in the area of the politics and ethics of Indigene – Settler relations, and multicultural and bicultural education.

Associate Professor Hinekura Smith

University of Queensland

Hinekura is a Principal Researcher (ARC Indigenous Futures Centre) at the University of Queensland.  She holds a Doctor of Philosophy of Education, from Te Puna Wananga, School of Māori and Indigenous Education, the University of Auckland.

Her research grounded in kaupapa Māori theory, includes the reclamation and revitalisation of Māori language, culture and identity - particularly for Māori women and children as well as the development of qualitative Kaupapa Māori and art-based methodologies.

Dr Jade Le Grice

Senior Lecturer

Jade Le Grice (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Auckland. Her research focuses on Indigenous sexuality and reproduction. She engages decolonising praxis - deconstructing dominant sociocultural norms and legitimating mātauranga Māori as they shape and inform lived realities, and across knowledge, health and education systems.