Associate Professor Dean Mahuta

Dr. Dean Mahuta is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of Te Ipukarea Research Institute. In 2019 he was appointed as one of two Vision Mātauranga Advisors at AUT and has influenced successful research project applications across the University. The foundation of Dean’s work is his identity as Waikato and his chosen medium is te reo Māori. His BA(Hons) dissertation and his master’s thesis were written in te reo Māori and focused on the Kīngitanga and raupatu (land confiscations of the Waikato region) respectively.

Dr Farah Palmer

Senior Lecturer

Farah Rangikoepa Palmer is the Director of the Māori Business & Leadership Centre and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management, College of Business, Massey University. Her teaching and research interests are in the sociology of sport, sport management, leadership and governance as they relate to Māori and women in particular. Dr Palmer was a member of the New Zealand women’s rugby team (Black Ferns) from 1995 to 2006, and captained the team to three World Cups (1998, 2002, and 2006).