Meegan teaches courses on higher education learning and teaching and hosts teaching orientations and events. Most of her teaching is to lecturers and tutors whilst she also contributes to the programme offered by Te Kawa a Māui, the School of Māori Studies, such as their introductory course about Māori society and culture and their postgraduate course about Māori research methodologies.

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. 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.

Hiria McRae is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education. She has extensive experience in working with practicing teachers and teaching postgraduate students and teacher trainees in the areas of mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori, science and technology, critical pedagogies, education for sustainability. Past research projects have included iwi exploration of Māori student success, digital devices to connect home and school learning in low socio-economic communities and Māori community based science programmes.