The Wellington Post-Doctoral Society and the Malaghan Institute are excited to present the second event in our Mātauranga Māori seminar series - a panel discussion featuring three Māori academics who successfully use and contribute to Mātauranga Māori in their respective fields.

Please join us in HMLT002, Kelburn Campus at midday on Wednesday, July 3rd. Or via zoom at: https://vuw.zoom.us/j/95254283642.

The panel will feature:

• Dr Tara McAllister (Te Aitanga a Mahaki) Kairangahau Matua, Te Manawahoukura, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Tara gained her PhD from the University of Canterbury in Freshwater Ecology. More recently, she was the recipient of the Te Kōpūnui Māori Research Award for her work on the underrepresentation and undervaluing of Māori academics.

• Dr Clive Aspin (Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Tamaterā), Associate Professor of Health Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, and Chair, Te Urungi Malaghan Institute. Clive is a public health researcher with an interest in Māori health. He is the 2023 recipient of the Te Rangi Hiroa Medal, awarded by the Royal Society - Te Apārangi for his national and international contributions to social and cultural diversity.

• Dr Sara Belcher (Te Arawa - Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāti Uenukukōpako) Senior Lecturer, School of Science in Society, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Sara has worked at the intersection of Mātauranga Māori and mainstream ‘Western’ science – developing a framework that links Mātauranga Māori and pūtaiao Māori concepts to scientific quantitative metrics.

Please RSVP to join us in person or online here – https://vuw.libcal.com/event/5727242.