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Contact Information: Maori Staff
Following are the contact details for some Maori staff and their offices at the University. You can also contact individual Divisions and Departments and ask to speak to people involved in the area in which you are seeking information. If in doubt, the Office of Maori Development can assist or any one of the offices or people listed below.
Office of Maori Development (OMD)
Te Irika o Te Wharawhara Te Raki
(Left to Right) Claire Porima (Karu o te Kahu, Project Manager), Janine Kapa (Kaiwhakahaere Matua, Acting Director), Mark Brunton (Maikuku o te Kahu, Research Manager Maori), Miriam Keane (Kaituitui o Te Poutama Maori), Hinerangi Nielsen (Kaiwhakahaere Tari, Personal Assistant/Administrator - not pictured here)
The University established the Office of Maori Development (OMD) following Council’s endorsement of its Maori Strategic Framework (MSF) in 2007 (see also information on the MSF's developmental history). The 2005 Treaty of Waitangi Stocktake clearly identified that while a large and varied range of activity was occurring in the area of M?ori development, it lacked a cohesive ‘map’ as well as clear, centralised leadership. The development and implementation of the MSF therefore initiated an institutional change for the University, led from the Vice-Chancellor’s Office. It ‘normalised’ M?ori development at the University, and has since become a natural part of life across all of the University’s four campuses.
The main role of the OMD is to provide leadership to both academic and service divisions and to create opportunities for information sharing, clear communication and collaboration, enabling the MSF to move off the page and into the workplace.
The Office also manages the University’s Treaty partnerships and a variety of other projects associated with M?ori development. It consists of:
Acting Director
Janine Kapa
Ngai Tahu, Ngati Mamoe, Waitaha
Extension 4916
Research Manager Maori
Mark Brunton
Ngai Tahu
Extension 8738
For more information on the Maori Research Consultation Policy, go here.
Project Manager
Claire Porima
Waikato, Ngati Hikairo
Extension 7461
Personal Assistant/Administrator
Hinerangi Nielsen
Waikato, Ngati Apakura me Ngapuhi
Extension 8081
Coordinator, Te Poutama Maori
Miriam Keane
Ngati Whatua
Extension 8081
For a copy of the Maori Strategic Framework, go here.
For information on the Maori Strategic Framework's Developmental History, go here.
Maori Staff Networks
Awhi Mai Awhi Atu (AMAA)
AMAA is a network of Maori staff and staff who support M?ori staff and/or students at the University of Otago.
As its Constitution outlines, it exists to:
- Foster a supportive environment for Maori staff in the University of Otago;
- Encourage whakawhanaungatanga among Maori staff employed in any capacity by the University of Otago;
- Affirm, support and strengthen the role of Maori staff in the University community and create a climate for the sharing of knowledge and expertise for the benefit of all;
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Seek to achieve the above aims and objectives by:
- Providing opportunities for social contact among Maori staff employed by the University of Otago;
- Providing a forum for discussion of matters of common interest;
- Instituting action to appropriately affirm, support and strengthen the role of Maori staff in the University community; and
- Responding to any public comment or issues relating to the role of Maori staff.
Maori Health Units
The University has three Schools of Medicine; one in Dunedin, one in Christchurch and another in Wellington.
Each of these schools has a Maori health unit; contact information for each unit is listed below:
Maori and Indigenous Health Institute (MIHI)
Director
Suzanne Pitama
Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Ngati Whare
03 364 3635
suzanne.pitama@otago.ac.nz
or go to:
http://www.uoc.otago.ac.nz/departments/mihi/index.htm
Te Roopu Rangahau Hauroa a Eru Pomare
Director
Bridget Robson
Ngati Raukawa
04 918 5784
bridget.robson@otago.ac.nz
Ngai Tahu Maori Health Research Centre
Director of NTMHRC
John Broughton
Ngai Tahu/Ngati Kahungunu
03 479 7268
john.broughton@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
For more information about the Centre:
http://www.otago.ac.nz/research/centres/res_cen_maorihealth.html
Hauora Maori
Associate Dean
Dr. Joanne Baxter
Ngai Tahu/Ngati Apa ki Te Ra To
03 479 7176
joanne.baxter@otago.ac.nz