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Contact Information: Māori Staff
Following are the contact details for some Māori 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 Māori Development can assist or any one of the offices or people listed below.
Office of Māori Development
(Left to Right) Tuari Potiki (Kaiwhakahaere, Director), Claire Porima (Kaiwhakahaere Pūtere, Project Manager),Mark Brunton (Kaiwhakahaere Rakahau Māori, Research Manager Māori), Hinerangi Nielsen (Kaiwhakahaere Tari, Personal Assistant/Administrator), Miriam Keane (Kaituitui o Te Poutama Māori) and Janine Kapa (Kaiwhakahaere Tuarua, Deputy Director).
The University established the Office of Māori Development (OMD) following Council’s endorsement of its Māori 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 Māori 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’ Māori 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 Māori development. It consists of:
Director
Tuari Potiki
Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha
Extension 8420
Deputy Director
Janine Kapa
Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha
Extension 4916
Research Manager Māori
Mark Brunton
Kāi Tahu
Extension 8738
For more information on the Maori Research Consultation Policy, go here.
Project Manager
Claire Porima
Waikato, Ngāti Hikairo
Extension 7461
Personal Assistant/Administrator
Hinerangi Nielsen
Waikato, Ngāti Apakura
Extension 8081
For a copy of the Māori Strategic Framework, go here.
For information on the Māori Strategic Framework's Developmental History, go here.
Māori Staff Networks
Awhi Mai Awhi Atu (AMAA)
AMAA is a network of Māori staff and staff who support Māori staff and/or students at the University of Otago.
As its Constitution outlines, it exists to:
- Foster a supportive environment for Māori staff in the University of Otago;
- Encourage whakawhanaungatanga among Māori staff employed in any capacity by the University of Otago;
- Affirm, support and strengthen the role of Māori 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 Māori 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 Māori staff in the University community; and
- Responding to any public comment or issues relating to the role of Māori staff.
Māori 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 Māori health unit; contact information for each unit is listed below:
Māori and Indigenous Health Institute (MIHI)
Director
Suzanne Pitama
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Ngāti Whare
03 364 3635
suzanne.pitama@otago.ac.nz
or please follow the link provided
Te Roopu Rangahau Hauroa a Eru Pomare
Director
Bridget Robson
Ngāti Raukawa
04 918 5784
bridget.robson@otago.ac.nz
Ngāi Tahu Maori Health Research Centre
Director of NTMHRC
John Broughton
Kāi Tahu/Ngāti Kahungunu
03 479 7268
john.broughton@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
For more information about the Centre please follow the link provided
Hauora Maori
Associate Dean
Dr. Joanne Baxter
Kāi Tahu/Ngāti Apa ki Te Rā To
03 479 7176
joanne.baxter@otago.ac.nz