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Mahi o mua | Portfolio of work

Below are exemplar samples of past projects, from kaupapa Māori and Pacific-based research and evaluation, as well as popular commentary pieces.

Toi te Kupu (2024)

Evaluation of Aotearoa Reorua: Bilingual Towns & Cities 
Department of Internal Affairs

Ngāti Ira Oral and Traditional History Project (2024)

Oral and traditional history research project for Ngāti Ira, under the North-East Bay of Plenty Inquiry 
Crown Forestry Rental Trust/Te Mana Moana o Ngāti Irapuāia Trust

Mana for All (2024)

Equity and Te Tiriti wānanga for local government staff
Dunedin City Council

He Kai Kei Aku Ringa (2023)

Evaluation of the Iwi and Hapū Social Procurement and Partnership Model, under Ka Ora, Ka Ako | The Healthy School Lunches Programme
Ministry of Education

Whakamana Tangata in Practice (2023)

Insights from the Whakatakapōkai Youth Justice Residence
Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children

Into the N/Light: Wharenui Harikoa (2023)

Art News Aotearoa. Spring 2023.

Evaluation Framework for the Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan 2025 (2023)

Evaluation framework to guide the intended evaluation of the Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan 2025 
Ministry of Health

Review - Lonnie Hutchinson (2023)

Art News Aotearoa. Summer 2023.

Review - He Wai Ngunguru, Nomads of the Sea (2023)

Wairau Māori Art Gallery, Te Huarewa Toi Wairau Māori

Koro and the Statue: Disrupting Colonial Amnesia and White Settler Sovereignty in Aotearoa New Zealand (2023)

The Palgrave Handbook on Rethinking Colonial Commemorations

Review - Wharenui Harikoa (2023)

The Journal of Pacific History, March 2023

Wharenui Harikoa: Lissy Robinson-Cole and Rudi Robinson (2023)

Surface Design, Summer 2023

Whakautu: Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman (2023)

Ngā Kupu Wero

Review - Kāinga: People, Land, Belonging (2023)

Waka Kuaka: Journal of the Polynesian Society

Ka mua, ka muri (2022)

Nōku Te Ao Like Minds’ Whakapapa and Procurement Approaches 
Te Whatu Ora/Te Hiringa Hauora

Racism in peril? Mutual aid and solidarity in the face of New Zealand’s history of white supremacy against Chinese and Māori (2022)

Peace Action: Struggles for a Decolonised and Demilitarised Oceania and East Asia

Bringing our tūpuna home (2022)

E-Tangata

Tenants in our own Land? Racism, Settler Colonialism, and Māori Home Ownership (2022)

Towards a Grammar of Race in Aotearoa New Zealand

Evidence Brief: Mental health and wellbeing needs of children and young people (2022)

Mapping the key ingredients for implementing Tiriti-based equitable procurement approaches
Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children

Ka mua, ka muri: A Tiriti-based equitable procurement system (2022)

Mapping the key ingredients for implementing Tiriti-based equitable procurement approaches
Te Whatu Ora/Te Hiringa Hauora

Kia Puawai (2021)

National SUDI Prevention Programme Evaluation, alongside Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Ministry of Health

The Imperial German flag: a symbol of colonisation of the body and gender (2021)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Indigenous Rights: Colonial Chimera? The Illusion of Positive Peace in a Settler Colonial Context (2021)

The Palgrave Handbook of Positive Peace

Clowns wear suits, too’: the look, feel and taste of systemic racism (2021)

E-Tangata

Partnership is critical during a crisis (2020)

E-Tangata

Terra in our Mist: A Tūhoe Narrative of Indigenous Sovereignty and State Violence (2020)

PhD thesis, the Australian National University

We don’t have to go down this path (2020)

E-Tangata

Te Rautoki ā-Toi: Toiuru (2019)

Evaluation of the Kāhui Investment Model, alongside Allen + Clarke & Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Te Mātāwai

Manaaki animation (2019), produced by Open Polytechnic

Animation exploring manaaki in the workplace 
© Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Te Mana Motuhake o te Whānau: He wānanga reo mō te whānau

Evaluation of the Kāhui Investment Model, alongside Allen + Clarke & Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Te Mātāwai

Trouble on the Frontier: Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Sovereignty and State Violence (2017)

Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies