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Dr McIntosh is a Senior Lecturer and researcher in sociology at The University of Auckland. Completing her doctorate in sociology in 2002, she has lectured at the University since 1999, and in 2004-2005 was a Fulbright Visiting Lecturer in New Zealand Studies at Georgetown, Washington D.C.

Tracey brings a wide level of experience to her role at Nga Pae o te Maramatanga in international work, community development, student equity and her contributions to the academic community. She has been a member of the Fulbright Senior Scholar and New Zealand Graduate Scholarship Panel, a member of the Marsden
Fund Social Science Panel and the FoRST Te Tipu o te Wananga Maori Research Investment Panel. Tracey also was the Associate Dean (Equity) in the Faculty of Arts in 2003-2007 and was Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor (EO) from 2005- 2008.

Of Tuhoe descent, Tracey has been involved in Nga Pae o te Maramatanga as a foundation member of the Research Committee and has had a long involvement with the Maori Women’s Welfare League. In 2002 she was awarded a University of Auckland Distinguished Teaching Award. She has also taught in France and Burundi, and lectured in sociology at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji.

Professor Walker, of the Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour Group, School of Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland, has served on the Boards of two Crown Research Institutes, the New Zealand Government Science and Innovation Advisory Council, and as a co-opted member of the Society Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Michael brings extensive teaching, research and service provision experience to his role at Nga Pae o te Maramatanga. Throughout his career he has worked to increase participation by Maori and Pacific Island people in all aspects of science and has helped lead initiatives to improve their recruitment and retention as students entering the sciences at university level. This work has included the establishment of the Tuakana Programme to ensure Maori and Pacific Island students in biology succeeded in their first year at university and in their whole degree. He is also active in advocacy for science and science education to Maori and Pacific Island people.

Dr. Mere Kepa is a transcultural educationalist. She has published widely on pedagogical decolonisation, applied linguistics, language, culture and education, learning and development in multilingual contexts, international development and indigenous knowledge, and care of the elderly. She is particularly interested in Maori and Pacific Islands peoples' languages and cultures.

Mere has worked with numerous Government organisations and corporations as a researcher on indigenous issues, including Mighty River Power, the Health Research Council, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. She is also involved in management of the Patuharakeke Trust Board and governance of the Tataiahape Marare Trustees in Waimana. For the last two years, Mere has been the Tangata Whenua representative and moderator for New Zealand's National Diploma in Teaching Early Childhood Education, Pasifika.

Mere is currently a Research Fellow with Nga Pae o te Maramatanga.

Emeritus Professor Ranginui Walker, DCNZM was born in Waiaua, Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa New Zealand. He was educated at St Peters Maori College, Northcote, Auckland Teachers College and the University of Auckland. Ranginui is an academic of outstanding reputation and the recipient in 2007 of a lifetime achievement award from Nga Pae o te Maramatanga for his research contributions. Since the 1960s, he has worked tirelessly with Maori communities in the Auckland region. He is committed to the work carried out by the Whakotea Trust Board, Opotiki, and to the development and advancement of Maori people and our organisations throughout Aotearoa. Ranginui has been happily married to Deirdre for 55 years.
Ranginui now brings the values of critique, diligence, loyalty and commitment to Maori people, communities and organisations to the role as the Editor-in-Chief, of AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples.

Joanna is a sociologist at He Parekereke, the Institute for Research and Development in Maori and Pacific Education at Victoria University of Wellington. Her teaching and research is in the area of Maori education and youth studies. She also has an interest in indigenous place-based education.

Dr Te Rito was Dean of Maori Studies at EIT Hawke's Bay, leading the establishment of the campus marae and a BA and BA Honours degree in Maori language and culture. He then became General Manager of Maori Language & Culture at the Maori Television Service. He was founding head of Radio Kahungunu in 1988, a position he still holds today. He has been Chairman of the Ōmāhu Māori Committee for 20 years during which time he lead and completed the Ōmāhu marae rebuilding project.

Merata Kawharu is a Director of Research at the James Henare Maori Research Centre at the University of Auckland. She was a Rhodes Scholar reading in social anthropology at Oxford, graduating with a DPhil in 1998. Merata also completed a graduate diploma in business administration at Auckland University in 2004. She publishes various papers on Maori socio-environmental and development studies as well as reports for tribal groups, government and the Crown Forest Rental Trust. Merata is a member of the Maori Heritage Council.

Rachel is in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. She has taught extensively in a range of areas in Management, Organisation Studies, Business, Society and Culture and Leading and Managing Māori organisations. Rachel is a member of the Native Science Academy, European Group Organisation Studies and Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management. She has been an active researcher for over a decade in areas including creative industries, sustainable development, governance and spirituality. Rachel’s primary research interests include symbolic leadership, spiritual efficacy, institutional innovation, sustainable enterprise and native science.

Before taking up the position of Head of School in Aotahi: School of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Canterbury he lectured in the Departments of Māori Studies, Pacific Studies and History at the University of Auckland. As a guest lecturer he has also taught in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Auckland, the Auckland University of Technology, the Auckland College of Education, Manukau Polytechnic (Auckland), Whangarei Polytechnic, Christchurch Polytechnic, University of British Columbia (Canada) and University of Toronto (Canada).

Tanira is an agricultural economist with research interests in tribal (communal) agriculture, indigenous knowledge systems and the development of bio-economic simulation models for resource governance and management. Tanira has a PhD in environmental management and development from the Australian National University and has worked extensively with Maori land owners and Maori land authorities over the last 15 years along with First Nations in North America and indigenous land owners in the South Pacific.

Patricia is the Head of the School of Indigenous Graduate Studies at Te Whare Wananga O Awanuiarangi in Whakatane. Her discipline is education, incorporating indigenous education, policy, history, social policy, schooling and leadership.

Chris is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Auckland. He was a Gates Scholar reading in political philosophy at Cambridge, graduating with a PhD in 2007. He is also a graduate of the United Nations University Governance and Peace Program. Chris teaches international relations and nationalism at Auckland and is currently working on his forthcoming book, Tino Rangatiratanga: Maori Self-Determination and Governance.