Ko Hikurangi te maunga, ko Waiapū te awa, ko Ngāti Porou te iwi, ko Te whānau ā Pōkai te hapū, ko Pōkai te wharenui, ko Te Kapa a Hinekōpeka te tūrangawaewae, ko Pania Te Maro ahau.

I am mum of 5 and nana of 12 mokopuna. I have taught in Kōhanga reo, primary and secondary school rūmaki units and was a teaching Tumuaki (principal) of a Kura ā-Iwi teaching in kura teina and wharekura. My research focusses on maths and stats education in the compulsory sector in both kaupapa Māori and kaupapa English schools. I am aware that each context is better managed by those who are working within the context, therefore I do not have answers. Only ideas and experiences to share.

I am currently an Associate Professor, with responsibilities as Kaihautū Māori and Kaiārahi Tiriti for the Institute of Education and Associate Dean Māori for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University. My hope is to engage in positive, constructively challenging, hope-filled ways to sustain mātauranga Māori in/by/through education, enabling greater inclusion in all that is Aotearoa.