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Hazel Abraham

2025: Dr Hazel Abraham of Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau – Auckland Univer...
  • 2025: Dr Hazel Abraham of Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau – Auckland University of Technology is researching how digital technology could enhance Māori and Pa...

Aotearoa New Zealand Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowships awarded to 22 researchers

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    Fri 31 Oct 2025

Alexandra Allen-Franks

2025: Dr Alexandra Allen-Franks from Waipapa Taumata Rau – the University...
  • 2025: Dr Alexandra Allen-Franks from Waipapa Taumata Rau – the University of Auckland will investigate how courts treat evidence that has been improperly obtained

Philippa Brakes

2025: Dr Philippa Brakes from Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University will ...
  • 2025: Dr Philippa Brakes from Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University will investigate the risks and rewards of socially transmitted information

Helena Cook

2025: Dr Helena Cook from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha – the University of Canterbury...
  • 2025: Dr Helena Cook from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha – the University of Canterbury will study how young Pacific people understand and engage with politics

Rachel Denee

2025: Dr Rachel Denee of Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington will i...
  • 2025: Dr Rachel Denee of Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington will investigate how we can improve early childhood education

Alice-Roza Eruera

2025: Dr Alice-Roza Eruera of Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – University of Otago wil...
  • 2025: Dr Alice-Roza Eruera of Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – University of Otago will study ancient viruses and their evolution to assess how they might be useful for biote...

Rebecca French

2025: Dr Rebecca French of Ōtakou Whakaiku Waka – the University of Otago will i...
  • 2025: Dr Rebecca French of Ōtakou Whakaiku Waka – the University of Otago will investigate whether viruses carried by rats in Aotearoa New Zealand could cause outbre...

Apriel Jolliffe Simpson

2025: Dr Apriel Jolliffe Simpson of Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato – the Un...
  • 2025: Dr Apriel Jolliffe Simpson of Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato – the University of Waikato will develop a systematic approach to identifying high-harm perpetrators o...

Jesse Kearse

2025: Dr Jesse Kearse of Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington will u...
  • 2025: Dr Jesse Kearse of Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington will use a recent boom in global seismic data to understand how earthquakes start, spread...

Tara McAllister

2025: Dr Tara McAllister of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa will investigate how mātaurang...
  • 2025: Dr Tara McAllister of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa will investigate how mātauranga Māori can contribute to research, science, and innovation in Aotearoa New Zealand

Rebecca McMullin

2025: Dr Rebecca McMullin from the Cawthron Institute will develop tools for earl...
  • 2025: Dr Rebecca McMullin from the Cawthron Institute will develop tools for early detection of environmental stress caused by offshore aquaculture

Caitlin Owen

2025: Dr Caitlin Owen of Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – the University of Otago will deve...
  • 2025: Dr Caitlin Owen of Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – the University of Otago will develop a more transparent and energy-efficient system for automated machine-learning

Jessica Prebble

2025: Dr Jessica Prebble of the Bioeconomy Science Institute will explore how plan...
  • 2025: Dr Jessica Prebble of the Bioeconomy Science Institute will explore how plants promote the persistence of climate-resilient peat bogs

Cate Ryan

2025: Dr Cate Ryan of Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau – Auckland University of ...
  • 2025: Dr Cate Ryan of Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau – Auckland University of Technology will assess the condition of coastal dunes in Aotearoa New Zealand an...

Oka Sanerivi

2025: Dr Oka Sanerivi of Mātai Medical Research Institute will investigate Māori an...
  • 2025: Dr Oka Sanerivi of Mātai Medical Research Institute will investigate Māori and Pacific men’s perspectives on health, and specifically on prostate cancer

Wahineata Smith

2025: Dr Wahineata Smith of Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – University of Otago will st...
  • 2025: Dr Wahineata Smith of Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – University of Otago will study the experiences of Māori and Tongan families raising children with dual heritages

Luke Trainor

2025: Dr Luke Trainor of Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – the University of Otago will stud...
  • 2025: Dr Luke Trainor of Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – the University of Otago will study how “rare-earth-doped magnetically ordered crystals” may unlock quantum techn...

Liam Turk

2025: Dr Liam Turk of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha – University of Canterbury will st...
  • 2025: Dr Liam Turk of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha – University of Canterbury will study a class of bacterial proteins called TAXI transporters, to pave the way for ...

Corey Wadsley

2025: Dr Corey Wadsley of Waipapa Taumata Rau – the University of Auckland will in...
  • 2025: Dr Corey Wadsley of Waipapa Taumata Rau – the University of Auckland will investigate how our ability to quickly stop our actions changes as we age

Taylor Winter

2025: Dr Taylor Winter of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha – the University of Canterbu...
  • 2025: Dr Taylor Winter of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha – the University of Canterbury will develop an innovative approach to reduce the loneliness epidemic in Aotearoa...

Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowship - statistics of the 2025 round
  • Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowship - statistics of the 2025 round

James Berghan

2024: Dr James Berghan (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri) of Te Herenga Waka Victoria Universi...
  • 2024: Dr James Berghan (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri) of Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington will bridge the gap between evidence-based urban design and communi...

Neil Birrell

2024: Dr Neil Birrell of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland aims to disco...
  • 2024: Dr Neil Birrell of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland aims to discover the best evidence-based approaches to conservation by studying the unique insec...

William Holmes-Hewett

2024: Dr William Holmes-Hewett of Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wel...
  • 2024: Dr William Holmes-Hewett of Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington will study new materials for advanced components in quantum computers

Eileen Joy

2024: Dr Eileen Joy of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland studies the evide...
  • 2024: Dr Eileen Joy of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland studies the evidence that underlies policy decisions on social wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand

Jeff Lang

2024: Dr Jeff Lang of Lincoln Agritech Ltd will develop and validate a novel approach to...
  • 2024: Dr Jeff Lang of Lincoln Agritech Ltd will develop and validate a novel approach to identifying past earthquakes, their shaking intensities and precise dates using...

Ngahuia Mita

2024: Dr Ngahuia Mita (Te Aitanga-ā-Mahaki, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hako) of Rehutai Co...
  • 2024: Dr Ngahuia Mita (Te Aitanga-ā-Mahaki, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hako) of Rehutai Consulting and Tairāwhiti Waka will explore how waka hourua, double-hulled sailing c...

Karamia Müller

2024: Dr Karamia Müller of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will pi...
  • 2024: Dr Karamia Müller of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will pioneer Pacific-led research to improve housing outcomes for Pacific communities in Aote...

William Pearman

2024: Dr William Pearman of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will co...
  • 2024: Dr William Pearman of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will conduct research to understand how communities of microorganisms living in or on animals...

Chris Puli'uvea

2024: Dr Chris Puli’uvea of Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau Auckland Univ...
  • 2024: Dr Chris Puli’uvea of Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau Auckland University of Technology will research genetic variants that affect the immune system and ...

Farha Ramzan

2024: Dr Farha Ramzan of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will study th...
  • 2024: Dr Farha Ramzan of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will study the anti-inflammatory effects of kawakawa leaves for obesity treatment

Shane Rooyakkers

2024: Dr Shane Rooyakkers of Te Pū Ao GNS Science will study volcanic activity a...
  • 2024: Dr Shane Rooyakkers of Te Pū Ao GNS Science will study volcanic activity along the Tonga-Kermadec arc, a 2500 km-long chain of volcanoes spanning from Tonga to t...

Rituparna Roy

2024: Dr Rituparna Roy of Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato University of Waikato will stu...
  • 2024: Dr Rituparna Roy of Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato University of Waikato will study why political measures are failing to address ethnic pay inequities

Alex Schuddeboom

2024: Dr Alex Schuddeboom of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury...
  • 2024: Dr Alex Schuddeboom of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury will explore the impacts of climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand through the develop...

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