Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award Yasmin Olsen from Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland will complete a Master of Laws at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Yasmin graduated with an LLB (Hons First Class) and a BA in English Literature from the University of Otago in 2015.

Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award Nikki Barrett from Kirikiriroa Hamilton will research the revitalisation of traditional Indigenous birthing knowledge and practices towards a PhD candidate at the University of Waikato. Nikki graduated with a BSpLS in 2009, and a Master of Sport and Leisure Studies in 2016 from Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato – University of Waikato.

Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award Jenni Tupu from Tāmaki Makaurau will research identity development from an Indigenous perspective in relation to traditional practices of kinship adoption, towards a PhD at the University of Otago. Jenni graduated with a Graduate Diploma in Leadership (Māori Development) from Unitech Institute of Technology in 2005, a Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership and Management in 2009, and a Master of Indigenous Studies with Distinction from the University of Otago in 2012.

Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award Maia Wikaira (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa) from Tūrangi will use her Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Awardto complete a Masters in Environmental Law and Policy specialising in freshwater law and policy and indigenous rights at Stanford University in California. Maia graduated with an LLB (First Class Hons) and BA from the University of Otago in 2011.

Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award Carrie Clifford from Gore will research indigenous conceptualisations of child development, mental health, and treatment at the University of Colorado in Denver, Colorado and John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, towards her PhD at the University of Otago. Carrie graduated with a BSc in Psychology in 2015 and a BSc (Hons First Class) in 2016, from the University of Otago.

Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award Fin will travel from Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington to Hawai’i, Duluth, and Baltimore as a Visiting Student Researcher. He will work alongside Indigenous scholars and communities affiliated with the University of Hawai’i at Manoa Office of Public Health Studies, and the Johns Hopkins University Centre for Indigenous Health. Fin graduated with a BA in Māori Resource Management and Psychology (2020), and an BSci (Hons) in Psychology (2021) at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington.

Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award Melissa Derby from Tauranga will research critical theories of race, ethnicity and indigeneity at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado and at San Diego State University in San Diego, California towards a PhD in Education at the University of Canterbury. Melissa graduated with a BA from Victoria University of Wellington in 2002 and an MA (Hons First Class) from AUT in 2016.

Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award Rachael Jones from Dunedin will complete a Masters of Laws specialising in Constitutional and Indigenous Law at Columbia University in New York City, New York. Rachael graduated with an LLB (Hons First Class) and a BA in Economics from the University of Otago in 2013. Above

Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award Te Puoho Katene from Porirua will complete a Master of Science in Management degree at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Te Puoho graduated with a BSc and a BA from Victoria University of Wellington in 2007.