Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award Hona Black (Tūhoe, Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Te Whakatōhea, Tūwharetoa) will explore language interference with te reo Māori and the Hawaiian language at the University of Hawai’i. Hona is a Senior Lecturer at Te Pūtahi-a-Toi: The School of Māori Knowedge, at Massey University.
Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award Hinekura Smith from Northland will research Native American and Native Hawai’ian women’s traditional clothing making as decolonising and culturally regenerative arts praxis. Hinekura is a senior lecturer and director of Ngā Wai a Te Tūi Māori and Indigenous Research Centre at Unitec Te Pūkenga.
Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award Will Flavell from Te Atatū South, Tāmaki Makaurau will research how language, culture, and identity feature in the schooling experiences of Native American Youth in Massachusetts. Will is the Kaihautū Māori at Te Hononga Akoranga COMET Auckland and elected to the Henderson-Massey Local Board.
Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award Pounamu Jade Aikman, from Gisborne, Auckland, and Timaru, will research comparative Indigenous experiences of settler colonialism between Aotearoa and the United States. He will be based in the History Department at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pounamu graduated with a BA (Hons First Class) in Māori Studies in 2012 and an MA in Anthropology from the University of Otago in 2014; a Level 3 Certificate in Automotive Engineering from Otago Polytechnic in 2014; and a PhD in Pacific Studies from the Australian National University in 2019.
Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award Haki Tuaupiki from Waikato will research the traditional Māori and Hawaiian navigation and voyaging record embedded in the oral arts and literature in Hawai’i. Haki is a Senior Lecturer in Māori Studies at the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies, University of Waikato.
Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award Robert Joseph is researching the indigenous self-determination governance and economic performance cultural nexus at the University of Arizona. Robert is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand and lecturer at the University of Waikato.
Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award Eruera Tarena (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) from Christchurch researched the features and mechanisms of contemporary indigenous organisation design, at Arizona State University Tempe in Tempe, Arizona and the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in Honolulu. Eruera is Manager of Strategy and Relationships at Te Tapuae o Rēhua.
Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award Matiu Rātima (Whakatōhea, Ngāti Pūkeko) from Dunedin did a comparative study of the teaching and learning of the Māori and Hawaiian languages in university courses at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Matiu is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies.
Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award 2012 Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award – Veronica Tawhai (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Uepohatu) from Palmerston North researched indigenous political educators’ assessments of the transformative potential of citizenship education, at the Center for World Indigenous Studies in Olympia, Washington. Veronica is a Lecturer in Māori Studies at Massey University.
Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award Te Kīpa Kēpa Brian Morgan (Ngāti Pikiao, Te Arawa) from Waiheke Island is using his 2016 Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award for researching potential applications of the Mauri Model Decision Making Framework at the University of Hawai’i, Colorado School of Mines, and the University of Arizona. Te Kīpa Kēpa Brian is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Auckland.
Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award Andrew Erueti from Christchurch will research changes in international human rights law and the implications for the future development of law as it relates to Māori and the Crown in New Zealand at the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, Colorado. Andrew is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland.
Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award Jason Mika from Palmerston North will research the design of effective enterprise assistance for indigenous entrepreneurs at Stanford University in San Francisco, California and University of Arizona in Tuscon, Arizona. Jason is co-director of Te Au Rangahau, the Māori Business and Leadership Research Centre at Massey Business School, and Senior Lecturer in the School of Management at Massey University.