Past Contributors

Past Contributors

Past researchers

Mark Haggerty came to Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai from the Sonoran Institute in Montana where he facilitated community based and collaborative land use planning efforts across the US Northern Rockies. Mark's interests and work for Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai included the use of online and interpersonal networking tools and facilitation of community-based environmental management efforts. The TMK Website was largely setup by Mark and could not of been done without him!

Dr. Simon Lambert (Ngati Ruapani, Tuhoe). LandCare/Manaaki Whenua, Lincoln, tel. Simon's PhD investigated 'The Expansion of Sustainability through New Economic Space: Maori Potatoes and Cultural Resilience'. He whakapapa's to the marae Te Kuha and Waimako near Lake Waikaremoana and is a current committee member of Tahuri Whenua, the National Maori Vegetable Growers Collective. His research interests include the social ecological resilience of marginalised communities, management of deviant knowledge, sustainable water technologies, drug geography, and the diffusion of innovations. He was the Canterbury regional coordinator for the Tu Mai Paerua Maori and Indigenous Doctoral Mentoring Programme, initiated by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. Simon maintains a blog on Maori Ecopolitics  .

Mike Barker, Associate Professor, Marine Science Department. Mike has research interests in the ecology of marine invertebrates of value to fisheries and aquaculture, specifically paua and kina.   His present research projects also involve ways of increasing the quality and value of kina to support their aquaculture and marketing.  He has also developed methods for the culture of juvenile kina and for reseeding these into depleted adult populations. Read more about Mike's research interests and see his publications at the University of Otago's Marine Science web site.   (03) 479-7988 mike.barker@stonebow.otago.ac.nz 

Dr. Miles Lamare (Ngāti Rahiri Tumutumu, Hauraki) is a lecturer in the Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, with research interests in marine ecology, population biology, marine invertebrate biology, and the ecology and physiology of marine invertebrate larval stages.  He has undertaken extensive research into Kina (the New Zealand sea urchin), as well as sea urchins from tropical and polar regions.  Miles is the Māori Liaison representative for the Department of Marine Science. Fuller descriptions of Mile's research interests and publications are given at the University of Otago's Marine Science website. (03) 479-8336 miles.lamare@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

Dr Chris Rosin is a Research Fellow at CSAFE and a member of the Social Research Objective of the ARGOS project.  In ARGOS, he has contributed to the development, implementation and analysis of the qualitative interviewing programme with participating farmers and growers.  His doctoral research (Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison) examined the response of South American yerba mate producers to market pressures in MERCOSUR.  His research interests include political ecology, convention theory and sustainable agriculture as well as strategies for co-management of natural resource. Chris is a co-supervisor of Daniela Serra's PhD project on customary fishing in Chile. (03) 479-5230 chris.rosin@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

Past administrators and team managers

Eric Davies, Centre Manager,   Kā Rakahau o te Ao Tūroa  (CSAFE) Eric oversees the management of CSAFE and is providing support to Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai. Eric has previously worked in the International Office at the University and thoroughly enjoys helping to keep Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai running smoothly. He manages finances and contracting, human relations and the relationship between Kā Rakahau o te Ao Tūroa and the rest of the University of Otago. 

Greig Hinds, Research Manager (Interim): Greig provided support to the various projects through meeting management, drafting, editing and proofing, and general research assistance. Greig was originally from Auckland and recently returned to New Zealand from four years as a research manager with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. Prior to that, he spent two years as part of the in-house legal team for a power generation development company in Hong Kong.

 Nicola Morand, Research Team Manager (Kai Tahu) provided support to projects by managing and facilitating the team and its research activites.

Dorothy Scott, Kā Rakahau o te Ao Tūroa (CSAFE) was the Administrator for the Centre, and provided much of the general administration assistance to Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai.

Past student interns

Gemma Green is from Auckland and is doing a Postgraduate Diploma in Wildlife Management.  Her course work includes WLM403 'Practice of Wildlife Management' placement with a mātaitai management team (probably at Tauranga).  She will spend 6 weeks working on site with the management team and contribute to and write a formal report about a specified project in that time.  She is particularly concerned with the sustainable harvest of species and wise use of natural resources.  Check out the description of the placements at our Research Opportunities page.  If your management team would be keen to host such a student in future, contact Henrik Moller on                      (03) 479-9244         or                      (027) 226-8688         or by Email to henrik.moller@otago.ac.nz

Past Vacation Bursary students

Sera Price -  photo/profile to be added.

Aparna Lal -  photo/profile to be added.

Peri Subritzsky -  photo/profile to be added.

Julian Moller, is a Computer Science student at Otago University, and recently finished his second year of study. Julian held a vacation bursary provided by CSAFE to work on the Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai website; developing web based interfaces for research databases, and working on other features for donations and endnote libraries. esyst@es.co.nz

Joanne Lander  completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Anthropology at the University of Otago in 2007.  Joanne was granted a summer vacation research bursary by Otago University's Division of Humanities to work with Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai's research team at CSAFE.  With an interest in cultural well-being and relationships with the environment, Joanne became involved in a range of research activities including assisting with collation and analyses of primary material relating to enablers and barriers to establishing mātaitai and taiāpure in Aotearoa.  Joanne also helped edit the first issue of Kai Kōrero, the project's magazine.   lanjo774@student.otago.ac.nz

Emma Shaw, is studying zoology and botany at Otago University. She was awarded a summer vacation bursary funded by The University of Otago's Ecology, Conservation and Biodiversity Research Group for the 2007/08 summer. She asisted the mātaitai and Taiāpure fish surveys at Akaroa and Rakiura, and also helped prepare bibliographic databases. emmajaneshaw@gmail.com

Past Field workers

Hireke Phillips, is a second year student at the University of Canterbury. She is studying biology, focusing on the marine environment and Te Reo Maori. This summer she will be conducting a fishing survey for Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai and Te Whaka ā Te Wera Mātaitai community. This project is a jointly supervised by John Pirker and Henrik Moller and is funded by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.  Hireke's work for the survey is supported by a Tū Mai Rangihau Pūtaiao Summer scholarship awarded by Ngāi Tahu.  frania@xtra.co.nz

Mikayla Dyer, is a second year biology student at University of Canterbury University. She is particularly interested in marine biology. Over the 2007/08 summer, she will be conducting a fishing survey for Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai and Te Whaka ā Te wera mātaitai community. This project is a jointly supervised by John Pirker and Henrik Moller and is funded by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.  Mikayla is employed by Kā Rakahau o Te Ao Tūroa for this work.  mjd192@student.canterbury.ac.nz