A selection of inspirational Māori student profiles
Be inspired by these earnest accounts of Māori students who truly deliver in showcasing academic success.
These profiles offer you the opportunity to hear the voices of some our Māori students, both past and present.
Hitaua Arahanga-Doyle
Department of Psychology
Have completed his undergraduate studies a the University of Otago, Hitaua Arahanga-Doyle returned to postgraduate study to help people and to give back for the awesome help he had received from his whānau.
James Berghan
School of Surveying
James Berghan (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri) is a PhD candidate in Surveying at the University of Otago and now a Lecturer in Urban Design in the School of Surveying.
Jade Christiansen
Department of Zoology
Jade Christiansen decided to come to Dunedin as it is the wildlife capital of New Zealand and the University of Otago has great Zoology and Ecology programmes.
James Croft-Bennett
Department of Botany
James Croft-Bennett is an arachnologist based in the botany department of all places. On the surface that doesn't make much sense but it turns out that spiders love plants.
Taylor Davies-Colley
Department of Botany
Growing up in Northland there was no limit of inspiration for Taylor Davies-Colley's passion for the natural world.
Dr Chanel Phillips
Te Koronga
In 2013 Chanel Phillips (Ngāpuhi, Ngati Hine) was one of the first students of Te Koronga, the Māori postgraduate research excellence group created within the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences. in 218 Chanel was appointed an a Kaihautū (Co-Director) of Te Koronga.
Tira Phillipson-Puna
Department of Human Nutrition and School of Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
Tira Phillipson-Puna was the inaugural graduate of the Master of Applied Science in Sport and Exercise Nutrition, and he is already putting his qualification to great use for high performance sports.