Māori in Engineering

Tamahau Brown (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) is completing his Masters of Computer Science at te Whare Wānanga o Waikato. In this kōrero, Tamahau delves into: the digital platform that he’s helping to create that incorporates tikanga māori into virtual environments, how general solutions don’t work for everyone and how to address this, indigenous data sovereignty and he finishes off with valuable advice he’...

This episode, Elle Archer and Sina Cotter Tait share how they hold true to their ‘why’ within the governance space in Aotearoa, the power of coming from a STEM background and the power of having a mate to support you throughout it all (+ so much more). Elle Archer (Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi) is a Director, Board member, whānau member, friend (among SO many other things) and...

This episode I chat with Paraone Luiten Apirana who hails from Ngāti Hikairo, Te Arawa and Tuhoe. Paraone is in his final year of conjoint degree of a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) specialising in Mechanical and Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Marketing. This episode delves into his involvement in whakairo (carving), how he has the opportunity to leave a place better than he has found it and...

The mic has been flipped! Troy Brockbank takes the interviewer seat and I am the one to share kōrero on who I am, why I do what I do, and how this space came to be etc. etc.  Ngā mihi nunui to Troy for his time and support throughout this episode (as well as throughout this whole journey in general). Ngā mihi nui to the the ngā manuhiri who contributed nga patai to this episode. And, ngā mihi...

The mic has been flipped!  Troy Brockbank takes the interviewer seat and I am the one to share kōrero on who I am and why I do what I do etc. Following suit to the other manuhiri episode blurb:  Alyce Lysaght (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi) is a recent graduate of Natural Resource and Humanitarian Engineering at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha. Passionate about leaving a place better than she...

L’Rey Renata (Iwi: Tainui) is a Chemical and Materials Engineering student at Waipapa Taumata Rau, a māmā and an all round awesome person. You may know of L’Rey from her mahi in the Water Resource Management space through her completion of her Honours project an ‘Water Engineers' Perspective on Interactions with Maaoridom in Water Management Solutions’. She recently presented a Water NZ webina...

Ariana George (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Hauā) has just completed high school and is enrolled to study Civil Engineering at Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau. Ariana is passionate about empowering wāhine and Māori to believe in themselves. During high school, she has started her own tutoring business, been supported by Girl Boss and involved in various kaupapa. She has harnessed these opportunities to emp...

Hana Whiting (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa) is a recent Landscape Architect graduate from Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki (Lincoln Univeristy). She is passionate about providing better outcomes for Māori through design of the natural and built environment. This is particularly evident through her mahi with Ara Poutama (Department of Corrections) and Mahaanui Kurataiao Ltd. For this episode, she speaks on: Her jour...

Luke August (Ngāti Hauiti, Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Muaūpoko) is in his third year of studying Mechanical with a minor in Biomedical engineering at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha. Despite this being released during Level 4 lockdown, we were lucky enough to record this kanohi ki te kanohi. It was awesome to sit down with Luke, where he delves into things like his: involvement with Pūhoro STEM Academy...

David Rei Miller is an Environmental Engineer who began his studies at the University of Auckland but finished with a BE (Hons) and ME (Hons) from Massey University. He has spent the last 16 years in local government and currently looks after the water supplies for Palmerston North City Council. David is passionate about sustainability and resilience, and has experienced what the journey is like t...

Jamie Pye is an electrical engineering graduate from Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau and now an Infrastructure Project Manger. Attending kohanga reo and now on a journey of reclaiming her reo māori is just one of the reasons her insight on incorporating te ao māori and engineering is invaluable.  She speaks on what it will mean for more māori to be within engineering, importance of support...

Kia ora tātou! This episode we have Teresa Poli. This wahine toa is a recent environmental engineer graduate from Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato and went into the construction side of the industry straight from university. Teresa completed her Honours project on the māori perspective on roads and is now completing her Masters on the same kaupapa! She speaks truthfully about how she has found her exper...

Kia ora e te whānau! This episode we have John Blyth sharing kōrero with us. He is a geologist by training and speaks on his role as Māori Business Advisor with Beca. I met John last year through both of our journeys of learning te reo Māori at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. He holds a particularly interesting perspective on how to get māori in to engineering especially from a business advisory perspectiv...

Kia ora rā tatou.    This the second part of the two part interview with Troy Brockbank. In this second part series, he delves in to things such as Pākehā paralysis, being a māori "tickbox-er" and the power in empowering māori engineers to be māori and so so much more. I hope you enjoy it this kōrero as much as I did. Check out the instagram @maori_in_engineering.pod for more frequent up...

Kia ora rā tatou. This the first part of the two part interview with Troy Brockbank. Troy has a wealth of experience in the engineering consultancy world here in Aotearoa New Zealand. In this first part series, he delves into his upbringing and his experiences studying engineering at Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau. Check out the instagram @maori_in_engineering.pod for more frequent updates.&nb...

Kia ora tātou, this is a brief mihi explaining the kaupapa, more specifically ko wai au and he aha tenei.  Check out the instagram @maori_in_engineering.pod for more frequent updates.