Grace Walker (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngaruahine) and Jake Campbell (Te Rarawa) are the Founders of Tautoko Tech - a novel insulin pump with wrap around software support. Their mission is to empower people with diabetes to live with confidence and ease from the moment of diagnosis.
They share their journey from academia to entrepreneurship, meeting at a Māori and Indigenous Doctoral Conference and creating a product that combines engineering with an understanding of the communities they serve. A grounded conversation about the intersection of academia, engineering, and community. Enjoy e te whānau!
Byron Konia (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou, Dutch) shares his journey to now holding a dual role as a Senior Mechanical Engineer and Māori Advisor.
He shares his whakaaro through the lense of his mahi on the challenges the industry of the extreme weather patterns and the current political environment. We also take this episode as an opportunity to imagine what kotahitanga could look like for Māori in the industry. It was awesome to share space with Byron. Enjoy, e te whānau.
This episode was made possible by funding support from Te Ao Rangahau | Engineering New Zealand Grant Foundation 2023 Programme. The audio was edited by the awesome Jordan Greville from NZ Audio Editors. E mihi atu ana au ki a rātou.
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Maria Ngawati (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Porou) is a Māmā, CEO of Indigishare, Te Taumata Wāhine in Tech 2024 trade delegate, and PhD candidate researching ways for indigenous support and advancement - and, so much more.
In this episode, she talks on the variety of mahi she’s involved in, brings the perspective of a Māmā to an engineering student going through university with his reo rangatira, and her experiences navigating and influencing systems for Māori to realise their magic. Enjoy e te whānau.
This episode was made possible by funding support from Te Ao Rangahau | Engineering New Zealand Grant Foundation 2023 Programme. The audio was edited by the awesome Jordan Greville from NZ Audio Editors. E mihi atu ana au ki a rātou.
To stay connected, follow on Instagram @maori_in_engineering.pod
Kerin Brockbank (Te Rarawa) shares her story of working as a Reservoir Engineer in the geothermal space, the Wairākei geothermal power development’s impact, and her experience of being Māori in the engineering industry. Reservoir engineering is all about dealing with the stuff that’s harnessing the energy that is deep underground - getting up to 3 kilometres deep. I hope you enjoy Kerin’s really honest and informative kōrero. It opened my eyes to the world of reservoir engineering.
L'Rey Renata (Ngāpuhi, Tainui, Ngai Te Rangi) is a Māma, Water Engineer, PhD candidate, and Board Member in the engineering industry.
One year into her PhD at Waipapa Taumata Rau, she talks about her thinking of re-defining engineering best practice through an indigenous Te Ao Māori lense, the intention of her findings to be pillar for engineering professionals.
An absolute privilege to record another episode with L'Rey as she discusses her inherent approach of approaching problems holistically for the betterment of te taiao, hauora, and connection to the whenua and bringing everyone along in the journey.
For reference from the episode:
5 ways to access Māoritanga
Whakapapa
Tikanga
Arts, waiata
Te reo Māori
Wairutanga
Grant Kauri (Ngāti Raukawa, Rangitāne) works as the Owner Interface Manager for Waka Kotahi for Te Ahu a Turanga - Manawatū Tararua Highway project.
It is the first construction project where iwi are partners at the governance level. In this episode, he speaks about his journey of engineering through the cadet pathway and some of the many intricacies of the massive project that is Te Ahu a Turanga.
This episode was made possible through the funding support from Engineering New Zealand Te Ao Rangahau 2023 Grant Programme.
Episode 27 we hear from Kate Walker (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Arawa, Ngāi Tuhoe) who is tuning in from Ruatōria. Kate is an Environmental Consultant with Poipoia Ltd - Poipoia, founded by Tina Porou, creates spaces and opportunities for kaitiakitanga to lead the way in caring for our natural environment in Aotearoa.
She speaks on exactly what creating space and opportunities for kaitiakitanga looks like in her mahi of engaging with and building confidence in hapū, iwi and whānau to take the lead to champion moving forward.
Kate also speaks to the environmental planning world in the current political landscape - with repeals of the Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Act and what that means for whānau Māori. Enjoy e te iwi.
This episode was made possible through the funding support from Engineering New Zealand Te Ao Rangahau 2023 Grant Programme.
In this episode, Dr Emily Afoa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi) shares her values driven journey that’s seen her deep in the academia, consultancy and governance spaces within the engineering industry. Emily is a Chartered Environmental Engineer, Pou Whakarae | Director at Tektus Consultants Limited, Board Member of Association of Consulting and Engineering (ACE) New Zealand and so much more. Her heart work is clear and the mahi that she has done and is doing is intergenerational stuff. I learnt a lot in this episode, and I hope you do too. Enjoy e te whānau.
This episode was made possible through the funding support from Engineering New Zealand Te Ao Rangahau 2023 Grant Programme.
Raharuhi Koia (Ngāti Porou) is a Pāpā based in Ō Tautahi with his whānau. Raharuhi holds a frank and open kōrero about his life as a Structural Engineer, one of that as a Māori Engineer and what it means to be a good mentor in this changing space.
This episode is supported by Te Ao Rangahau Engineering NZ Grant Programme 2023. Enjoy e te iwi!
Paraone Luiten-Apirana (Ngāti Hikairo, Te Arawa, Ngāi Tūhoe) was a kaikōrero in Episode 12. A year and a half later, we recorded this episode ā-tinana and talked about where his life is at now.
When we last spoke, Paraone was studying towards his hefty conjoint degree in Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) specialising in mechanical at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. During this time, he was also under the mentorship of Dr Maureen Lander, with a group of other students, contributing to the new engineering building. He also contributed to the new engineering building and supported the formation of a compulsory paper grounded in te ao Māori for first year engineering tauira.
Now, Paraone is a PhD candidate and his thesis is all about bringing the worlds of toi Māori and engineering together in this day and age. The engineering building is now open for use and he is fully involved in the development of that first-year paper! A beaut chance to reconnect with Paraone and I hope you enjoy hearing where he is at e te whānau. A bunch of links that build from our kōrero below:
One of the explanations out there of ihi, wehi and wana:
Paraone’s story was first in the Auckland University news and reshaped via this article.
Info about the university’s new haka, created with staff and Tāpeta Wehi.
This episode is supported by Te Ao Rangahau Engineering NZ Grant Programme 2023 and a total of $300 was donated to Paraone for his valued contribution.
Bub Konia and Richard Templer are both amazing people in their own right. Their common place of mahi - Te Ao Rangahau | Engineering New Zealand - is one of the things that ties them together and the reason for this paired episode.
Bub and Richard speak to the past and present journey the organisation has and is on in embedding te ao Māori in to the engineering industry. The kōrero is centred around 'kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua' ~ looking backward to go forwards.
When we look back, they speak to how and why the organisation was gifted the ingoa Māori ‘Te Ao Rangahau’ by Tā Tamati Reedy and how the standard has been set so that engineering is no longer just thought of as 'the people who drive the trains’.
When we go forward, they speak to the recently launched rautaki | strategy of 'Kimihia Rangahau'.
The kōrero delves into so much more than what can be written in this box! I hope you enjoy e te iwi.
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Soltice Morrison (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Maniapoto) is an amazing wahine Māori and a wonderful friend of mine since moving to Te Whanganui a Tara. Her mahi has been as a Geoenvironmental Consultant at Aurecon and she has shaped her career to now support the company’s He Rautaki Māori | Māori Strategy.
Soltice is also learning te reo Māori on top of full-time mahi and has been involved in awesome kaupapa of Y25 YWCA and BlakeNZ
It was so much fun to record with Soltice. If you're looking to hear a story that is genuine and will leave you feeling inspire - then look no further e hoa mā. Enjoy!
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Kia ora tātou! Episode 20 hears from Taane Taiepa (Tūhoe, Ngāti Whare). Taane's mahi is developing the digital space, he also gives to the kaupapa of Te Matarau, Māori Tech Association (more about Te Matarau here: https://www.tematarau.tech). In this kōrero he shares: what he does at mahi and Te Matarau, his life as a graduate and theme throughout is backing yourself to go for opportunities. Enjoy e te whānau
Awesome to catch up with Georgina Stokes (Ngāi Tahu) - someone who is an incredible thinker in the spatial design space and inspiration to those she lectures at Tai Rāuwharangi College of Creative Art at Massey University kei Te Whanganui a Tara. Georgina is an overall awesome wahine, pretty evident in the way she communicates so passionately with the work she has done in whakapapa plotting to better how we experience spaces.
Link to her thesis mahi titled ‘Aroha ki ō Tātou Kaimahi’: https://exposure2020.massey.ac.nz/students/master-of-design/georgina-stokes/
Link to tōna hoa, Libby White (Te Āti Awa): https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/taranaki-top-stories/109399565/awardwinning-idea-shows-how-towns-coastal-outlook-could-be-transformed-by-walkway
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In this episode we hear kōrero from Shannon Te Huia (Ngāti Maniapoto). His mahi today is Te Pou Tāhūhū of Pūnui River Care Inc. where the kaupapa is a Marae based initiative to restore Pūnui awa while providing employment and work experiences for local people in the rohe. He talks on bringing Māoridom out of the marae to other spaces, being a kaitiaki in a wairuia as well as physical sense and leading and empowering the people around him.
Lincoln Timoteo hails from Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa, Te Āti Awa, Ingarangi/England, Airani/Ireland, through the whakapapa from his Māmā and ngā motu o Tokelau through the whakapa from his Pāpā. Lincoln (among other things) is a Pāpā, husband, an engineer, a consultant and a student of te reo Māori where he attends kura at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Ōtaki.
We share kōrero on what his life is like at the moment in rumaki (where the kupu Pākehā literally is ‘to immerse drown’) reo Māori, his journey into and with engineering and how those pieces of his story interconnect.
This kōrero is all about taking time for your identity and the power that has.
Enjoy e te whānau.
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Great to share kōrero with Hari Smith (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hinerangi) who is a cadet civil engineer with GHD based out Taumarunui. He is passionate about figuring out ways we can “kick the stone that one bit further” to benefit all of us as people. His unique story provides so many gold nuggets, so I hope you enjoy e te iwi.
Find Ngāti Hinerangi iwi Whare Kōrero Part 3 of 3, 2016 here: https://youtu.be/4BRCLM6bDHE
