Kāhui Māori
Our Kāhui Māori provides the Governance Board and Science Leadership Team with strategic advice and input into our science strategy and priorities, and helps with the assessment of science quality, performance and responsiveness to iwi, hapū, whānau and Māori business goals.
Kāhui Māori Members
Aimee Kaio
Managing Director, NORA Limited | Ngāi Tahu
Darren Ngaru King
Interdisciplinary research scientist, Māori society and climate, NIWA | Ngāti Raukawa
Shaun Awatere
Manaaki Whenua, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Research Leadership Team | Ngāti Porou
Naomi Simmonds
Senior Lecturer at University of Waikato | Raukawa, Ngāti Huri
Sandy Morrison (attending as VM Lead)
Associate Professor and Associate Dean, School of Māori and Pacific Development, University of Waikato | Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Rarua, Te Arawa
Latest news and updates
Major climate modelling effort captures New Zealand’s exceptional oceanic conditions, leading to better climate simulations
The significant effort to develop and run New Zealand’s own Earth System Model (NZESM), within the Deep South Challenge: Changing with our Climate, is leading to more realistic climate simulations for New Zealand.
Our Kāhui Māori to protect and guide Antarctic as well as climate adaptation research
The Deep South Challenge: Changing with our Climate is humbled and excited that its Kāhui Māori have agreed to share their knowledge with the Antarctic Science Platform, and to act as its Kāhui Māori (Māori advisory group) as well.
"Knowledge Broker": New role, applications open!
We in the Deep South Challenge have established a critical new position, the "Climate Change Knowledge Broker". This person will play a critical role in the Deep South Challenge as a translator between disciplines, enabling connections between different research programmes for maximum impact. In particular, the Climate Change Knowledge Broker will focus on making the outputs from the New Zealand Earth System Model (NZESM) and associated climate models, accessible to research in other programmes within the Challenge as well as to external stakeholders. Applications close Monday 11 May.