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James Berghan

2024: Dr James Berghan (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri) of Te Herenga Waka Victoria Universi...
  • 2024: Dr James Berghan (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri) of Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington will bridge the gap between evidence-based urban design and communi...

Neil Birrell

2024: Dr Neil Birrell of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland aims to disco...
  • 2024: Dr Neil Birrell of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland aims to discover the best evidence-based approaches to conservation by studying the unique insec...

William Holmes-Hewett

2024: Dr William Holmes-Hewett of Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wel...
  • 2024: Dr William Holmes-Hewett of Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington will study new materials for advanced components in quantum computers

Eileen Joy

2024: Dr Eileen Joy of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland studies the evide...
  • 2024: Dr Eileen Joy of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland studies the evidence that underlies policy decisions on social wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand

Jeff Lang

2024: Dr Jeff Lang of Lincoln Agritech Ltd will develop and validate a novel approach to...
  • 2024: Dr Jeff Lang of Lincoln Agritech Ltd will develop and validate a novel approach to identifying past earthquakes, their shaking intensities and precise dates using...

Ngahuia Mita

2024: Dr Ngahuia Mita (Te Aitanga-ā-Mahaki, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hako) of Rehutai Co...
  • 2024: Dr Ngahuia Mita (Te Aitanga-ā-Mahaki, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hako) of Rehutai Consulting and Tairāwhiti Waka will explore how waka hourua, double-hulled sailing c...

Karamia Müller

2024: Dr Karamia Müller of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will pi...
  • 2024: Dr Karamia Müller of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will pioneer Pacific-led research to improve housing outcomes for Pacific communities in Aote...

William Pearman

2024: Dr William Pearman of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will co...
  • 2024: Dr William Pearman of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will conduct research to understand how communities of microorganisms living in or on animals...

Chris Puli'uvea

2024: Dr Chris Puli’uvea of Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau Auckland Univ...
  • 2024: Dr Chris Puli’uvea of Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau Auckland University of Technology will research genetic variants that affect the immune system and ...

Farha Ramzan

2024: Dr Farha Ramzan of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will study th...
  • 2024: Dr Farha Ramzan of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will study the anti-inflammatory effects of kawakawa leaves for obesity treatment

Shane Rooyakkers

2024: Dr Shane Rooyakkers of Te Pū Ao GNS Science will study volcanic activity a...
  • 2024: Dr Shane Rooyakkers of Te Pū Ao GNS Science will study volcanic activity along the Tonga-Kermadec arc, a 2500 km-long chain of volcanoes spanning from Tonga to t...

Rituparna Roy

2024: Dr Rituparna Roy of Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato University of Waikato will stu...
  • 2024: Dr Rituparna Roy of Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato University of Waikato will study why political measures are failing to address ethnic pay inequities

Alex Schuddeboom

2024: Dr Alex Schuddeboom of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury...
  • 2024: Dr Alex Schuddeboom of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury will explore the impacts of climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand through the develop...

Matthew Scobie

2024: Dr Matthew Scobie (Ngāi Tahu, Tauiwi) of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha Univers...
  • 2024: Dr Matthew Scobie (Ngāi Tahu, Tauiwi) of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury will investigate ways to transform Aotearoa New Zealand’s politic...

Rose Stuart

2024: Dr Rose Stuart of Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka University of Otago will study the dive...
  • 2024: Dr Rose Stuart of Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka University of Otago will study the diversity and ecology of animals in lakes of Aotearoa New Zealand

Stephanie Stuteley

2024: Dr Stephanie Stuteley (Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Pikiao) of Waipapa Taumat...
  • 2024: Dr Stephanie Stuteley (Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Pikiao) of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will research a promising new method for treatment of tu...

Lauren Vinnell

2024: Dr Lauren Vinnell of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University will study ri...
  • 2024: Dr Lauren Vinnell of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University will study risk perception and communication to find ways of increasing the public’s resilience ...

Ying Wang

2024: Dr Ying Wang of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will investigate ho...
  • 2024: Dr Ying Wang of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will investigate how to enhance cultural competency for working with Asian learners in schools in A...

Leighton Watson

2024: Dr Leighton Myles Watson (Ngāi Tahu) of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha Univers...
  • 2024: Dr Leighton Myles Watson (Ngāi Tahu) of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury will develop advanced tools for detecting and forecasting snow avala...

Bicheng Zhu

2024: Dr Bicheng Zhu of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will develop hy...
  • 2024: Dr Bicheng Zhu of Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland will develop hydrogel soils from electrically conducting polymers to enhance agricultural product...

Statistics of the 2024 round

Summary information on the 2024 Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowship selection round
  • Summary information on the 2024 Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowship selection round

Twenty early-career researchers and two distinguished researchers receive inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowships in 2024
  • PUBLISHED:
    Thu 14 Nov 2024

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