Associate Professor Hinekura Smith
Associate Professor Hinekura Smith is a Māori woman, teacher, weaver and Kaupapa Māori researcher who descends from the Te Rarawa and Ngā Puhi people of Aotearoa New Zealand. With 27 years' experience as a Māori educator, she began her career as a Māori language teacher, before moving into tertiary education, lecturing, teacher education, research and academic leadership. Hinekura’s research interests weave together growing Indigenous research, decolonizing education, Indigenous arts-based methodologies and Māori and Indigenous doctoral supervision and support. She is a principal research fellow in the ARC-IFC.