Te Maea’s goal is to undertake research that contributes to the development of sustainable and equitable Māori and Indigenous economies and enterprises.
We aim to undertake relevant research and to develop the next generation of Māori business leaders. We work with academics, practitioners and community members from across the University of Otago and beyond.
- Otago Business School Strategic Imperative (PDF)
- View the University of Otago's Māori Strategic Framework
Our research
We undertake research in a number of areas, including:
- Māori and Indigenous entrepreneurship
- Māori small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
- Māori innovation and research and development
- Māori and Indigenous tourism
- Māori not-for-profit and social enterprises
- Māori business and enterprise policy
- Environment and Māori economy
- Māori and Indigenous artificial intelligence
- Māori and Indigenous data sovereignty
- Māori and Indigenous gaming
- Corporate social responsibility and Indigenous people
Current and past funded Māori-focussed economy and business research projects:
- Māori and the future of work
- Māori and indigenous traditional and colonial economies
- Māori language and economy
- Māori economy and health
Network members
- Research Associate Professor Katharina Ruckstuhl, Kaitohutohu | Co-Director, Office of the Dean, Te Kura Pakihi - Otago Business School
- Professor Nathan Berg, Te Mātauraka Ohaoha - Department of Economics
- Associate Professor Anna Carr, Te Mātauraka Tāpoi - Department of Tourism
- Dr Andrea Clark, Te Mātauraka Whakahaere - Department of Management
- Cassino Doyle, Te Mātauraka Whakahaere - Department of Management
- Associate Professor Anaru Eketone, Āhua ā iwi - Social and Community Work
- Associate Professor Jeff Foote, Te Mātauraka Whakahaere - Department of Management
- Dr Sebastian Gehricke, Te Tari Mātauraka Kaute Putea - Accountancy and Finance
- Dr Madeline Judge, Te Mātauraka Tokoka - Department of Marketing
- Dr Olivier Jutel, Media, Pāpāho, Whitiāhua, Pārokoroko - Film and Communication
- Dr Mawera Karetai, Te Mātauraka Whakahaere - Department of Management
- Esmay Lemalu-Eteuati, Associate Dean Pacific - Otago Business School
- Professor David Lont, Te Tari Mātauraka Kaute Putea - Accountancy and Finance
- Troy Mihaka, Te Mātauraka Tokoka - Department of Marketing
- Professor Steven Mills, Computer Science
- Dr Mathew Parackal, Te Mātauraka Tokoka - Department of Marketing
- Professor Karyn Paringatai, Te Tumu School of Māori - Pacific and Indigenous Studies
- Professor Kirsten Robertson, Te Mātauraka Tokoka - Department of Marketing
- Professor Diane Ruwhiu, Te Mātauraka Whakahaere - Department of Management, Co-Director, Dean of Graduate Research School
- Associate Professor Lynnaire Sheridan, Te Mātauraka Whakahaere - Department of Management
- Ms Sequoia Short, Te Mātauraka Whakahaere - Department of Management, Management Committee
- Dr Wahineata Smith, Te Tumu - School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies
- Dr Nigel Stanger, Te Kura Rorohiko - School of Computing
- Professor Michelle Thompson-Fawcett, Te Iho Whenua - School of Geography
- Dr Gareth Treharne, Te Tari Whakamātau Hinekaro - Department of Psychology
- Professor Sara Walton, Te Mātauraka Whakahaere - Department of Management
- Gavin Walsh, Te Mātauraka Whakahaere - Department of Management, Te Maea Co-ordinator
- Dr Yuki Watanabe, Te Taura Takata - Sociology, Gender Studies, and Criminology
- Dr Christine Winter, Tōrakapū - Politics
- Dr Brendon Woodford, Te Kura Rorohiko - School of Computing
- Dr Jekope Ramala Maiono, Te Mātauraka Whakahaere - Department of Management
Steering committee
- Associate Professor Katharina Ruckstuhl, Dean’s Office Commerce - Director
- Associate Professor Diane Ruwhiu, Department of Management - Director
- Associate Professor Kirsten Robertson, Department of Marketing - Deputy Director
- Professor Michelle Thompson-Fawcett, School of Geography - Theme Leader (Humanities)
- Dr Olivier Jutel, Media, Film, and Communication - Communications and Media Strategy
- Dr Brendon Woodford, School of Computing - (Technology/Science)
- Dr Jekope Maiono, Department of Management - ECR and Pacific Research
- Ms Sequoia Short, Department of Management - Māori PhD student Representative
- Mr Gavin Walsh, Department of Management - Administrator and PhD Student Representative
Other Māori Business Research Centres with which Te Maea researchers collaborate:
- Dame Mira Szászy Research Centre, Auckland University
- Te Au Rangahau, Massey University
- Te Kotahi Research Institute, University of Waikato
