Dr Karaitiana N Taiuru

Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Rārua, Pākehā
Graduate Diploma in Information Design (ARA), Master of Māori and Indigenous Leadership (Distinction) (University of Canterbury), PhD (Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi)
Justice of the Peace

Email karaitiana.taiuru@otago.ac.nz
Twitter @ktaiuru

Department of Medicine
University of Otago, Christchurch
PO Box 4345
Christchurch
New Zealand

Current roles

• Team Leader Kaupapa Māori Rōpū
• Research Fellow
• Pou Tikanga
• Christchurch Heart Institute (2021) Member of the Steering Group.
• Healthy Hearts for Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence – Māori Leadership Team member.
• Healthy Hearts for Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence – Bio Bank Team member (Tikanga Māori)
• Healthy Hearts for Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence – Tikanga Advisor for Data Ecosystem

External appointments

• 2021, Indigenous Genomics Forum, Trustee
• 2021, Indigenous Genomics Forum Limited, Director
• 2020, Ministry of Health Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology, Māori Expert Representative
• 2020, University of Otago – Ruatau: Connecting Māori Genomic Scientists and Communities (Tikanga Expert)
• 2020, Āhau Tatai Hono Charitable Trust, Trustee
• 2018, The Archives Council Te Rua Wānanga
• 2017, Intellectual Property Office New Zealand, Māori Trade Marks Advisory Committee
• 2016, Selwyn Waihora Water Zone Committee, Rūnanga Representative

Research interests

• Heart health inequities with Māori
• Mātauranga Māori
• Kaupapa Māori Research
• Tikanga
• Te Tiriti
• Māorification/decolonising

Background

Dr Taiuru completed his PhD in Māori Genetic Data – Inalienable Rights and Tikanga Sovereignty, in 2021 after a lifetime of being immersed in Te Ao Māori and mātauranga. He is a nationally recognised Tikanga Māori expert with significant networks with Iwi and Māori organisations.

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