Dr Vincent Ieni Olsen-Reeder

Dr Vincent Ieni Olsen-Reeder is a second language learner of te reo Māori, having started his learning at Victoria University of Wellington in 2008. Since then, the Māori language and its revitalisation have become his passion.

Ieni’s doctoral research investigated the effectiveness of bilingualism as a theoretical approach to revitalisation, and the ways in which a bilingualism approach could remove some of the anxieties surrounding Māori language use among Māori speakers. It is the University's first thesis to be written and defended in te reo Māori.

Professor Te Kawehau Hoskins

Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori

Dr Te Kawehau Hoskins (Ngāpuhi) is the Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, and Associate Professor at Te Puna Wānanga in the Faculty of Education and Social Work. She is primarily engaged in qualitative social and educational research in the area of the politics and ethics of Indigene – Settler relations, and multicultural and bicultural education.