I am Director of the Te Ārai Group and passionate about improving palliative and end of life care, particularly for people already facing potential disadvantage and discrimination. My hobbies include yoga and playing the piano (preferably Chopin).

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(Ngāi Tai & Ngāti Pōrou) I joined the School of Nursing in 2013 as a Research Fellow. My research interests include indigenous palliative care (Māori) and Kaupapa Māori and Māori centred research methodologies.

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I am a nurse specialist in Paediatric Palliative Care at Starship Child Health, and hold an academic appointment in the School of Nursing. I enjoy being involved in education, research and clinical practice within paediatric palliative care, both nationally and across the Asia Pacific region.
I am passionate about developing paediatric palliative care throughout Aotearoa, ensuring equitable access to quality palliative care for children with serious illness and their whānau.

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I am a Senior Lecturer and Emergency Nurse with a background in psychology. I’m interested in death, dying and bereavement in acute-care contexts. My PhD explored paramedics’ decisions to start or stop resuscitation efforts and my MSc research explored nurses’ first experiences with patient death. When I’m not nursing, researching or teaching I enjoy nature photography and travel.

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(Ko Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Whakaue, Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Tūwharetoa ōku iwi) I have been a Maori Health Researcher in the School of Nursing since 2011. I am passionate about working with Māori young and old across a range of research topics, including palliative and end of life.

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I joined the School of Nursing in 2018 and in my role I am able to mix my 2 passions – mental health and palliative care. and die at an earlier age than the general population. My masters study found people diagnosed with mental illness are 3.5 times less likely to access specialist palliative care services compared to the general population in one NZ DHB. It raised more questions about the palliative and end‐of‐life care needs for people diagnosed with mental illness who are diagnosed with life limiting physical illness so I am working on a PhD to find out more!

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I am a postdoctoral Māori Health Research Fellow, and Registered Nurse, working with the Māori community to support the attainment of their goals for health and wellbeing across the lifespan. I am Kaupapa Māori researcher with an interest in the protective benefits of a strong positive cultural identity, with a focus on Mana Wāhine and the power and strength of Māori women.

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I am a Research Fellow and also a registered nurse with a passion for caring for people as they navigate living with life limiting illness, grief and dying. This led to a PhD completed in 2023 in the area of rapport and connection during telehealth in palliative care. My research interests lie in interpersonal communication, equity of care, and how we use technology in palliative care.

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Dr Rosemary Frey – I’m a social psychologist whose research is related to culture as well as social justice issues in health research. I have a particular interest in improving palliative care for older adults. My likes include Jamaica, puppies, kittens and jerk chicken. Dislikes include thunder, paper cuts, and war.

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He uri ahau o Rongowhakaata me Ngāti Porou. I have been a research assistant at the School of Nursing since 2017. I am passionate about my whānau, hauora Māori and Kaupapa Māori research.

I am a Research Fellow at the School of Nursing, and my background is in psychology. My research interests include the psychosocial aspects of health and wellbeing. My current research focuses on improving the psychosocial wellbeing of cancer patients and survivors.

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I am a Nurse Practitioner as well as an associate professor in the School of Nursing. I have been working clinically in palliative care for over 20 years and in 2018 completed my PhD exploring the benefits and burdens of hospital admissions in palliative care. My research interests are focused around the provision of palliative care from a social justice and equity perspective including care of people who are structurally disadvantaged or living in deprivation. I am also interested in exploring inequities related to the way in which people access and utilise care at the end of life from non-specialist providers such as primary care, district nursing and other health and social care services.

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(Ngāpuhi) I am a professional teaching fellow and registered nurse, specialising in emergency care. I am currently completing my PhD exploring the experiences of Māori whānau and non-Māori families in out-of-hospital emergencies where emergency ambulance services respond. My study aims to investigate how we can provide family-centred, culturally safe care in the event of an emergency community death.

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I’m a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing. My research interests centre on long-term conditions in older people including palliative and end of life care.My teaching focuses on supporting experienced nurses to develop their leadership in order to develop and implement innovative approaches to improving quality in health care. As a research supervisor, it is a pleasure to work with students who want to conduct research that is based on exploring practical issues that can have a direct impact on making a difference and improving patient/client care. Importantly, it is also about conducting research to ensure that nurses themselves get the support they need to provide the best care they can.

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Whaea Whio Wharemate Hansen is our Senior Kuia who provides guidance on tikanga and other essential group matters.

I am a human geographer with research interested in social gerontology, ageing in place and care. I teach qualitative research methods through a number of courses in the School of Population Health and am Australasian Regional Editor for the journal Health and Social Care in the Community.

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I’m interested in arts-based research and arts-based knowledge translation, which means I like producing creative works based on our research and disseminating them to audiences outside of academia.

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(Tauiwi Pākehā) I am a research assistant for Te Ārai. I am originally from Pōneke but have lived in Tāmaki Makarau for some time now. I have English and Scottish whakapapa. My background is in sociology and feminist political economy. I completed my Master’s of Philosophy in Political Economy at the Unversity of Sydney in 2023. I have worked in domestic violence prevention, tertiary education, and fashion design. I’m interested in social reproduction theory, care work, political economy, left feminisms, decolonisation, Marxism, trans rights, and social justice issues more broadly.

I am the Associate Head of School for Mental Health & Addiction, Senior Lecturer and Nurse Consultant with extensive years of clinical experience, teaching, supervision, and leadership in both physical and mental health settings. I have experience in teaching and supervising clinical staff and peer workers, delivering workshops that promote social inclusion and working with people on their journeys of recovery. My post-doctoral research focuses on citizenship and human rights for people with mental health problems; social inclusion, reducing stigma and discrimination; diagnostic overshadowing & mental health law. I am recognised internationally as a leader in the development of service users as co-researchers and academics and the facilitation of recovery-focused and trauma-informed practice. I have experience in service delivery and change management that focuses on primary care integration. I am the Aotearoa representative and researcher at Yale University Programme for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) centre for Recovery and Citizenship and a regular volunteer at a psychiatric hospital in Vietnam supported by the NZ Vietnamese Health Trust.

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I am a research fellow at the school of nursing, and a contractor in the learning (intellectual) disability sector. I work in inclusive ways with people with learning disability and the people and organisations that support them. My research focuses on issues related to ageing, end-of-life, health, and supported decision-making. I completed my PhD in 2023, co-designing an accessible approach to Advance Care planning with people with learning disability. When I’m not at work you’ll find me with my family, walking or spending time outside, cooking, or reading quietly in a snuggly space.

I'm a PhD candidate. I have two master’s degrees in Nursing Studies and Population Health. I am interested in intercultural palliative care. My current research focuses on palliative care for Chinese migrants.

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