Webinar: Māori Urbanism

About our panelist:-

Tamatha Paul (Emcee)

Tamatha Paul (Ngāti Awa, Waikato Tainui) is the Green MP for Wellington Central and the party’s spokesperson for Justice, Housing, Youth, Wellington Issues, Courts, Corrections and Police.

Tamatha has channelled her energy into advocating for sexual violence prevention in tertiary spaces, better rental housing protections for renters, and public transport discounts for students through her various public office positions – as the first Māori woman to lead the Victoria University of Wellington Students Association, as a Wellington City Councillor for four years and now as the first ever Māori MP for Wellington Central, as well as the youngest MP for the Green Party. Tamatha also completed a Master of Resource and Environmental Planning writing her dissertation on the provision of public housing.

Rebecca Kiddle
Rebecca is Ngāti Porou and Ngāpuhi and is Director of Te Manawahoukura the Rangahau Centre at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. She has a MA and PhD in urban design and continues to research on kaupapa to do with Indigeneity and urban issues.


Michelle Thopmson-Fawcett
Michelle Thopmson-Fawcett, Ngāti Whātua, is Distinguished Professor in planning and geography at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka / University of Otago. Her research focusses primarily on Indigenous-led planning, especially the associated power relations, practices of decision-making, and self-determination in urban design and place-making.


Jade Kake

Jade Kake is an architectural designer and writer. Of Māori and Dutch descent, her tribal affiliations are Ngāpuhi, Te Whakatōhea and Ngāti Whakaue. She is the founder of Matakohe Architecture and Urbanism, and a part-time lecturer at Huri Te Ao, the School of Future Environments at AUT.

He kaihoahoa whare me he kaituhi a Jade Kake. Ki te taha o tōnā māmā, nō Ngāpuhi, Te Whakatōhea, me Ngāti Whakaue ia. Ki te taha o tōnā pāpā, nō Hōrana ia. Ko ia te kaihautū o Matakohe Hoahoanga me Tōpū Pā, waihoki whakaako hangere ai ia i te kura o Huri Te Ao ki Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau.


Emily Afoa
Emily Afoa (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Maniapoto) is an environmental engineer and partner at Tektus Consultants Limited, specializing in stormwater management and water sensitive design. She is passionate about integrating mātauranga Māori into engineering to create better outcomes for Aotearoa.