Utilising Indigenous Knowledge for Social Change w/ Dr Melinda Webber (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu): February 15, 2021

The Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity programme is a new programme that aims to utilise indigenous knowledge and to bring about social change.

The programme is hosted by Melbourne University in partnership with the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education and Social Work through Te Puna Wānanga.

Jess talked to Dr Melinda Webber, (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu), an associate professor in Te Puna Wananga and the Faculty of Education and Social Work at The University of Auckland and programme director about the opportunities and research she hopes to see come from the programme. 

They started the interview discussing what the programme could mean for Māori communities in Aotearoa.