Merat

New Zealand writer and academic · China · Male · Born 1991-07-20 (34)

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Merata Kawharu is a New Zealand Māori writer and academic. She has been a member of government boards and committees including the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Māori Heritage Council, the New Zealand Geographic Board and advisor to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, the Ministry of Māori Development, the Climate Change Commission and the Ministry for the Environment. Her doctoral research was on the concept of kaitiakitanga within Māori culture and law. She has led large science programmes on climate adaptation, food economies and entrepreneurship models, looking at how western science, technology and Māori knowledge systems and science can be brought together with community leadership to address pressing environmental, social or economic challenges. Wikipedia ↗