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Associate Professor Veronica Tawhai BA, MEd, PhD

Pukenga Tiriti

DVC Maori - Tiriti Systems

Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Uepohatu 

Ms Tawhai lectures in policy and politics at Te Pūtahi a Toi. A recent recipient of the Fulbright-Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga scholar award, Ms Tawhai's fields of research and community work include the Treaty of Waitangi, Māori and youth political engagement, constitutional change, and electoral, civics and citizenship education. To date she has co-edited two books, authored several papers and presents widely on these issues. She is a member of Matike Mai Aotearoa, the Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation and is completing her PhD on the role of citizenship education in transforming indigenous-coloniser relations.   

Professional

Contact details

  • Ph: ext 84365
    Location: 2.09, Te Putahi a Toi
    Campus: Turitea

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts - Massey University (2002)
  • Master of Education - Massey University (2007)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - Massey University (2020)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Youth political participation and engagement

Maori political particiation, representation and engagement

Indigeneity and constitutional transformation

Electoral, civics and citizenship education

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Citizenship (160602):
Curriculum and Pedagogy (130200): Education (130000):
Law And Legal Studies (180000): Maori Law (180200):
New Zealand Government and Politics (160608): Political Science (160600):
Specialist Studies in Education (130300):
Studies In Human Society (160000):
Te Tiriti O Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi) (180203)

Teaching and Supervision

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Co-supervisor 1 0

Current Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

  • Chanz Mikaere - Doctor of Philosophy
    'How is whakapapa informed creative practitioner auto-ethnography a solution to the colonial violence of Tourism?'