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Hirini Matunga is Assistant Vice Chancellor (Māori and Pacifika) and Professor of Indigenous Planning at Lincoln University. In the past he has been Director of Lincoln University’s Centre for Māori and Indigenous Planning and Development; Associate Director of the Centre for Māori Studies and Research, Lincoln University; and a Senior Lecturer in planning at The University of Auckland.

 

Prior to his academic career he worked as a planner for many years specialising in Māori policy, planning and governance issues within local, regional and central government. During the 1990s he was involved extensively in the resource management and local government reforms, specifically Māori participation in local government and reviews of resource law, coastal legislation and heritage legislation. In an international context, he was Convenor of the Indigenous Peoples Executive of the World Archaeological Congress for many years and has retained an interest in the various resource, planning and heritage issues that continue to affect indigenous communities. Professor Matunga has worked in an advisory capacity with many Māori and tribal authorities throughout New Zealand, advising on iwi management planning and policy setting, relationships with local and regional authorities, and environmental issues.  He continues to be involved with local, regional and central government promoting Māori planning interests.

 

His research interests are Māori and indigenous approaches to planning, and their interaction with mainstream planning; Māori and indigenous resource and cultural heritage management; constructions of Māori identity and knowledge, and the Treaty of Waitangi and Māori development. Until recently, Professor Matunga was a long time Trustee in the Tautuku Waikawa Māori Lands Trust (SILNA – South Island Landless Natives Act lands) based in the Catlins, South Otago and endeavors to participate in other iwi, hapū and whānau based Māori land and resource interests whenever possible.

 

 

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