Māori in Engineering
By Alyce Lysaght
Hosted by Alyce Lysaght (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Pākehā) a first year graduate Water Engineer.
For updates on the podcast follow @maori_in_engineering.pod on Instagram.
The first season features names such as Troy Brockbank, L'Rey Retana and John Blyth.
Māori in Engineering May 31, 2021
28. Grant Kauri - Iwi Partnership in Te Ahu A Turanga
Grant Kauri (Ngāti Raukawa, Rangitāne) works as the Owner Interface Manager for Waka Kotahi for Te Ahu a Turanga - Manawatū Tararua Highway project.
It is the first construction project where iwi are partners at the governance level. In this episode, he speaks about his journey of engineering through the cadet pathway and some of the many intricacies of the massive project that is Te Ahu a Turanga.
This episode is supported by Te Ao Rangahau Engineering NZ Grant Programme 2023 .
27. Kate Walker - Kaitiakitanga leading the way
Episode 27 we hear from Kate Walker (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Arawa, Ngāi Tuhoe) who is tuning in from Ruatōria. Kate is an Environmental Consultant with Poipoia Ltd - Poipoia, founded by Tina Porou, creates spaces and opportunities for kaitiakitanga to lead the way in caring for our natural environment in Aotearoa.
She speaks on exactly what creating space and opportunities for kaitiakitanga looks like in her mahi of engaging with and building confidence in hapū, iwi and whānau to take the lead to champion moving forward.
Kate also speaks to the environmental planning world in the current political landscape - with repeals of the Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Act and what that means for whānau Māori. Enjoy e te iwi.
26. Emily Afoa - values driven journey
Her heart work is clear and the mahi that she has done and is doing is intergenerational stuff. I learnt a lot in this episode, and I hope you do too. Enjoy e te whānau.
25. Raharuhi Koia - being a mentor in this changing space
Raharuhi Koia (Ngāti Porou) is a Pāpā based in Ō Tautahi with his whānau. Raharuhi holds a frank and open kōrero about his life as a Structural Engineer, one of that as a Māori Engineer and what it means to be a good mentor in this changing space.
This episode is supported by Te Ao Rangahau Engineering NZ Grant Programme 2023. Enjoy e te iwi!
24. Paraone Luiten-Apirana - What's Paraone up to now?
Paraone Luiten-Apirana (Ngāti Hikairo, Te Arawa, Ngāi Tūhoe) was a kaikōrero in Episode 12. A year and a half later, we recorded this episode ā-tinana and talked about where his life is at now.
When we last spoke, Paraone was studying towards his hefty conjoint degree in Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) specialising in mechanical at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. During this time, he was also under the mentorship of Dr Maureen Lander, with a group of other students, contributing to the new engineering building. He also contributed to the new engineering building and supported the formation of a compulsory paper grounded in te ao Māori for first year engineering tauira.
Now, Paraone is a PhD candidate and his thesis is all about bringing the worlds of toi Māori and engineering together in this day and age. The engineering building is now open for use and he is fully involved in the development of that first-year paper! A beaut chance to reconnect with Paraone and I hope you enjoy hearing where he is at e te whānau. A bunch of links that build from our kōrero below:
One of the explanations out there of ihi, wehi and wana:
Paraone’s story was first in the Auckland University news and reshaped via this article.
Info about the university’s new haka, created with staff and Tāpeta Wehi.
This episode is supported by Te Ao Rangahau Engineering NZ Grant Programme 2023 and a total of $300 was donated to Paraone for his valued contribution.
23. Josiah Simmonds - Young Stormwater Professional of the Year 2023
Josiah received acknowledgement of his career to date through receiving the title of Young Stormwater Professional of the Year 2023, sponsored by Beca, and being appointed as a Trustee to the Foundation of Te Ao Rangahau. Exciting times for this awesome person.
On a further exciting note, this podcast received funding assistance from Te Ao Rangahau | Engineering New Zealand 2023 Grant programme. The koha allocated for this podcast was donated to Engineering Without Borders New Zealand upon Josiah's request. The donation will support Engineering Without Borders' mission to 'connect, educate, and empower people through humanitarian engineering'.
Enjoy, e te iwi!
22. Bub Konia & Richard Templer - Te Ao Rangahau | Engineering New Zealand
Bub Konia and Richard Templer are both amazing people in their own right. Their common place of mahi - Te Ao Rangahau | Engineering New Zealand - is one of the things that ties them together and the reason for this paired episode.
Bub and Richard speak to the past and present journey the organisation has and is on in embedding te ao Māori in to the engineering industry. The kōrero is centred around 'kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua' ~ looking backward to go forwards.
When we look back, they speak to how and why the organisation was gifted the ingoa Māori ‘Te Ao Rangahau’ by Tā Tamati Reedy and how the standard has been set so that engineering is no longer just thought of as 'the people who drive the trains’.
When we go forward, they speak to the recently launched rautaki | strategy of 'Kimihia Rangahau'.
The kōrero delves into so much more than what can be written in this box! I hope you enjoy e te iwi.
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21. Soltice Morrison - shaping your life to what you're passionate about
Soltice Morrison (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Maniapoto) is an amazing wahine Māori and a wonderful friend of mine since moving to Te Whanganui a Tara. Her mahi has been as a Geoenvironmental Consultant at Aurecon and she has shaped her career to now support the company’s He Rautaki Māori | Māori Strategy.
Soltice is also learning te reo Māori on top of full-time mahi and has been involved in awesome kaupapa of Y25 YWCA and BlakeNZ
It was so much fun to record with Soltice. If you're looking to hear a story that is genuine and will leave you feeling inspire - then look no further e hoa mā. Enjoy!
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20. Taane Taiepa - backing yourself
Kia ora tātou! Episode 20 hears from Taane Taiepa (Tūhoe, Ngāti Whare). Taane's mahi is developing the digital space, he also gives to the kaupapa of Te Matarau, Māori Tech Association (more about Te Matarau here: https://www.tematarau.tech). In this kōrero he shares: what he does at mahi and Te Matarau, his life as a graduate and theme throughout is backing yourself to go for opportunities. Enjoy e te whānau
19. Georgina Stokes - designing how we experience and understand spaces
Awesome to catch up with Georgina Stokes (Ngāi Tahu) - someone who is an incredible thinker in the spatial design space and inspiration to those she lectures at Tai Rāuwharangi College of Creative Art at Massey University kei Te Whanganui a Tara. Georgina is an overall awesome wahine, pretty evident in the way she communicates so passionately with the work she has done in whakapapa plotting to better how we experience spaces.
Link to her thesis mahi titled ‘Aroha ki ō Tātou Kaimahi’: https://exposure2020.massey.ac.nz/students/master-of-design/georgina-stokes/
Link to tōna hoa, Libby White (Te Āti Awa): https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/taranaki-top-stories/109399565/awardwinning-idea-shows-how-towns-coastal-outlook-could-be-transformed-by-walkway
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18. Shannon Te Huia - Kaitiaki in both a wairua and physical sense
In this episode we hear kōrero from Shannon Te Huia (Ngāti Maniapoto). His mahi today is Te Pou Tāhūhū of Pūnui River Care Inc. where the kaupapa is a Marae based initiative to restore Pūnui awa while providing employment and work experiences for local people in the rohe. He talks on bringing Māoridom out of the marae to other spaces, being a kaitiaki in a wairuia as well as physical sense and leading and empowering the people around him.
17. Lincoln Timoteo - taking time for your indentity
Lincoln Timoteo hails from Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa, Te Āti Awa, Ingarangi/England, Airani/Ireland, through the whakapapa from his Māmā and ngā motu o Tokelau through the whakapa from his Pāpā. Lincoln (among other things) is a Pāpā, husband, an engineer, a consultant and a student of te reo Māori where he attends kura at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Ōtaki.
We share kōrero on what his life is like at the moment in rumaki (where the kupu Pākehā literally is ‘to immerse drown’) reo Māori, his journey into and with engineering and how those pieces of his story interconnect.
This kōrero is all about taking time for your identity and the power that has.
Enjoy e te whānau.
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16. Eremia Tapsell - always learning
15. Hari Smith - kicking the stone that one bit further
Great to share kōrero with Hari Smith (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hinerangi) who is a cadet civil engineer with GHD based out Taumarunui. He is passionate about figuring out ways we can “kick the stone that one bit further” to benefit all of us as people. His unique story provides so many gold nuggets, so I hope you enjoy e te iwi.
Find Ngāti Hinerangi iwi Whare Kōrero Part 3 of 3, 2016 here: https://youtu.be/4BRCLM6bDHE
14. Tamahau Brown
In this kōrero, Tamahau delves into: the digital platform that he’s helping to create that incorporates tikanga māori into virtual environments, how general solutions don’t work for everyone and how to address this, indigenous data sovereignty and he finishes off with valuable advice he’d give to his first year university self.
Hoi anō, if you are keen to learn more about how computer science can be used to incorporate te ao Māori with the digital environment - then whakarongo māua!
—— Here are the details to connect with Tamahau on:
Email: TamahauMMBrown@hotmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/HikariBougyosha/
13. Sina Cotter Tait & Elle Archer
Elle Archer (Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi) is a Director, Board member, whānau member, friend (among SO many other things) and comes from a geospatial technology background.
Sina Cotter Tait, of Samoan whakapapa, is a Director, Board member, whānau member, friend (again, among SO many other things) and comes from a Civil engineering background.
They both exemplify their why in the spaces they have created, stepped in to and created for other people. Sina and Elle embody collective leadership and success to help open the doors for other people. I think Sina puts it perfectly in this episode when she shares a story of a quote she heard of, “when you succeed, we all succeed”. This episode is full of insight, real talk and laughs. Enjoy e te whānau.
12. Paraone Luiten-Apirana
This episode delves into his involvement in whakairo (carving), how he has the opportunity to leave a place better than he has found it and the importance of having Māori in spaces that serve Māori. Paraone holds strong to what he believes in; something really evident in this episode. He was also acknowledged as the Māori Business Student of the Year for 2021 at te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau.
I truly hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.
11. Alyce Lysaght (Part 2 of 2)
The mic has been flipped! Troy Brockbank takes the interviewer seat and I am the one to share kōrero on who I am, why I do what I do, and how this space came to be etc. etc.
Ngā mihi nunui to Troy for his time and support throughout this episode (as well as throughout this whole journey in general). Ngā mihi nui to the the ngā manuhiri who contributed nga patai to this episode. And, ngā mihi nui ki a koe for listening to this episode!
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11. Alyce Lysaght (Part 1 of 2)
The mic has been flipped!
Troy Brockbank takes the interviewer seat and I am the one to share kōrero on who I am and why I do what I do etc. Following suit to the other manuhiri episode blurb:
Alyce Lysaght (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi) is a recent graduate of Natural Resource and Humanitarian Engineering at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha. Passionate about leaving a place better than she finds it, she began this very podcast space. Inspired and supported by those around her, she wanted to create the same space for others.
I hope this episode shines a little bit of light on my background as to who who I am and, of course, how this space came to be! It was awesome to story tell in this way.
Ngā mihi nunui to Troy Brockbank for his time and support throughout this episode and throughout this whole journey. Ngā mihi nui to the the ngā manuhiri who contributed nga pātai to this episode.
10. L’Rey Renata (Karaitiana)
L’Rey Renata (Iwi: Tainui) is a Chemical and Materials Engineering student at Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau, a māmā and an all round awesome person.
You may know of L’Rey from her mahi in the Water Resource Management space through her completion of her Honours project an ‘Water Engineers' Perspective on Interactions with Maaoridom in Water Management Solutions’. She recently presented a Water NZ webinar dedicated to her findings and the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.waternz.org.nz/Article?Action=View&Article_id=2106
In this episode, we delve into a lot! L’Rey speaks on how she came to study engineering, experiences studying as well as her findings of her Honours research project.
L’Rey speaks passionately and genuinely and it was a privilege to have a bit of her time for this episode!
9. Ariana George
In the episode, she speaks on her journey to date including her mental health journey, the power in having people believe in you, what she would change within the education system to make it suit for wāhine and Māori, what she is excited about being a tauira Māori at university studying engineering.
She is an inspiring and passionate wahine toa. It was a pleasure to chat with Ariana and I, for one, cannot wait to follow her as she continues her journey.
8. Hana Whiting
For this episode, she speaks on:
Her journey of studying Landscape Architecture and stepping into her Māoritanga (both in the space of her university stage of life),
How she is going to the direction where she feels as though she is being called to, and in her case that is the incorporation of Te Ao Māori into landscape architecture design,
Her mahi with Mahaanui Kurataiao Ltd,
Her idea of success, and;
so so much more.
7. Luke August
Luke August (Ngāti Hauiti, Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Muaūpoko) is in his third year of studying Mechanical with a minor in Biomedical engineering at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha.
Despite this being released during Level 4 lockdown, we were lucky enough to record this kanohi ki te kanohi.
It was awesome to sit down with Luke, where he delves into things like his: involvement with Pūhoro STEM Academy, an internship that meant he is developing a design for an accessible prosthetic hand and what it means to support tauira māori at university level - and so so much more.
As always, I hope you enjoy hearing what he has to say just as much as I did e te iwi.
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6. David Rei Miller
David Rei Miller is an Environmental Engineer who began his studies at the University of Auckland but finished with a BE (Hons) and ME (Hons) from Massey University. He has spent the last 16 years in local government and currently looks after the water supplies for Palmerston North City Council. David is passionate about sustainability and resilience, and has experienced what the journey is like to reclaim your māoritanga.
This kōrero covers David’s background, research and work within the industry. We delve into a lot this episode! Things like:
- recommending a quarter life crisis!
- what it means to learn your own whakapapa.
- finding your ikigai.
He shares insights from research he completed for Engineers Without Borders about the low numbers of Māori and Pasifika in engineering, the reasons and what we can do to address the imbalance. You can find the paper we discuss on the Engineers Without Borders NZ website under the NEWS tab. Enjoy e te iwi!
5. Jamie Pye
Jamie Pye is an electrical engineering graduate from Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau and now an Infrastructure Project Manger. Attending kohanga reo and now on a journey of reclaiming her reo māori is just one of the reasons her insight on incorporating te ao māori and engineering is invaluable.
She speaks on what it will mean for more māori to be within engineering, importance of support for tauira māori through kaupapa like SPIES and what is means to "find the discomfort" when incorporating te ao māori into the workplace.
Very lucky to have Jamie on the podcast. Enjoy e te iwi!
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4. Teresa Poli
Kia ora tātou! This episode we have Teresa Poli. This wahine toa is a recent environmental engineer graduate from Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato and went into the construction side of the industry straight from university. Teresa completed her Honours project on the māori perspective on roads and is now completing her Masters on the same kaupapa!
She speaks truthfully about how she has found her experience to date and what she believes needs to change within the engineering landscape here in Aotearoa. I hope you all love her kōrero as much as I did. Enjoy e te iwi!
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3. John Blyth
Kia ora e te whānau!
This episode we have John Blyth sharing kōrero with us. He is a geologist by training and speaks on his role as Māori Business Advisor with Beca. I met John last year through both of our journeys of learning te reo Māori at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. He holds a particularly interesting perspective on how to get māori in to engineering especially from a business advisory perspective.
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2. Troy Brockbank (Part 2 of 2)
Kia ora rā tatou.
This the second part of the two part interview with Troy Brockbank. In this second part series, he delves in to things such as Pākehā paralysis, being a māori "tickbox-er" and the power in empowering māori engineers to be māori and so so much more. I hope you enjoy it this kōrero as much as I did.
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2. Troy Brockbank (Part 1 of 2)
Kia ora rā tatou.
This the first part of the two part interview with Troy Brockbank. Troy has a wealth of experience in the engineering consultancy world here in Aotearoa New Zealand. In this first part series, he delves into his upbringing and his experiences studying engineering at Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau.
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