The Researchers

A word from the Project Leader

"I am proud to introduce the Through Our Eyes research team. All the researchers on this project have close ties with the Māori communities and families with whom they are working..." more >>

Dr Joanna Kidman
Te Aupouri, Te Arawa

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Elizabeth Allen

"When Hinemoa Materoa left Te Tairawhiti at 18 she met my father in Wellington and together they had three children, I am the potiki.

I was raised in Wellington by my whāea and although the majority of my whānau remained in the East Coast some of my whānau migrated to Porirua. ..." more >>

Gloria Clarke

"...And as a mother, an aunty, and a teacher, I think that these types of projects are really important because I have met too many rangatahi who think that the world doesn't see them, and doesn't care about what they know and think.

"As a teacher and researcher I'm interested in helping others to have faith in themselves and in their ability..." more >>

Michelle Erai

"...I'm hoping the images created by rangatahi from such a place will resonate for me personally, as well as make a unique contribution to a visual commentary on what Aotearoa looks like, through their eyes..." more >>

Carey O'Hagan

"To the north of the River the bitumen on Highway 1, leading from Kaiapoi to Woodend, covers the pa my ancestors inhabited. Not far from this spot my great-grandparents lived and my grandfather was born. I have known this to be a significant landmark all my life. When I look at the empty paddock that stands there today I see the old photographs I've seen from the time when a home stood there...." more >>