Trevor Landers   BA, Dip.Art, MA, MPM, MEd (in progress)

Kaupapa Whanau

Te Whanganui-a-tara Project Management and Strategy

Tena koe e hoa ma,

Ko Taranaki me Ngati Airani i te iwi
Ngaruahine i te manawhenua
Ko Taranaki i te maunga
Ko Kaupokunui te awa, ko te whenua ra hoki
Ko Aotea i te waka
Ko Maraeturi i te maae
Ko Turi me Manaia te tangata korua
Ko Haki toku papa, Ko Makareti taku mama
Ko Trevor taku ingoa.

I work for the Ministry of Education as a Kaitatari Matamua in the Tertiary Education Group with a particular portfolio interest in tertiary education policy and kaupapa Maori issues. Prioring to arriving here in March 2001, I spent nearly 3.5 years at Te Puni Kōkiri doing related mahi.

Prior to that. I have taught at Victoria University of Wellington, the University of the West (Timisoara, Romania) and the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. After a stint as a National Advisor at the Tertiary Education Commission, I worked as a consultant to NZQA.

My academic interests are eclectic and recent publications reflect increasing interdisciplinary ambits, traversing such as areas as postcolonial theory; subaltern studies; nineteenth century NZ history; post-marxist theory, theories of public sector management, kaupapa whanaketanga Maori and others.

I was the principal researcher for Te Matawhanui treaty claim on tertiary education and have previously provided historical research for treaty claims in Taranaki ki tonga. I try to get back there as much as I can.

I am currently interested in how the tertiary system can enable more postgraduate achievement for Maori, and my interest in supervision, mentorship and indigenous tertiary education initiatives may lead me to undertaking a PhD to examine these issues more closely.

Ka hiahia te tautokotia me awhinatia i te kaupapa o Nga Aho, ara, te whanaketanga o pukenga Maori, ka whakatipuranga te kakano o tatou rangatahi katoa. No reira, ki oku whakaaro nei, ka whakahoa me kaitautoko i te roopu nei. Nga mihi aroha ki a koutou katoa.

Mauri ora!