Marcus Tamaira

Marcus’s first career was as a veterinarian working as a farm clinician, practice and corporate manager and government veterinarian for 20 years across the North Island. He now devotes his time to public health especially hauora Māori and Māori tino rangatiratanga (Māori self-determination). He has a passion for tāne ora, the mana and mauri of Māori men and boys, and is finishing a Master of Public Health on this important and emerging area. Marcus enjoys tackling difficult problems and finding innovations to help solve pressing problems including Indigenous inequality and applying kaupapa Māori research principles to this end.