Te Kani Kingi

Professor Te Kani Kingi  (Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Awa, and Ngāi Tai) is Executive Director of Research and Innovation and Head of School of Indigenous Graduate Studies at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.  He has a specialist interest in health outcome measurement (psychometrics), Māori mental health, longitudinal research, public health, and health service delivery. He is currently leading New Zealand’s largest dedicated programme of Māori mental health research – Te Aratiatia ki te Hauora.

Te Kani is currently a member of the AKO Aotearoa Assessment Committee, the Board of the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Research Associate of the National Institute for Economic and Demographic Research, Chair of the Te Rau Puawai mental health scholarship programme and a Board Member of Tane Ora.  He is also a member of the Veteran’s Health Committee, the Natural Hazards Social Science Committee (GNS Science), the Independent Science Panel (Sustainable eas National Science Challenge) and to the Australian Physiotherapy Council Accreditation Board