Tina Ngata Explained

Tina Ngata is an advocate, author and researcher based in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Early years and education

Ngata is Māori and affiliates with the Ngāti Porou nation.[1] When she was young she lived in Māngere, Auckland, where her father was a police officer. Later the family lived on the Gold Coast, Australia.[2]

From 2016 to 2018 Ngata undertook master's studies at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, graduating in 2019. Her masters thesis was on the application of the Doctrine of Discovery in Aotearoa.[3] Her undergraduate degree was a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Māori Studies from Massey University.

Career

Ngata advocates for environmental issues, Indigenous peoples and human rights.[4] Ngata promotes conservation from an Indigenous lens as 'best practice for a globally sustainable future'.[5]

Ngata has written articles for media outlets including E-Tangata (an on-line magazine that promotes stories from a Māori and Pasifika perspective),[6] The Spinoff[7] and Pantograph Punch.[8] She has contributed opinion pieces for newspapers The New Zealand Herald and the Guardian.[9] [10] She writes on a wide range of topics for example Ngata has articulated concern to parts of free trade negotiations and agreements between countries including United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).[11] Another article draws connections to the Voice referendum in Australia and the 2023 New Zealand election campaign,[12] and another on the negative outcomes from the stereotype of Māori people as a 'warrior race'.[13]

In 2023 Ngata was the Activist in Residence with the Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research & Evaluation (CARE) on anti-racism and in connection with Professor Mohan Dutta at Massey University (Manawatū campus).[14]

Anti-racist work Ngata has been involved in includes a public deputation to the Gisborne District Council in 2020 around the issue of statues related to Captain James Cook.[15] Ngata articulates the concept of 'ethical remembering' with regards to public monuments as not erasing history, but examining it in a different light.[16]

As a researcher Ngata has experience in Kaupapa Māori and quantitative Māori-centered research. Some of the work she has done has contributed to policy and planning documents for hapū and iwi, and she has developed programmes for freshwater and native forest monitoring.[17] On the East Cape in 2018 Ngata was involved in environmental monitoring to protect the Waiapu River including leading a series of workshops.[18] [19]

Ngata speaks at many events and conferences including in 2018 at the National Aquarium of New Zealand, Napier, this talk was with Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins and was about plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean.[20] Another in 2020 was a webinar called Environmental Racism and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, chaired by Catherine Delahunty and on a panel with Moea Armstrong and Tuhi Ao Bailey, part of a year long event Te Tiriti-based Futures + Anti-Racism 2020.[21] In 2021 Ngata was on a panel at a conference for leaders in mental health, addiction and disability called Celebrating Leadership – Courageous and Bold.[22]

Ngata has contributed to the place Matakaoa in the Gisborne region[23] to strengthen health and safety outcomes for the community through their COVID-19 response. These efforts won an award in 2022, Ngā Pou Whirinaki o te Tau – NZ Community of the Year award for 'excellence, innovation and aroha shown by whānau of Matakaoa in facing the dangers of COVID-19'.[24] Immediately after Cyclone Gabrielle, Ngata and others rallied with a successful fundraising campaign for disaster response and preparedness for the impacted communities of Matakaoa, Tokomaru, Te Puia and Waipiro Bay.[25]

In 2022 Ngata collaborated with Terri Crawford to create a digital artwork called I am Hine that was part of Mana Moana Volume 2: Digital Ocean, an immersive web-based digital art experience.[26]

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013-09-28 . About Me . 2024-01-16 . Tina Ngata . en-US.
  2. Web site: Turning the tide . 2024-01-16 . New Zealand Geographic . en-NZ . 16 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116113617/https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/turning-the-tide/ . live .
  3. 31 May 2022 . The Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry: Brief of Evidence Tina Ngata . Waitangi Tribunal . Wai 2700 .
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    . 16 January 2024 . 12 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712082536/https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_185719689/Wai%202700%2C%20A088.pdf . live .
  4. Web site: Tina Ngata – Perspectives on a Global Green New Deal . 2024-01-16 . en-US.
  5. Web site: Ngata . Tina . 2023-07-29 . Tina Ngata: Waiting for the fox to give the henhouse back . 2024-01-16 . E-Tangata . en-NZ . 16 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116090552/https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/tina-ngata-waiting-for-the-fox-to-give-the-henhouse-back/ . live .
  6. Web site: Tina Ngata, Author at E-Tangata . 2024-01-16 . E-Tangata . en-NZ . 31 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231231224448/https://e-tangata.co.nz/author/tina-ngata/ . live .
  7. Web site: Ngata . Tina . 2023-01-23 . Tina Ngata . 2024-01-16 . The Spinoff . en . 16 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116063354/https://thespinoff.co.nz/authors/tina-ngata . live .
  8. Web site: Tina Ngata . 2024-01-16 . Pantograph Punch . 4 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230604200218/https://pantograph-punch.com/writers/tina-ngata . live .
  9. Web site: 2024-01-16 . Editorial: Dreadlock ban gets school in a tangle . 2024-01-16 . NZ Herald . en-NZ . 16 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116092055/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/editorial-dreadlock-ban-gets-gisborne-school-in-a-tangle/OYNTT5Z6WPVKOQFUODFD6JT5HU/ . live .
  10. News: 2020-02-02 . We must dismantle our colonial system and rebuild it with Māori at the heart . 2024-01-16 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077 . 16 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116090552/https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/feb/03/we-must-dismantle-our-colonial-system-and-rebuild-it-with-maori-at-the-heart . live .
  11. Web site: Ngata . Tina . 2019-02-20 . Lessons from Aotearoa: The Indigenous "exception" clause in Free Trade Agreements . 2024-01-16 . Yellowhead Institute . en-US . 24 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230624164043/https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2019/02/20/lessons-from-aotearoa/ . live .
  12. Web site: Ngata . Tina . 2023-10-07 . Tina Ngata: Our chance to reject hate . 2024-01-22 . E-Tangata . en-NZ . 5 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240105104020/https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/tina-ngata-our-chance-to-reject-hate/ . live .
  13. Web site: Ngata . Tina . 2018-12-19 . Once were gardeners, lovers, poets… and warriors . 2024-01-22 . The Spinoff . en . 31 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231231224443/https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/19-12-2018/once-were-gardeners-lovers-and-poets-not-warriors . live .
  14. Web site: CARE ACTIVIST IN RESIDENCE - TINA NGATA, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND ACTIVIST 15 - 18 MAY 2023 AT MASSEY UNIVERSITY – MANAWATŪ CAMPUS . 2024-01-16 . CARE . en-US . 16 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116063357/https://carecca.nz/about/activist-in-residence/care-activist-in-residence-tina-ngata-aotearoa-new-zealand-activist-15-18-may-2023-at-massey-university-manawatu-campus/ . live .
  15. Web site: 'Racism is not going to be fixed with one workshop' - Tina Ngata . 2024-01-22 . Te Ao Māori News . en.
  16. Web site: Ngata . Tina . June 15, 2020 . Racism, monuments and ethical remembering . 2024-01-22 . Stuff . 17 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230517175748/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/121823266/racism-monuments-and-ethical-remembering . live .
  17. Web site: Tina Ngata – Deep South Challenge . 2024-01-16 . deepsouthchallenge.co.nz . 12 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230212053231/https://deepsouthchallenge.co.nz/researcher/tina-ngata/ . live .
  18. Web site: Stuff . 2024-01-22 . www.stuff.co.nz . 30 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210330043027/https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/113976026/old-ways-key-to-sustainable-future . live .
  19. Book: Pohatu . Pia . Waiapu Koka Huhua . Walker . Kate . July 2021 . POIPOIA LTD . 22 January 2024 . 28 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230928141811/https://ourlandandwater.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TMOTW-Case-Study-Waiapu-Kokahuhua.pdf . live .
  20. Web site: Plastic Pollution and Solutions in the South Pacific . 2024-01-16 . Royal Society Te Apārangi . 31 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240131203449/https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/events/plastic-pollution-and-solutions-in-the-south-pacific/ . live .
  21. Web site: Te Tiriti-based Futures + Anti-Racism 2020 . 2024-01-22 . OurActionStation . en-NZ . 31 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131154455/https://our.actionstation.org.nz/partnerships/tiriti-based-futures-2020 . live .
  22. Web site: Leadership in mental health and addiction Te Ara Tūpuna Rangatira . 2024-01-22 . Te Pou . en . 27 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211027033359/https://www.tepou.co.nz/events/celebrating-leadership-courageous-and-bold . live .
  23. Web site: Matakaoa 'Immunity Community' Wins New Zealand Community of the Year . 2024-01-18 . Te Puni Kōkiri . en-NZ . 26 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230926001149/https://www.tpk.govt.nz/en/mo-te-puni-kokiri/our-stories-and-media/matakaoa-immunity-community-wins-new-zealand-commu . live .
  24. Web site: Matakaoa Community . 2024-01-18 . New Zealander of The Year . en-US . 18 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118204038/https://nzawards.org.nz/winners/matakaoa-community/ . live .
  25. Web site: March 2023 . Community-led Flood Relief Appeal For East Cape Communities Meets Target . 2024-01-18 . Scoop News . 31 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240131203558/https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2303/S00023/community-led-flood-relief-appeal-for-east-cape-communities-meets-target.htm?_gl=1%2Aot3k1s%2A_ga%2AMjA3NDk0NTk0My4xNjYwOTUzNDQ5%2A_ga_GGVMM3MB82%2AMTcwNTYxMDI2Ni4zNy4wLjE3MDU2MTAyNzIuNTQuMC4w . live .
  26. Web site: 25 November 2022 . Māori and Pacific creatives weave art and tech together for digital exhibition . Massey University Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa . 22 January 2024 . 26 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230226144613/https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/m%C4%81ori-and-pacific-creatives-weave-art-and-tech-together-for-digital-exhibition/ . live .
  27. Web site: Mountains to Sea - BWB Bridget Williams Books . 2024-01-16 . www.bwb.co.nz . en-US . 16 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116063355/https://www.bwb.co.nz/books/mountains-sea/ . live .

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