KO WAI TĒNEI?
HAPAITIA TE PŪKAHATANGA MĀORI - ELEVATING MĀORI IN ENGINEERING
This is a space for the intentional elevation of Māori in the Engineering world of Aotearoa. The podcast interview based series 'Māori in Engineering' hears the stories of amazing people doing amazing things.
How it started...
The first (of what was to come of many) LinkedIn post...
And, how it's going...
Below are captured snippets from 5 different interviews. From Left to Right: Tamahau Brown (Ep 14), Teresa Poli (Ep 4), Hana Whiting (Ep 8), Troy Brockbank (Ep 2) and Luke August (Ep 7).
Those not captured below are: John Blyth (Ep 3), Jamie Pye (Ep 5), David Rei Miller (Ep 6), Ariana George (Ep 9), L'Rey Renata (Karaitiana) (Ep 10), myself (Ep 11) Paraone Luiten-Apirana (Ep 12) and a joint episode of Sina Cotter Tait and Elle Archer (Ep 13).
The available analytics on the podcast to date (March 2022).
I enjoy the analytics (unsure if it's the engineering part of me - probably is) so I thought they were important to share. This is at approximately 3k plays!
The reach and range of people each episode is important, and what is even more important is the kōrero and action once the episode is finished - that is my wero to you.
KO WAI AU?
Ko Mauao te maunga
Ko Mataatua te waka
Ko Ngāti Ranginui raua ko Ngāi Te Rangi ōku iwi
Ko Hangarau raua ko Rangiwaea ōku marae
Ko Ngāti Hangarau tōku hapū
Ko Kaikohe Roretana taku tupuna
Nō Hakatere ahau
Kei Te-Whanganui-a-Tara ahau e noho ana
Ko Alyce Lysaght tōku ingoa
I hail from the beautiful Tauranga moana rōhe. Mauao is my mountain, Mataatua is the waka my ancestors arrived to Aotearoa on. Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāiterangi are my iwi. Ngāti Hangarau is my hapū. My marae are Hangarau and Rangiwaea. Kaikohe Roretana (Rolleston) is my tupuna. I am from Ashburton (mostly) rural Canterbury and also grew up in Vietnam.
I am a Graduate Water Engineer for a consultancy company in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara. I graduated from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) specialising in Natural Resources and minoring in Environmental and Water Systems and a Diploma of Global Humanitarian Engineering.
I began learning my whakapapa Māori in first year of university through a kaupapa called Tuia. Through this kaupapa I began learning te reo māori, stepping into my māoritanga and ultimately learning that I am in fact māori "enough". I am currently learning rumaki Māori through kura pō with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
Going through my engineering studies and this journey of uncovering te Ao Māori that is within me and the wider ao, is when I learnt of the inherent connection that can be had between engineering and te ao Māori. Despite realising this, I couldn't see an accessible space or a network to learn more.
Which is what created this podcast space! A space for learning, connection and a network of awesome people to grow.
If this space inspires just one rangatahi Māori to pursue engineering as they learn more of what it is about in Aotearoa, or just one tauiwi to be inspired by the work done, or just one Māori working in the engineering industry to feel empowered to be Māori in their field then I believe my whole purpose is complete.
I hope you enjoy e te whānau.
If you'd like to connect, I would LOVE to share space -- so please get in touch below in the 'kōrero mai' box.
