Kura Paul-Burke
Professor Kura Paul-Burke (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Whakahemo) is a Māori marine ecologist, scientific diver and transdisciplinary researcher. She is the first ever wāhine (female) Māori Professor in Mātai Moana – Marine Research in Aotearoa New Zealand. Based at the University of Waikato she uses traditional Māori resources and knowledge alongside marine science to assist kaitiakitanga (restoration, monitoring and management) priorities of coastal Māori entities for culturally and ecologically important marine species and spaces.
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