Dr. Pauline Harris was the keynote speaker for the Climate Innovation Panel at our inaugural He Kete Mātauranga Hui, held in June 2024 at Te Mahurehure Cultural Marae.
Dr Pauline Harris
Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Ngāti Rakaipaaka
Deputy Director Māori – MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Dr Pauline Harris is an astrophysicist who has specialised in high energy neutrino production and inflationary cosmology. Her research focuses on mātauranga Māori associated with Māori astronomy; Māori calendars and climate change. Currently, Dr Harris is the Chairperson of the Society for Māori Astronomy Research and Traditions (SMART), the Deputy Director Māori for the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology and the Vision Mātauranga Theme Leader for the Science for Technological Innovation National Science Challenge. She was also part of the Matariki Advisory Committee that established the Matariki public holiday.
