Waikaremoana Waitoki

Introducing

Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki is a clinical psychologist with work and research interests in Kaupapa Māori psychology, adult, child and adolescent mental health, supervision, accreditation, and curriculum development. She is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean Research in Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at Waikato University, as well as the immediate past president of the New Zealand Psychological Society.

She is the co-editor of the first Māori psychology textbook Te Manu Kai i te Mātauranga - Indigenous Psychology in Aotearoa. She is a recipient of the Royal Society Apārangi Te Puāwaitanga Research Excellence Award for her distinctive contribution to te ao Māori and Māori knowledge.