In this episode, Dr Emily Afoa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi) shares her values driven journey that’s seen her deep in the academia, consultancy and governance spaces within the engineering industry. Emily is a Chartered Environmental Engineer, Pou Whakarae | Director at Tektus Consultants Limited, Board Member of Association of Consulting and Engineering (ACE) New Zealand and so much more. Her heart work is clear and the mahi that she has done and is doing is intergenerational stuff. I learnt a lot in this episode, and I hope you do too. Enjoy e te whānau.

Raharuhi Koia (Ngāti Porou) is a Pāpā based in Ō Tautahi with his whānau. Raharuhi holds a frank and open kōrero about his life as a Structural Engineer, one of that as a Māori Engineer and what it means to be a good mentor in this changing space. This episode is supported by Te Ao Rangahau Engineering NZ Grant Programme 2023. Enjoy e te iwi!

Paraone Luiten-Apirana (Ngāti Hikairo, Te Arawa, Ngāi Tūhoe) was a kaikōrero in Episode 12. A year and a half later, we recorded this episode ā-tinana and talked about where his life is at now. When we last spoke, Paraone was studying towards his hefty conjoint degree in Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) specialising in mechanical at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. During this time, he was also under the mentorship of Dr Maureen Lander, with a group of other students, contributing to the new engineering building. He also contributed to the new engineering building and supported the formation of a compulsory paper grounded in te ao Māori for first year engineering tauira.  Now, Paraone is a PhD candidate and his thesis is all about bringing the worlds of toi Māori and engineering together in this day and age. The engineering building is now open for use and he is fully involved in the development of that first-year paper! A beaut chance to reconnect with Paraone and I hope you enjoy hearing where he is at e te whānau. A bunch of links that build from our kōrero below:  One of the explanations out there of ihi, wehi and wana: Paraone’s story was first in the Auckland University news and reshaped via this article. Info about the university’s new haka, created with staff and Tāpeta Wehi. This episode is supported by Te Ao Rangahau Engineering NZ Grant Programme 2023 and a total of $300 was donated to Paraone for his valued contribution.

Josiah Simmonds (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui) is doing amazing things the engineering industry. During the episode, he discusses his journey to his career in the stormwater space, what it's like and the 'why' behind working towards the spaces he is now in. Josiah received acknowledgement of his career to date through receiving the title of Young Stormwater Professional of the Year 2023, sponsored by Beca, and being appointed as a Trustee to the Foundation of Te Ao Rangahau. Exciting times for this awesome person. On a further exciting note, this podcast received funding assistance from Te Ao Rangahau | Engineering New Zealand 2023 Grant programme. The koha allocated for this podcast was donated to Engineering Without Borders New Zealand upon Josiah's request. The donation will support Engineering Without Borders' mission to 'connect, educate, and empower people through humanitarian engineering'. Enjoy, e te iwi!

Bub Konia and Richard Templer are both amazing people in their own right. Their common place of mahi - Te Ao Rangahau | Engineering New Zealand - is one of the things that ties them together and the reason for this paired episode. Bub and Richard speak to the past and present journey the organisation has and is on in embedding te ao Māori in to the engineering industry. The kōrero is centred around 'kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua' ~ looking backward to go forwards. When we look back, they speak to how and why the organisation was gifted the ingoa Māori ‘Te Ao Rangahau’ by Tā Tamati Reedy and how the standard has been set so that engineering is no longer just thought of as 'the people who drive the trains’. When we go forward, they speak to the recently launched rautaki | strategy of 'Kimihia Rangahau'. The kōrero delves into so much more than what can be written in this box! I hope you enjoy e te iwi. If you'd like to get in touch, please do so via https://www.maori-in-engineering.com/

Soltice Morrison (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Maniapoto) is an amazing wahine Māori and a wonderful friend of mine since moving to Te Whanganui a Tara. Her mahi has been as a Geoenvironmental Consultant at Aurecon and she has shaped her career to now support the company’s He Rautaki Māori | Māori Strategy. Soltice is also learning te reo Māori on top of full-time mahi and has been involved in awesome kaupapa of Y25 YWCA⁠ and BlakeNZ It was so much fun to record with Soltice. If you're looking to hear a story that is genuine and will leave you feeling inspire - then look no further e hoa mā. Enjoy! To keep up to date follow the Māori_in_engineering.pod Instagram

Kia ora tātou! Episode 20 hears from Taane Taiepa (Tūhoe, Ngāti Whare). Taane's mahi is developing the digital space, he also gives to the kaupapa of Te Matarau, Māori Tech Association (more about Te Matarau here: https://www.tematarau.tech). In this kōrero he shares: what he does at mahi and Te Matarau, his life as a graduate and theme throughout is backing yourself to go for opportunities. Enjoy e te whānau

Awesome to catch up with Georgina Stokes (Ngāi Tahu) - someone who is an incredible thinker in the spatial design space and inspiration to those she lectures at Tai Rāuwharangi College of Creative Art at Massey University kei Te Whanganui a Tara. Georgina is an overall awesome wahine, pretty evident in the way she communicates so passionately with the work she has done in whakapapa plotting to better how we experience spaces. Link to her thesis mahi titled ‘Aroha ki ō Tātou Kaimahi’: https://exposure2020.massey.ac.nz/students/master-of-design/georgina-stokes/ Link to tōna hoa, Libby White (Te Āti Awa): https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/taranaki-top-stories/109399565/awardwinning-idea-shows-how-towns-coastal-outlook-could-be-transformed-by-walkway Check out the Māori in Engineering website

In this episode we hear kōrero from Shannon Te Huia (Ngāti Maniapoto). His mahi today is Te Pou Tāhūhū of Pūnui River Care Inc. where the kaupapa is a Marae based initiative to restore Pūnui awa while providing employment and work experiences for local people in the rohe. He talks on bringing Māoridom out of the marae to other spaces, being a kaitiaki in a wairuia as well as physical sense and leading and empowering the people around him.

Lincoln Timoteo hails from Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa, Te Āti Awa, Ingarangi/England, Airani/Ireland, through the whakapapa from his Māmā and ngā motu o Tokelau through the whakapa from his Pāpā. Lincoln (among other things) is a Pāpā, husband, an engineer, a consultant and a student of te reo Māori where he attends kura at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Ōtaki. We share kōrero on what his life is like at the moment in rumaki (where the kupu Pākehā literally is ‘to immerse drown’) reo Māori, his journey into and with engineering and how those pieces of his story interconnect. This kōrero is all about taking time for your identity and the power that has. Enjoy e te whānau.  -- Support this podcast kaupapa by rating it out of 5 stars and/or letting it be known what you think of the episode.  Follow the instagram on @maori_in_engineering.pod www.maori-in-engineering.com