Luke August (Ngāti Hauiti, Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Muaūpoko) is in his third year of studying Mechanical with a minor in Biomedical engineering at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha.

Despite this being released during Level 4 lockdown, we were lucky enough to record this kanohi ki te kanohi.

It was awesome to sit down with Luke, where he delves into things like his: involvement with Pūhoro STEM Academy, an internship that meant he is developing a design for an accessible prosthetic hand and what it means to support tauira māori at university level - and so so much more.

As always, I hope you enjoy hearing what he has to say just as much as I did e te iwi.