PHD CanDidate

Tūmanako McLeod

Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington

Ko Ngāti Ranginui, Ngā Pōtiki-ā-Tamapāhore, Ngāi Te Rangi, Waitaha-ā-Hei, Ngāti Awa ngā Iwi o ōku tīpuna. 

Ko Ōpopoti te marae 

He paruparu te kai. 

He Taniwha ngā tāngata 

Ko ngā pāpaka o Rangataua. 

Ko Tūmanako McLeod ahau. 

Tūmanako’s focus will be on Taitamariki Ki te Taiao (children in their natural world). Encompassed by their intergenerational knowledge of their tāhuna, hapū, and kura their inquisitive minds will be offered earth science data, experiments and opportunities to drive and deliver future adaptation for their tāhuna, marae and mokopuna.