Annemarie Gillies is a New Zealand Māori academic, and is Professor of Māori Research at the Eastern Institute of Technology in Hawke's Bay. She was formerly a professor at Massey University.

Annemarie Gillies
Academic background
Alma materMassey University, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Massey University, Massey University
Thesis
Doctoral advisorMason Durie
Academic work
InstitutionsMassey University, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, Eastern Institute of Technology

Academic career

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Gillies is Māori, and affiliates to Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Awa, Te Whanau-a-Apanui and Te Arawa iwi.[1] She worked in the freezing works at Whakatu until they were closed in 1986, and then studied business administration at the Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT). She worked first in accounts, and later completed a National Certificate of Business Studies. Gillies went on to gain a Bachelor of Business Studies majoring in Accountancy from Massey University.[1] She then managed the Te Pūmanawa Hauora Māori Health Research Programme at Massey. In 2006, Gillies completed a PhD titled Kia taupunga te ngā kau Māori: anchoring Māori health workforce potential at Massey University, supervised by Mason Durie.[2][1] Gillies was Director of Te Au Rangahau, the Māori Business Research Centre at Massey, and lectured in the School of Management.[1]

Gillies was appointed Professor of Māori and Indigenous Research at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiārangi in Whakatāne. She then worked as the research director at health provider Te Puna Ora o Mataatua.[1] In 2020 Gillies took a role as Pouarahi Rārangi Kōrero (Māori Heritage Listing Advisor) at Heritage New Zealand, where she helped whānau, hapū and iwi to research and write up their histories. She retained this role on a part time basis when appointed as Professor of Rangahau Māori (Māori Research) at EIT.[1][3] With David Tipene-Leach, she is co-director of the Māori research centre Te Kura i Awarua, at the Hawke’s Bay Campus of EIT.[4][5][6]

Gillies is part of the Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga Centre of Research Excellence where she is researching Māori governance structures,[7][8] and part of the Indigenising the blue economy project in the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge.[9] She is a member of the Aotearoa Research Ethics Committee, a national independent ethics committee for community-based research.[3]

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Homecoming for EIT's new Rangahau Māori Professor | EIT Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti". EIT Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti | The experience you need and the support to succeed. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. ^ Gillies, Annemarie (2006). Kia taupunga te ngā kau Māori: anchoring Māori health workforce potential (PhD thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/994.
  3. ^ a b "COMMITTEE – AOTEAROA RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE". Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Te Kura i Awarua: Māori research centre opens in Ngāti Kahungunu rohe". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Māori research centre opens in Ngāti Kahungunu rohe". NZ Herald. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Rangahau Māori Centre at EIT aims to drive community projects | EIT Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti". EIT Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti | The experience you need and the support to succeed. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Ngāti Awa". Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Professor Annemarie Gillies | Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga". www.maramatanga.ac.nz. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Indigenising the blue economy". Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge. Retrieved 26 May 2024.