Ella Henry will discuss whether traditional Maōri knowledge can be considered scientific. 

This presentation is predicated on an article by Mike Dickison, published in the NZ Skeptics journal in August 1994. Here

Ella will revisit the article and explore how, and in what ways, Aotearoa New Zealand has evolved in the last thirty years, with regard to Māori science.

Ella has a background across multiple disciplines including sociology, business and Māori Indigenous development. She has been actively involved in research, teaching and advocacy for Māori media for over twenty years. Ella was a Treaty Negotiator for her Iwi, Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa, and has been involved with the Post-Settlement Governance Entity, as Trustee and Chair, until her appointment as Director of Māori Advancement for the Business School.