These speakers will speak to the importance of home and sustainability. By exploring how our connection to our whenua as Māori is deeply rooted in our cultural values, they will speak to the impact of climate change on home spaces to create future aspirations where we live in harmony with our environments.
Dr Amber Logan (Ngāti Kahungunu) is a registered Health Psychologist, research scientist and mother of five. Following a career in psychology and achieving international recognition in indigenous mental health, she undertook additional training in public health, completing her PhD “Housing and health for whānau Māori” in 2022. Amber has guest-lectured at numerous institutions outside her home country, including Washington State University and Harvard University.
She has a diverse range of interests including housing and health, urban and community design, sustainability, climate resilience, programme design and implementation, mental health and indigenous rights. In her spare time, she is an artist.
Ko Milly Grant-Mackie tōku ingoa, nō Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu ki Whaingaroa me Ngā Puhi ahau. I’m passionate about Indigenous perspectives on climate change, particularly sea level rise, and how we understand our relationship with these changes and their impacts. I work at the intersection of Western science—coastal geomorphology, geography, and climate change—and mātauranga Māori. I recently completed an honours project looking at how sea level rise will impact my marae, sparking a deeper reflection on what climate change means for whānau, hapū, and iwi in the future. Over the past two years, this has been something that has constantly been on my mind, and it has now led me to pursue a PhD in this area to share knowledge and understanding of climate change with other Māori and Indigenous communities.
