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Associate Professor Pauline Harris
Governance Representative Ex-officio Board Member
March 2022 - present
Deputy Director Māori
Massey University
Biography
Pauline Harris, from Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Rakaipaaka and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, is an Associate Professor at Massey University.
She has a PhD in astrophysics from Canterbury University, where she investigated gamma ray bursts as possible sites for high energy neutrino production. Dr Harris has since been the Chairperson of the Society of Māori Astronomy Research and Traditions (SMART), where she applied her physics expertise to the collation and the revitalisation of Māori astronomical star lore.
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