Committee Members

Joy Panoho MBA, PhD
Chair, Committee

Ko Ngapuhi te iwi ki Whangārei, Patuharakeke rātou Te Uriroroi, Te Parawhau ngā hapū

Joy is the Kaiwhakahaere Rautaki (Health Strategist) in Te Poutokomanawa, the Māori Health Directorate in Te Whatu Ora – Te Tai Tokerau. She has held previous membership on the Massey University Human Ethics Committee as an Office of the AVC Māori and Pasifika representative, and currently serves as (Health Research) Locality Assessment Lead, as well as being involved in the establishment of a Research Office at Te Whatu Ora – Te Tai Tokerau. Joy is passionate about health equity and transformational reform. Her PhD provided a Māori-centric exploration of the experiences of Māori directors in District Health Boards and her management research interests and background include: Health Equity, Kaupapa Māori Models of Care, Health Policy and Reform, Institutional Racism, Affirmative Action, Governance, and Organisation Behaviour and Change.   Joy, is a past recipient along with co-author Ralph Stablein, of the University of New England Research Methods Award for their exploration of Kaupapa Māori Research as method and epistemology. She was a foundation member of the Academy of Management Indigenous Caucus and a foundation member of the Critical Management Scholar Division in the Academy. She has been in whānau advocacy roles in the preparation and presentation of Briefs before the Waitangi Tribunal and was a successful Appellant on behalf of whānau in the Environment Court.

Lucy Cooper MA (Planning), MA
Deputy Chair, Committee

Lucy Cooper is an independent resource management consultant and keen teller of stories, using photography, broadcasting and podcasting to share stories of people and places in her community. She holds a Masters in Postcolonial and Commonwealth Literature, as well as in Town and Country Planning. She has nearly 20 years’ experience in natural resource and urban planning in local and central government as well as private practice, and is a fervent advocate for effective community involvement in planning processes. Her research interests include food security and housing equity.

Martha Ann Carey PhD, RN

Geraldine Corkery MEdAdmin Hons, BSc Hons, DipTchg

Geraldine is a former deputy principal of a Dunedin girl’s high school. Now retired, she is following up interests in the natural world by volunteering at the local eco-sanctuary as well as working on the archives of her most recent school.   She has 40 years experience teaching young people and enjoyed the challenge of fostering both junior and senior science education. She is keenly interested in youth engagement and leadership and has worked to support Maori and Pasifika pupils and their communities throughout her career. Geraldine retains an interest in education and voluntary service. Her interests include youth engagement and leadership, Maori and Pasifika engagement, arts and creativity, and youth wellbeing.

Hamish Duncan

Hamish Duncan is a new graduate Bachelor of Nursing student who also holds positions on the Interim Learners Advisory Committee (ILAC) at Te Pukenga, is a student representative on the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) Research and Ethics committee, a member of the SANITI executive committee, and the Nelson/Marlborough regional student representative for the New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation (NZNO). Hamish is new to the field of ethics but passionate and eager to learn. He has an interest in research within the fields of nursing, medicine and human/animal ethics. Outside of academia Hamish loves anything outdoors, especially hiking in Nelson Lakes National Park, and spending time with his dog George.

Annemarie Gillies PhD
Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Awa, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Te Arawa

Annemarie is Professor Rangahau Māori at Te Aho a Maui EIT, Taradale Hawkes Bay.  She also has a role with Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga as a Māori Heritage Listing Advisor. Her research interests are broad and varied but always involve whānau, hapū and iwi. 

Mike Grimshaw PhD

Mike Grimshaw is Associate Professor of  Sociology at University of Canterbury. He is past chair of  the University of Canterbury Human Ethics Committee including during the time of the Canterbury quakes and their aftermath when a great deal of research was undertaken on a community suffering ongoing trauma. He also worked with the Ilam School of Fine Arts to develop and introduce an appropriate Human Ethics process for their work. With degrees in History and Theology (PhD) he taught Religious Studies before relocating into Sociology. His interest in  Human Ethics began with a summer research studentship under Professor Alastair Campbell in Bioethics  at Otago University in the early 1990s. He has also served on the Marsden Fund Social Sciences panel and the Marsden Fund Social Sciences Fast Start panel. He is founding editor of the  Palgrave Macmillan Book series Radical Theologies and Philosophies. His research occurs at the intersection of continental philosophy, critical theory and intellectual and social history, with a particular of focus on questions of social, cultural and intellectual history of Aotearoa.

Gordon Jackman

Penelope Kinney PhD (Otago)

Penelope is a Principal Lecturer and the Head of Programmes at the School of Occupational Therapy at Otago Polytechnic. Penelope joined the school in 2008 after working clinically within forensic psychiatric services. Penelope completed her PhD exploring how clients psychologically adapt to living in the community after spending significant time within forensic psychiatric hospitals. Her research interest in this transition process has arisen from her time as the occupational therapist within a regional forensic psychiatric service. Penelope’s research interests include the use of walking interviews, transition experiences, forensic psychiatric populations and ethical research.

Terry Locke PhD

Terry is an Emeritus Professor in Arts and Language Education at the University of Waikato. His interest areas are research in the teaching of writing, literature, sense of place. Action research.

Sebastian Lowe MSc

Sebastian J. Lowe (Ngā Tāngata Tiriti) is an anthropologist, musician and filmmaker from Aotearoa New Zealand. He is currently enrolled in a PhD in Society and Culture at James Cook University, Australia, and Aarhus University, Denmark. Sebastian is co-curator of otis, a community of artists and anthropologists exploring the in-between of art and anthropology. He is also a research associate at Charles Darwin University, Australia.

Linda Mussell PhD

Linda Mussell is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury. Originally from Canada, she now calls Ōtautahi/Christchurch home. Lin’s teaching and research interests are centred broadly in the political science subdiscipline of public policy, specifically social policy focused on human needs, and feature the use of qualitative methods.

Michelle O’Toole

Deb Te Kawa

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Kennedy Templer BA, DPH

Kennedy Templer is an Application Support Specialist for the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health from Otago University. Her research interests are centered around the digital space, health and education.

Martin Tolich PhD

Martin undertook his PhD at the University of California, Davis. Between 2004 and 2008 he was the inaugural chair of the Multi region health and disability ethics committee based in Wellington. Martin was one of the original founders, and a driving force behind the establishment of the New Zealand Ethics Committee. He has written ten books on research methodologies and research ethics, including the recent Finding Your Ethical Self with Routledge. He is currently enjoying retirement and volunteering for the Forest and Bird stoat eradication programme on the Otago Peninsula.

Mary-Anne Woodnorth

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Eilish Espiner
Administrator

Eilish is the administrator for the Aotearoa Research Ethics Committee. She is a PhD candidate in Critical Animal Studies at UC where her proposed project involves a sociocultural and political analysis of human-animal relationships in contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand. Her research interests include ecofeminism, gender studies, queer theory, meat culture, climate justice, and veganism (and all the ways these interact!). She completed a Master of Policy and Governance in 2019. Outside of her research she is an enthusiastic tramper and a musician.

EeMun Chen MSc (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

EeMun Chen is second generation New Zealand Chinese. She holds a Master of Science from the University of Canterbury. EeMun has over 20 years’ experience in the development and implementation of quantitative and qualitative research methods. EeMun has diverse research interests including programme evaluation, equity, migrant worker exploitation, economic development, social development, labour markets, and health and wellbeing.

EeMun is a member of the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA), Australian Evaluation Society (AES), Multicultural Evaluation special interest group of the AES, and the Data Visualization Society (DVS).

EeMun is a Principal Consultant at MartinJenkins, and is also Managing Director of Ethnic Research Aotearoa. She seeks to ensure research is undertaken with, by, and for ethnic communities.

Former Members

We acknowledge our former members who, through their dedication and mahi, helped build the ethics committee to what it is today:

  • Dr Barry Smith QSM (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu)
  • Ria Schroder
  • David Cooke
  • Jay Marlowe
  • Sarah McKay
  • Cherryl Waerea-i-te-rangi Smith (Nga Wairiki/Ngati Apa, Ngati Kahungunu, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ngai Tahu)
  • Paul Flanagan

  • Lynne Bower
  • Anet Kate
  • Liz Liddell
  • Bonnie Scarth
  • Peter Walker
  • John Paterson
  • Margaret Franken
  • Sara Kindon
  • Howard Randal
  • Rachel Shaw
  • Kathryn McAuley
  • Trevor James
  • Christina Ergler
  • Catherine Smith
  • Judith Turner
  • Helen Gremillion
  • Miriama Postlethwaite (Tūhoe)
  • Jon Cornwall
  • John Wei
  • Phil Harington
  • Lara Sanderson
  • Louisa Choe