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ProfessorOcean Mercier

Professor

Te Kawa a Māui

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  • Professor
    Te Kawa a Māui
  • +6444637457 (Work)
  • MOKO 312, Ngā Mokopuna, 42 Kelburn Parade, Kelburn, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand

RESEARCH INTERESTS

◾Groundwater matauranga, tikanga and community histories
◾Maori engagement with biotechnologies

◾Antarctica-Aotearoa connections

◾Decolonial science 
◾Mātauranga Māori and science
◾Cultural mapping and digital media in documenting Indigenous knowledge and engaging students
◾Limited-time film, Indigenous media, kaupapa Māori readings of film
◾Indigenous academic experience

RANGAHAU | RESEARCH

  • PROJECT GRANT
    Te Huringa Āhuarangi, He Waimanawa. Weaving Sky and Earth - Climate Change and Groundwater.
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington1 Feb 2026 - 31 Jan 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
  • PROJECT GRANT
    A Decolonising Board Game - He Haerenga ki te Maunga
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington1 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mercier O
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    An Anthology of Māori studies
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sep 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mercier O
  • PROJECT GRANT
    Future-proofing resilient groundwater systems: Buffering climate change effects on water availability and quality
    GNS Science1 Oct 2024 - 31 Mar 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mercier O
    GNS Science
  • PROJECT GRANT
    Antarctic seafloor seeps: A driver of coastal change?
    Earth Sciences New Zealand formerly NIWA1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mercier O
    Earth Sciences New Zealand formerly NIWA
  • PROJECT GRANT
    He Haerenga ki te Maunga: A Game Where Players Decolonise a Landscape, 4S Conference Presentation
    Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga – New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence10 Nov 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mercier O
    Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga – New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence
  • PROJECT GRANT
    RNAi For Varroa - Education Material
    Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research1 Dec 2022 - 31 Jul 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mercier O
    Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    A Matauranga Maori and Technology Approach to Rat Population Suppression (NSC03a)
    University of Otago1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mercier O
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Perspex Box
    Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research1 Mar 2022 - 28 Feb 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mercier O
  • PROJECT GRANT
    Pou Pae Tawhiti (Leadership) Role (21-24POU05)
    University of Auckland1 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mercier O
    University of Auckland
  • PROJECT GRANT
    Theme Leader Role Within Coastal People: Southern Skies (CPSS)
    University of Otago1 Jul 2021 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mercier O
    University of Otago
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Ng¿ Pae Te Tai Ao PhD Scholarship
    THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND1 May 2021 - 30 Jun 2024
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Publication:An Anthology of Maori Studies
    THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND1 May 2021 - 31 Aug 2021
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Tools to Support Landscape-scale Control of Invasive Invertebrates
    LANDCARE RESEARCH1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2024
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Tools to Support Landscape-scale Control of Invasive Invertebrates (Head Grant E3655) (NSC03a)
    Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mercier O
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    MAI Journal Co-editor
    THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND1 Apr 2020 - 4 Mar 2022
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    The Decoloniser Board Game
    THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND1 Nov 2019 - 28 Feb 2021
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    New Zealand Science Review: Special Issues I and II on Maatauranga and Science in Practice
    THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND1 Sep 2019 - 18 Jan 2021
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    The Moana Project
    METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF NZ LTD1 May 2019 - 30 Sep 2023
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Community Connections to Place
    UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO1 Oct 2018 - 31 Mar 2021
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Te Whakaheke o Te Wai
    GNS Science1 Oct 2018 - 30 Sep 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mercier O
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Te Tai Ao
    THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND1 Apr 2018 - 31 Jul 2021
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    He Kete Hauora Taiao: Developing and Applying a Maatauranga-Science Terrestrial Assessment Toolkit
    AGRESEARCH LTD1 Mar 2018 - 6 Jun 2019
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Imagining Decolonised Cities
    NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNESCO1 Sep 2016 - 3 Aug 2017
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Novel Wasp Control Technologies
    LANDCARE RESEARCH1 Jan 2016 - 19 Sep 2019