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Professor Pauline Harris

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 a 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.