Dr Byron Rangiwai

Qualifications

Publications

Rangiwai, B. (2025, August). ADHD in Aotearoa New Zealand – Challenges, Support, and Neurodivergent Voices [Paper presentation]. 2025 Neurodivergence Wellbeing Conference, 11–12 August 2025 at the RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast.

Rangiwai, B. (2025, July). AI, Māori Education, and Kaupapa Māori Research [Paper presentation]. TechTalk, AIoT Global Summit, Online.

Rangiwai, B. (2025, September). Flight of the Pīwakawaka: Supporting Tertiary Learning for Māori with ADHD [Keynote Address] [Paper presentation]. Te Toi Tauira mō Te Matariki, 21st Wānanga-ā-tau Conference, Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae, Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka-Unitec.

Rangiwai, B. (2025, November). Flighty like the Pīwakawaka:Reframing ADHD through a Māori lens for holistic wellbeing [Paper presentation]. World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education (WIPCE), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.

Rangiwai, B. (2025, November). The future of Māori neurodivergence: Refusing deficit, reclaiming Potential. [Paper presentation]. Indigenous Futures Conference 2025, Sunshine Coast.

Rangiwai, B. (2025). Exploring Te Kooti’s 1886 Te Umutaoroa prophecy as a climate adaptation framework: Prophetic reflections inspired by the Toi Rito Toi Rangatira programme. Te Kaharoa, 18(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.24135/tekaharoa.v18i1.474

Rangiwai, B. (2025, 05/02). Theology and Neurodiversity. [Paper presentation]. Theological & Religious Studies Research Seminar, School of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Auckland.

Rangiwai, B. (2025, March). Using AI in rangahau/research. Presented to the Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge Programme, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Māngere, March 7 2025. [Paper presentation]. Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge programme, Mangere.

Rangiwai, B. (2024, November). Flighty like the pīwakawaka: Empowerment through a Māori perspective on ADHD [Paper presentation]. International Indigenous Research Conference, Auckland.

Rangiwai, B. (2024). Flighty like the pīwakawaka! Personal reflections on mid-life ADHD diagnosis and the beginnings of a framework for conceptualising the condition from a Māori perspective. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 0(0), 1-10. 10.1177/11771801241250058

Rangiwai, B., George-Koteka, J., Hagai, P., Hitchens, J., Marsters, M., & Vaughn, D. (2024). Indigenous autoethnographic reflections on the development of indigenous practice in the Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Māngere. Ethnographic Edge, Early Online, 1-23.

Rangiwai, B. (2024). Embracing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder through the pīwakawaka: A Māori perspective on education and ADHD. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Scobie, A., Adams, R., Garrett-Walker, R., Brown, M., & Rangiwai, B. (2024). Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Hauora Strategy. Auckland.

Rangiwai, B. (2024, September). “I’m not broken”: Using Māori perspectives to better understand ADHD. [Paper presentation]. Te Kahu Pūtoi, Online.

Scobie, A., Adams, R., Garrett-Walker, R., Brown, M., & Rangiwai, B. (2024). He Paringa Tai: Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Hauora Strategy development. (2). Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Trust.

Scobie, A., Adams, R., Garrett-Walker, R., Brown, M., & Rangiwai, B. (2024). He Timunga Tai: Research on health needs and priorities of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. (1). Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Trust.

Rangiwai, B., & Enari, D. (2023, July). Indigenous Cultures and Post-Mortem Photography. Photography and Culture, 16(1), 1-7. DOI:10.1080/17514517.2023.2228586

Rangiwai, B. (2023). Reflections on being an academic with ADHD. Te Kaharoa, 16(1), 1-16. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v16i1.419

Rangiwai, B., Baker, C., & Murphy, H. (2022, December). From the frontline of social work to the classroom: Some Indigenous autoethnographic insights [Paper presentation]. MIT - Unitec Research Symposium, Auckland.

Rangiwai, B. (2022). An Indigenous analysis of the bulimia and haka montage in Netflix's The Crown. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 1, 1-17. 10.1080/07256868.2022.2107623

Rangiwai, B. (2022). The mystery of the god Io. Synkrētic, (1), 73-85.

Rangiwai, B. (2022). Reflections on Nan’s liver transplant. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 15(1), 1-11.

Rangiwai, B., Aliioaiga, E., Cook, M., Latu, F., & Tukutau, M. (2022). The effects of the 2021 Delta lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand: A thematic analysis of some preliminary material to inform a future research question (forthcoming). Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 15(1), 1-29.

Rangiwai, B. (2022). Towards an understanding of Io through Atuatanga. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 0(0), 1-9. 10.1177/11771801221117288

Rangiwai, B. (2022). Brief of Evidence of Dr Byron Rangiwai (WAI 2700/WAI 2872). (pp. 1-12). Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Rangiwai, B. (2021, June). Back to the future: Using prophecy to support Māori student success in tertiary education. Keynote presentation. [Paper presentation]. Te Rōpū Takawaenga Māori o Ngā Kura Mātauranga o Aotearoa Hui ā-tau 2021, Auckland.

Rangiwai, B. (2021, November). Māori spirituality and Syncretism [Paper presentation]. Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand, Christchurch.

Rangiwai, B. (2021). Māori theology and syncretism. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 0(0), 1-8. 10.1177/11771801211038247

Byron, Rangiwai. (2021). “Wake up, Sheeple!” Conspiracy theories and Māori during COVID-19. MAI Journal, 10(1), 46-49. 10.20507/MAIJournal.2021.10.1.6

Enari, D., & Rangiwai, B. (2021). Digital innovation and funeral practices: Māori and Samoan perspectives during the COVID-19 pandemic. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, May, 1-6. 10.1177/11771801211015568

Rangiwai, B. (2021). Some Brief Notes on Kai Māori. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-29. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.359

Rangiwai, B., & Sciascia, A. D. (2021). The impacts of COVID-19 on tangihanga. Journal of Global Indigeneity, 5(1), 1-14.

Rangiwai, B. (2021). Hopo: The dread that clings. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-7. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.361

Rangiwai, B. (2021). Representation, COVID-19, and failed metaphor: A critical analysis of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board vaccine booklet. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-30. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.363

Rangiwai, B. (2021). Tama-ki-Hikurangi: A whare built for Te Kooti. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-25. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.340

Rangiwai, B. (2021). “Write the world” and tell the stories of your ancestors. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-12. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.362

Rangiwai, B. (2021). Back to the future: Using prophecy to support Māori student success in tertiary education. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-29. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.356

Rangiwai, B. (2021). Edward Fitzgerald—pioneer, coach driver, shepherd, and rabitter : a very brief reflection. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-11. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.338

Rangiwai, B. (2021). E-learning and social media: Using Facebook to create an online community among applied social practice postgraduate students during a COVID-19 lockdown. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-22. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.385

Rangiwai, B. (2021). It’s about me! My approach to autoethnography. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-15. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.355

Rangiwai, B., Enari, D., Masae, C., Paea, D., Tahilanu-Mapili, L., & Vailahi, V. (2021). Lost in translation: Reflexive thematic analysis in research with Pacific peoples. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-8. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.354

Rangiwai, B. (2021). Nan's Stories. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-22. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.347

Rangiwai, B. (2021). Taurua’s whare. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-34. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.371

Rangiwai, B. (2021). The Jesus of K Road: Theological reflections on Māori and homelessness. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-26. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.383

Rangiwai, B. (2021). Walking backwards into the future: Prophecy as an approach for embedding Indigenous values in tertiary education. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-30. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.360

Rangiwai, B. (2020). Facebook as a substitute for kanohi ki te kanohi in the Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Māngere. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 15(1), 1-17. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v15i1.309

Rangiwai, B. (2020). “My heart goes shut up, shut up!”: Gay marriage to an Indian man—one year on. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 15(1), 1-16. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v15i1.286

Rangiwai, B. (2020). The impacts on tikanga of the Hindu practice of scattering human ashes into waterways compared with the practice of disposing of blood via the wastewater system as part of the arterial embalming process. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 15(1), 1-24. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v15i1.288

Simati-Kumar, B., & Rangiwai, B. (2020). A plan for online teaching and learning for the Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge (MAIK) programme in Māngere: Responding to COVID-19. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 15(1), 1-14. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v15i1.290

Haurua, J., & Rangiwai, B. (2020). Digital marketing in Māori higher education: A case study of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 15(1), 1-21. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v15i1.302

Rangiwai, B. (2020). Supervision in the Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Māngere. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 15(1), 1-11. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v15i1.307

Rangiwai, B., Simati-Kumar, B., & Mataroa, R. (2020). The He Waka Hiringa Map 2020-2021: Using He Raranga Tangata to support the implementation of the He Waka Hiringa Map in the Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Māngere. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 15(1), 1-12.

Rangiwai, B. (2020). The impacts of COVID-19 on hongi and the advent of the ‘East Coast Wave’. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 15(1), 1-14. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v15i1.289

Rangiwai, B., Simati-Kumar, B., & Mataroa, R. (2020). The impacts of COVID-19 on the 2020 cohort of the Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Māngere. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 15(1), 1-21. 10.24135/tekaharoa.v15i1.301

Rangiwai, B. (2020). The potential effects of COVID-19 on research interviews in Year 2 of the Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Māngere. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 15(1), 1-13.

Rangiwai, B. (2018). Ko au ko te taiao, ko te taiao ko au: I am the environment and the environment is me: A Mori theology of the environment. Keynote address. Sea of Faith Conference, Wellington.