Rima’ati of Māori Kuki Airani descent values Akono’anga Māori. She has extensive experience in the public and private sectors. Her social sciences background is a strength to her environment related development and advocacy work, policy analysis and community engagement across her climate change, policy, research, health and education interests.

Descending from Rarotonga, Mangaia and Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, Tina is affiliated to the University of Auckland and Te Vairanga Kite Pakari (Cook Islands Research Association). Her research interests include Climate change (Im)mobility, mental health and wellbeing, indigenous research, Island sovereignty and development.

Sieni Tiraa is from the island of Rarotonga. She is in the process of completing her Master of International Development with Massey University. Her previous experience in the field of tourism and her focus on Rarotongan land tenure as a thesis has facilitated her insights on their relationship in the face of Climate Change.

Yvonne Jasmine Te Ruki Rangi o Tangaroa Underhill MNZM is a New Zealand Pacific development geographer and feminist scholar. She is a professor at the University of Auckland, and a trailblazer in the field of development and Pacific Studies.

Descending from Rarotonga, Mangaia and Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, Tina is affiliated to the University of Auckland and Te Vairanga Kite Pakari (Cook Islands Research Association). Her research interests include Climate change (Im)mobility, mental health and wellbeing, indigenous research, Island sovereignty and development.

Ms Juliana Ungaro is a Climate Services Scientist at NIWA with fifteen years of post-graduate experience in implementing applied research and international development projects in the fields of climate services, climate change adaptation, disaster risk management, risk analysis, renewable energy and environmental conservation. Dr Andra Whiteside is a Climate Services Scientist at NIWA, holding a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Oceanography. She has 10 years of study and work experience in the Pacific focusing on climate change adaptation, climate risk analysis, marine biodiversity management and ocean colour remote sensing.

Miriana Stephens belongs to the tribal groups of Ngāti Rārua, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui in Aoteaora, New Zealand. Miriana co-leads Kai Anamata mō Aotearoa, a five-year research programme advancing research on regenerative agriculture and indigenous / taonga species providing a platform sustainability and resilience in food production.

Simeon Materechera is currently based at the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Centre in the North-West University. He is involved in activities related to community engagement and indigenous data sovereignty with different stakeholders both within and outside South Africa.