Indigenous Innovation and Leadership - Leadership and Community Preparedness
Tracks
Indigenous Innovation and
| Tuesday, October 14, 2025 |
| 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
| Conway 4 |
Speaker
Ms Marcelle Scadden
PhD Candidate
University of Canterbury
Risk without values: the necessity of including Indigenous perspectives in climate risk assessments
8:00 AM - 8:15 AMBiography
Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa, Ngāti Rakaipaaka, Ngāti Porou.
PhD candidate researching how climate risk assessments can be more effective and equitable for Māori communities through a collaborative socio-cultural approach.
https://climaterisk.co.nz/
Ms Hinemoa Katene
Founder & Director
hono New Zealand
Community Preparedness: Indigenous initiatives for emergency responses
8:15 AM - 9:00 AMBiography
Melanie Mark-Shadbolt
Te Tira Whakamātaki
Community Preparedness: Indigenous initiatives for emergency responses
8:15 AM - 9:00 AMBiography
Melanie (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitane, Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa, Tūwharetoa, Whakatohea, Te Ātiawa, MacIntosh, Gunn) specialises in applying mātauranga Māori to biosecurity, biodiversity and climate change issues with a specific interest in decolonising ideologies of conservation to address injustices caused to Indigenous Peoples.
Latasha Wanoa
Hono
Community Preparedness: Indigenous initiatives for emergency responses
8:15 AM - 9:00 AMBiography
Tash (Ngati Porou) is a frontline first Māori Emergency Management Advisor and is currently completing a Masters in Emergency Management with Massey University.
Lilia Yumagulova
Preparing Our Home
Community Preparedness: Indigenous initiatives for emergency responses
8:15 AM - 9:00 AMBiography
Lily is a Bashkir woman, highly experienced in Indigenous DRR and is active in supporting community preparedness by working alongside elders and Indigenous youth.
Lorelei Cloud
The Nature Conservancy
Nature-based solutions for adaptation: Experience from Indigenous and Women-Led Efforts from Around the World
9:00 AM - 9:45 AMBiography
Miss Rachel Hall
Nature-based Solutions Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy Aotearoa New Zealand
Nature-based solutions for adaptation: Experience from Indigenous and Women-Led Efforts from Around the World
9:00 AM - 9:45 AMBiography
Kari Vigerstol
Director of Water Security Science
The Nature Conservancy
Nature-based solutions for adaptation: Experience from Indigenous and Women-Led Efforts from Around the World
9:00 AM - 9:45 AMBiography
Kari Vigerstol is the Director of Water Security Science and Innovation for The Nature Conservancy’s global water program, strategically strengthening and advancing the freshwater science needed to meet global challenges around water security, climate adaptation and food production.
