Associate Professor Papaarangi Reid

Associate Professor Reid, is the Tumuaki (Māori Dean) in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, at the University of Auckland. Prof Reid is a leading advocate and researcher for Māori health issues and has contributed immensily to making them a national priority.

Prof Reid (Te Rarawa) oversees the development of active teaching and research programmes focusing on health issues affecting Māori communities. She was made a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (Royal Australian College of Physicians) in 1995. She holds science and medical degrees from the University of Auckland. She has over 20 years experience in the health sector, prior to her appointment as Tumuaki, she was the Director of the Eru Pomare Māori Health Research Centre at the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences.