Mōrena koutou, Please see correspondence below regarding sharing your research with the ASAANZ community 😊 Ngā mihi, Giorgia [University of Otago]<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.otago.ac.nz%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C12839525eb70483300ea08debd08280d%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639156039886654203%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1vitkPLNgdufC3D7HS3OVfXC7xFkD%2B7RumYGRNXXVpQ%3D&reserved=0> Giorgia Fletcher (she/her) BA (Gender Studies & Psychology) Administrator | Kaiwhakarite University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka Divisional Services and Administration (Humanities) Arts/Burns Building 3C9 T: +64 3 556 7658 E: giorgia.fletcher@otago.ac.nz<mailto:giorgia.fletcher@otago.ac.nz> Hours: Mon: 1-5pm | Tue, Wed, Fri: 9-5pm | Thu: 10-11am, 2:30-5pm From: Sophie Gainsford <gainsfsoph@myvuw.ac.nz> Sent: Friday, 29 May 2026 10:23 am Cc: Mona Wareka <mona.wareka@gmail.com> Subject: ASAANZ Profiles You don't often get email from gainsfsoph@myvuw.ac.nz<mailto:gainsfsoph@myvuw.ac.nz>. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Kia ora, We are emailing on behalf of the Association of Social Anthropologists Aotearoa New Zealand (ASAA/NZ) as the Postgraduate Student Representative and Māori Representative for 2026. Could the following email please be sent through to current postgraduate Anthropology students: Tēnā koutou katoa, This is a call for any Anthropology students (graduate, Master’s, PhD) interested in sharing their research to the wider anthropology community! My name is Sophie Gainsford. I am a Masters student in the Cultural Anthropology programme at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. As of the 2025 AGM, I am also the post-graduate student representative on the ASAA/NZ executive committee. Any communication pertaining to student issues in relation to ASAA/NZ are more than welcome to be sent my way. Tēnei te mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa / Warm greetings to you all He uri ahau nō Ngātiwai, Rereahu me Ateria hoki / I descend from Ngātiwai, Rereahu & Austria Ko Mona-Lisa (Mona) Wareka ahau / I am Mona-Lisa (Mona) Wareka He tauira Tohu Kairangi mai i te Whare Wānanga o Waikato / I’m a PhD student at Waikato Uni Ko te Māngai Māori ahau kei runga a te ASAANZ Board / I am the Māori Representative on the ASAANZ Board. We are excited to announce that we will be reinvigorating our Graduate Stories<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.asaanz.org%2Fblog%2Fcategory%2FGraduate%2Bstories&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C12839525eb70483300ea08debd08280d%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639156039886696475%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qgcCY3w07TPZZqWa196iTCjwgMrBGpdm1Dys5AuROBw%3D&reserved=0> blog on the ASAANZ website, a platform that shares all the awesome research going on throughout the country. Here, Graduate, Master’s & PhD students share details surrounding their current research journeys, and provide a bit of an insight into the realities of doing Anthropology in Aotearoa, highlighting the unique student experience. In addition, we will be introducing a Rangahau Māori Profiles blog that operates similarly to Graduate Stories, and is a space especially for tāngata Māori and rangahau Māori to be shared with the wider community. Here, we are also looking to have profiles including some well-established Māori anthropologists throughout the country – if you have any recommendations, or Māori anthropologists you would like to see, īmēra mai! The Process: * If you are interested in sharing your research, please email either Sophie (gainsfsoph@myvuw.ac.nz<mailto:gainsfsoph@myvuw.ac.nz>) if you would like to post to Graduate Stories, or Mona (mona.wareka@gmail.com<mailto:mona.wareka@gmail.com>) if you would like to post to Rangahau Māori Profiles; * Sophie or Mona will get back in touch with a questionnaire for you to fill out; * Fill out the questionnaire and send back to Mona or Sophie, with any accompanying images, media or materials you would like to have with your post; * Your post will be uploaded to the ASAANZ website, and you will get an email once it is available for you to view. :) We look forward to hearing from you, Ngā mihi maioha, Nā Sophie (Postgraduate Student Representative) & Mona (Māori Representative) on behalf of the ASAA/NZ Board. [cid:c141d7a8-159a-4081-9176-0cc3b228bec7]
