Academic and Professional Background

• Background:

  B HortTech (Hons); PG Dip Maori Res Dev; PhD; Kaiarahi Maori & Senior Lecturer, Massey University

• Personal Resume:

  Nick is of Atiawa and Ngati Tama iwi (Taranaki) descent, with his background being in horticultural technology and cropping systems. A researcher in indigenous horticulture, his specific areas of interest are vegetable production, Maori land utility, and soil systems.
  
  As well as being a researcher and lecturer in Maori resource development and horticulture with the College of Sciences at Massey University, Nick is Kai-Arahi Maori (Maori advisor) to the College. He is also the current chairman of Tahuri Whenua Inc. Soc., the National  Maori Vegetable Growers Collective.
  
  He is involved in a wide range of projects and reference groups involving Maori groups around New Zealand.