The mic has been flipped! Troy Brockbank takes the interviewer seat and I am the one to share kōrero on who I am, why I do what I do, and how this space came to be etc. etc. 

Ngā mihi nunui to Troy for his time and support throughout this episode (as well as throughout this whole journey in general). Ngā mihi nui to the the ngā manuhiri who contributed nga patai to this episode. And, ngā mihi nui ki a koe for listening to this episode! 

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The mic has been flipped! 

Troy Brockbank takes the interviewer seat and I am the one to share kōrero on who I am and why I do what I do etc. Following suit to the other manuhiri episode blurb: 

Alyce Lysaght (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi) is a recent graduate of Natural Resource and Humanitarian Engineering at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha. Passionate about leaving a place better than she finds it, she began this very podcast space. Inspired and supported by those around her, she wanted to create the same space for others. 

I hope this episode shines a little bit of light on my background as to who who I am and, of course, how this space came to be! It was awesome to story tell in this way. 

Ngā mihi nunui to Troy Brockbank for his time and support throughout this episode and throughout this whole journey. Ngā mihi nui to the the ngā manuhiri who contributed nga pātai to this episode. 

L’Rey Renata (Iwi: Tainui) is a Chemical and Materials Engineering student at Waipapa Taumata Rau, a māmā and an all round awesome person.

You may know of L’Rey from her mahi in the Water Resource Management space through her completion of her Honours project an ‘Water Engineers' Perspective on Interactions with Maaoridom in Water Management Solutions’. She recently presented a Water NZ webinar dedicated to her findings and the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.waternz.org.nz/Article?Action=View&Article_id=2106

L’Rey speaks passionately and genuinely and it was a privilege to have a bit of her time for this episode!

Luke August (Ngāti Hauiti, Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Muaūpoko) is in his third year of studying Mechanical with a minor in Biomedical engineering at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha.

Despite this being released during Level 4 lockdown, we were lucky enough to record this kanohi ki te kanohi.

It was awesome to sit down with Luke, where he delves into things like his: involvement with Pūhoro STEM Academy, an internship that meant he is developing a design for an accessible prosthetic hand and what it means to support tauira māori at university level - and so so much more.

As always, I hope you enjoy hearing what he has to say just as much as I did e te iwi.

David Rei Miller is an Environmental Engineer who began his studies at the University of Auckland but finished with a BE (Hons) and ME (Hons) from Massey University. He has spent the last 16 years in local government and currently looks after the water supplies for Palmerston North City Council. David is passionate about sustainability and resilience, and has experienced what the journey is like to reclaim your māoritanga.

This kōrero covers David’s background, research and work within the industry. We delve into a lot this episode! Things like:

He shares insights from research he completed for Engineers Without Borders about the low numbers of Māori and Pasifika in engineering, the reasons and what we can do to address the imbalance. You can find the paper we discuss on the Engineers Without Borders NZ website under the NEWS tab. Enjoy e te iwi!