Jo Smith

Associate Professor Jo Smith (Waitaha, Kati Mamoe, Kai Tahu) is a senior kairangahau Maori for Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust who also researches and teaches at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. She has a PhD in film and media studies and is the author of various journal articles as well as Maori Television: The first ten years (Auckland University Press, 2016). Jo also co-edited (with Jessica Hutchings) Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: A Maori soil sovereignty and wellbeing...See more

Associate Professor Jo Smith (Waitaha, Kati Mamoe, Kai Tahu) is a senior kairangahau Maori for Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust who also researches and teaches at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. She has a PhD in film and media studies and is the author of various journal articles as well as Maori Television: The first ten years (Auckland University Press, 2016). Jo also co-edited (with Jessica Hutchings) Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: A Maori soil sovereignty and wellbeing handbook (Freerange Press, 2020) and (with Jessica Hutchings and Fiona Cram) Kainga Tahi, Kainga Rua: Maori housing realities and aspirations (Bridget Williams Books, 2022). See less