Professor Maria Bargh

Professor Maria Bargh (Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa) is the first wahine Māori Professor of Politics in Aotearoa New Zealand. She has researched and published widely across Māori and environmental politics, and was the 2020 recipient of the Royal Society Te Puāwaitanga Research Excellence Award. Professor Bargh's work on a ‘tika transition’ for climate change has been used by community organisations, local government, and other academics.