Tara McAllister

Iwi Affiliations

Te Aitanga a Māhaki

Ngāti Porou

Relevant Qualifications

2021 Te Hapūtanga o te Ao Tikanga, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

2020 Poupou Huia Te Reo 2, Te Wānanga o Raukawa

2018 PhD, Water Resource Management, University of Canterbury

2017 Te Ara Reo Māori Level 5, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

2016 Te Pūtaketanga o te reo Māori, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

2015 Postgraduate Diploma in Science (Distinction), Ecology, University of Canterbury

2014 Bachelor of Science, Marine Biology and Ecology, Victoria University of Wellington

Expertise

Tara has a background in freshwater ecology. Her work in this space focuses on understanding the environmental causes of toxic algae blooms in rivers. More broadly, she is interested in the intersections of mātauranga Māori and ecology, te taiao and environmental management. More recently, her research has focused on highlighting inequities for Māori in the research sector. She currently holds a Marsden called Vision Mātauranga- is it past its’ used-by date? which will explore the impact and epistemological roots of the Vision Mātauranga policy in New Zealand’s research sector.

Key Contributions

  • Moko-Painting, TK., Hamley, L., Hikuroa, D., Le Grice, J., McAllister, T., McLellan, G., Parkinson, H., Renfrew, L., & Rewi, S. (2023). (Re)Emergence of Pūtaiao: conceptualising Kaupapa Māori Science. Philosophy, Theory, Models, Methods and Practice, 2(1), 11-37.

  • McAllister, T., Hikuroa, D., & Macinnis-Ng, C. (2023). Connecting Science to Indigenous Knowledge: kaitiakitanga, conservation, and resource management. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 47(1), 1-13.

  • McAllister, T. (2022). 50 Reasons Why There Are No Māori in Your Science Department. Journal of Global Indigeneity, 6(2), 1-10.

  • McAllister, T.G., et al. (2022). Seen but unheard: navigating turbulent waters as Māori and Pacific postgraduate students in STEM. Accepted in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

  • McAllister, T. G., & Riva, G. D. (2022). Does the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Endeavour Fund deliver on diversity?. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1-7.

  • Soar, M., Stewart, L., Nissen, S., Naepi, S., & McAllister, T.G. (2022). Sweat Equity: Student Scholarships in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Universities. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 1-19.

  • McAllister, T. G., Naepi, S., Wilson, E., Hikuroa, D., & Walker, L. A. (2022). Under-represented and overlooked: Māori and Pasifika scientists in Aotearoa New Zealand’s universities and crown-research institutes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1-16.

  • McAllister, T.G., Pausé, C., Eldridge, J., & Tiatia-Seath, J. (2022). Walk like an Academic. The limits of academic freedom for those who are not white cis men. Te Ira Tangata, 2, 12-17.

  • McAllister, T.G. (2022). He is a strong ally. Te Ira Tangata, 2, 18.

  • Theodore, R., Kidman, J., Naepi, S., Kokaua, J., & McAllister, T.G. (2021). Tackling Systemic Racism in Academic Promotion Processes. MAI Journal, 10(2), 202-206.

  • Pausé, C., McAllister, T. G., Simpson, A. B., Graham, R., Calloway, L., Gillon, A., & Withey-Rila, C. (2021). Teeth are for chewing: a critical review of the conceptualisation and ethics of a controversial intraoral weight-loss device. British Dental Journal, 231(11), 675-679.

  • McAllister, T. G., Naepi, S., Dombroski, K., Halcrow, S. E., & Painting, C. J. (2021). Parity during parenthood: Comparing paid parental leave policies in Aotearoa/New Zealand's universities. Women's Studies Journal, 35(1), 4-20.

  • Naepi, S., Wilson, E., Lagos, S., Manuela, S., McAllister, T. G., Kidman, J., & Kokaua, J. (2021). Where are we now? Patterns of Māori and Pasifika enrolment in the Natural and Physical Science and Society and Culture fields in Aotearoa New Zealand. Higher Education Research & Development, 40(1), 90-103.

  • McAllister, T. G., Kokaua, J., Naepi, S., Kidman, J., & Theodore, R. (2020). Glass Ceilings in New Zealand Universities. Inequities in Māori and Pacific promotions and earnings. MAI Journal, 9(3), 272-285.

  • Wood, S. A., Kelly, L. T., Bouma‐Gregson, K., Humbert, J. F., Laughinghouse IV, H. D., Lazorchak, J., McAllister, T.G. & Davis, T. W. (2020). Toxic benthic freshwater cyanobacterial proliferations: Challenges and solutions for enhancing knowledge and improving monitoring and mitigation. Freshwater Biology, 65(10), 1824-1842.

  • Walker, L., Sin, I., Macinnis-Ng, C., Hannah, K., & McAllister, T.G. (2020). Where to from Here? Women Remain Absent from Senior Academic Positions at Aotearoa New Zealand’s Universities. Education Sciences, 10(6), 152.

  • Naepi, S., McAllister, T. G., Thomsen, P., Leenen-Young, M., Walker, L. A., McAllister, A. L., & Suaaliia, T. (2020). The Pakaru ‘pipeline’: Māori and Pasifika pathways within the academy. New Zealand Annual Review of Education, 24, 142-159.

  • McAllister, T. G., Wood, S. A., MacKenzie, E. M., & Hawes, I. (2020). Reach-and mat-scale differences in Microcoleus autumnalis (cyanobacterium) accrual along velocity and nitrate gradients in three New Zealand rivers. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 77(2), 401-412.

  • McAllister, T. G., Beggs, J. R., Ogilvie, S., Kirikiri, R., Black, A., & Wehi, P. M. (2019). Kua takoto te mānuka: mātauranga Māori in New Zealand ecology. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 43(3), 1-7.

  • McAllister, T. G., Kidman, J., Rowley, O., & Theodore, R. F. (2019). Why isn't my professor Māori? A snapshot of the academic workforce in New Zealand universities. MAI Journal, 8, 235-249.

  • Wehi, P. M., Beggs, J. R., & McAllister, T. G. (2019). Ka mua, ka muri. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 43(3), 1-8.