Dr Melinda Webber (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Kahu) is Te Tumu – Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland. She is a Professor in Te Puna Wānanga/School of Māori and Indigenous Education and Rutherford Discovery Fellow, MRSNZ. Melinda is the Co-Director of the University of Auckland– Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, and Associate Director - Woolf Fisher Research Centre. ORCiD number is 0000-0003-1930-6790.