Joni Angeli-Gordon

Iwi Affiliations

Joni descends from the northern tribes, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, and Te Roroa. Prior to becoming a researcher, she was a secondary school teacher in both Kura Kaupapa Māori and mainstream.  

Relevant Qualifications

2023: PhD, University of Waikato

2018: Pīnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

2014: Master of Arts, Auckland University of Technology

2007: Graduate Diploma of Secondary Teaching, University of Auckland

2005: Bachelor of Arts, University of Auckland

Expertise

Joni descends from the northern tribes, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua and Te Roroa. Prior to becoming a researcher, she was a secondary school teacher in both Kura Kaupapa Māori and mainstream.  

Joni’s PhD is focused on Mauritau in Kura Kaupapa Māori and is written in te reo Māori. Her main research theme centres around Māori mindfulness, placefulness and heartfulness. Beyond this, she has a passion for indigenous education, supervision, and decolonising research methods. Joni publishes both in English and te reo Māori. 

Joni has significant experience in postgraduate supervision for projects in both English and te reo Māori. She is on the Board of Trustees at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi and a committee member for her hapū / subtribe, Ngāti Horahia in Te Tai Tokerau, Northland. 

Joni is the mother of two daughters, has an addiction to books, and loves the grandma arts like sewing, gardening, and preserving.  

Key Contributions

Postgraduate Supervision

  •  Supervised 18 Masters projects to completion for the Master of Teaching and Educational Leadership at Academy Ex (formerly The Mind Lab) 

  Publications and Dissemination

  • Angeli-Gordon, J.M. (pending 2023) Te Hā o Hinepūtehue – He Puna Oranga Mauri mō ngā mokopuna. (I am a lead writer on a Ministry of Education policy document written in te reo Māori to support kura to take care of the mauri of their learners and school community through drawing on mātauranga Māori). 

  • Angeli-Gordon, J.M. (2023) Indigenous placefulness and wellbeing in urban settings. State of Australasian Cities Conference (Pacific futures: Australasian cities in transition)

  • Angeli-Gordon, J.M (2022) Hīnātore – a Māori Taxonomy (I was contracted by Albany Senior College to develop a taxonomy that draws on mātauranga Māori and could be used in place of Blooms that they were using. They now apply it to the assessment of their learners. I am working towards publishing the model this year) 

  • Angeli-Gordon, J.M (2022) Conceptual Framework for NZATE - New Zealand Association of Teachers of English. (NZATE contracted me to work with their team to develop and write a conceptual framework that supports their work and draws on mātauranga Māori. The framework is now used to underpin their practice. 

  • Angeli-Gordon, J.M (2021) Strategies for wellbeing for Māori doctoral scholars (I was invited to speak at an online MAI forum on using Mauritau / Mindfulness through your doctoral journey for wellbeing). 

  • Angeli-Gordon, J.M (2021) Mauritau practices in te reo Māori with pūrākau from Muriwhenua. (With Te Mātāwai I worked alongside a community organisation to draw on kōrero from the local iwi to create meditations as a resource for kura tribal members of the five Muriwhenua iwi). 

  • Stratton, S., & Gordon, J (2021). Algorithmic bias and Māori. He Rourou, 1(1), 93-94.  https://doi.org/10.54474/herourou.1.1.2920219

  • Angeli-Gordon, J.M (2020) Oho Mauri App (I contributed the mindfulness sections of app which were bi-lingual with project funding by Te Mātāwail) 

  • Angeli-Gordon, J.M (2020) Hinepūtehue – (I wrote and recorded a collection of meditations in te reo Māori and te reo Pākehā as a wellbeing resource over covid funded by the Mental Health Foundation). 

  • Angeli-Gordon, J.M (2020) Mauritau Mindfulness Resource for Teachers supported by The Mind Lab (a collection of 4 mindfulness practices for teachers over covid). 

  • Pause Breathe Smile (2018) (I translated and recorded meditations into te reo Māori for a national mindfulness programme in schools that is now funded by Southern Cross Medical Insurance). 

  • Angeli-Gordon, J.M. (2018) Mauritau: Mātauranga Māori and Mindfulness – An autoethnographic and kaupapa Māori exploration. (a literature review written for the Mental Health Foundation as a scoping project for Māori mindfulness which was funded by Trust Waikato). 

  • Gordon, J (2018) Critical Pedagogy in a Māori-Medium Setting. Te Kaharoa, vol 11. 

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