Dr Toiroa Williams

Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai, Te Whānau ā Apanui

Contact Details:

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 extn 8828
Email: toi.williams@aut.ac.nz

Qualifications:

BCS, BMPA, Te Tohu Pōkairua, MA(Hons), PhD

Research Areas:

Indigenous storytelling, Māori documentary filmmaking, mātauranga Māori, pūrākau Māori, historical narratives, Māori language revitalisation captured through film and documentary, storytelling through videography, photography, poetry, podcasts and narration.

Current supervision

PhD

Te Rerekohu Tuterangiwhiu (practice lead) prospective student

MPhil

Jared Donkin (practice lead)
Haunui Royal (practice lead)

Research projects

Externally funded

The language of the environment: Funded by Catalyst, this project is led by Associate Professor Isaac Warbrick, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, AUT.

Selected publications:

Williams, T. (2024). Exhibition publication of PhD research and documentary Installation Tangata~Whenua: Ōpōtiki, at Te Tāhuhu o Te Rangi. ISBN: 978-1-99-101128-2

Williams, T. (2024). Tangohia mai te Taura - Take This Rope: Exploring Māori Documentary-Making Approaches to Elevate Whānau Narratives. Doctoral thesis, Auckland University of Technology. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/17323

Williams, T. (2023). Exhibition publication of PhD research and documentary Installation Tangata~Whenua at AUT. ISBN:978-1-99-101127-5

Williams, T. (2022). Taura Here: A contextual review of knowledge related to the study, Tangohia mai te taura: Take this rope (M. Mortensen Steagall, Trans.). The Geminis Journal, 13 (2),130-139. https://doi.org/10.53450/2179-1465.RG.2022v13i2p130-139

Williams, T. (2021). Nō hea koe? Where are you from? Link Conference proceedings, 2 (1) DOI: https://doi.org/10.24135/link2021.v2i1.90

Williams, T. (2016). Tū ake ngā uri o Muriwai: Understanding Key Factors that Lead to the Success of Rangatahi Māori from Ōpōtiki. Master of Arts,thesis Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.1 https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/10222