He mokopuna tēnei nā Taranaki
mounga, nō ngā iwi o Te Atiawa, Taranaki, Ngāti Maru me Ngāti Raukawa ki te
tonga hoki.
On completion of her Masters Te
Kahurangi is now a Assistant Research Fellow with Coastal People: Southern
Skies, where she continues to focus on the application of te ao Māori, te
Tiriti o Waitangi and iwi, hapū and whānau Māori based approaches to climate
change research. She
enjoys supporting the CPSS senior leadership team and wider CPSS whānau in
achieving the vision of mauri ora for coastal communities.