(ED BSc (Massey) BDS PhD PGDipComDent DipGrad (Otago) JP) (Ngai Tahu, Ngati Kahungunu Ki Heretaunga) Emeritus Professor: Preventive and Social Medicine and Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, University of Otago. John is responsible for the integration of Hauora Māori/Oranga Niho in the curriculum of the undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Surgery and the Bachelor of Oral Health. John is a past director of the Ngai Tahu Māori Health Research Unit within the Centre for Hauora Māori.  The Unit was established in 1996 as a partnership between Te Runanga O Ngai Tahu and the Dunedin School of Medicine. John has published widely…

   Dame Areta Koopu DNZM CBE (née King; born 8 March 1941) is a New Zealand social worker and Māori activist. She was a member of    the New Zealand Māori Council from 1987 to 1992, National President of the Māori Women's Welfare League from 1993 to 1996, and    a Human Rights Commissioner from 1996 to 2001, Te Ao Mārama Māori Dental Association Kaumatua position from 2011 onwards.      In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Koopu was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the    community. In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for    services to Māori and…