Māui Hudson is a member of the Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board, a director on Te Pou Oranga o Whakatōhea and Eastern Seafarms Ltd, as well as the Māori Advisory Group for He Mauri Ohooho: Māori Economic Development Strategy for the Bay of Connections. Hudson is also a Associate Professor / Manukura at Waikato University. "Māui is an interdisciplinary researcher who focuses on the application of mātauranga Māori to decision-making across a range of contemporary contexts from new technologies to health, the environment to innovation. He leads projects funded through the HRC, MBIE and the National Science Challenges (Healthier Lives, Science for Technological Innovation) in collaboration with researchers from a range of units across the university (Environmental Research Institute, Māori and Indigenous Governance Centre, National Institute for Demography and Economic Analysis, Department of Management Communication) and beyond.
Māui supports Māori to engage in the research sector and advocates for opportunities through Te Mana Raraunga: Māori Data Sovereignty Network, Te Tira Rangahau Hauora (Māori researchers in the Health related National Science Challenges) and Te Waka o Tamarereti (Māori with expertise in Genomic, Informatics and Technology)."
Biographical sources
- http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fmis/about/staff/maui 25 November 2016
Non-fiction
- "Scientific collaborative research with Maori communities: Kaupapa or Kūpapa Māori?" AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples Scholarship 3.2 (2007): 60-81.
- "Whakapapa- a Foundation for genetic research?" Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 4.1 (2007): 43-49.
- Co-authors A. L. M. Ahuriri-Driscoll, M. G. Lea and R. A. Lea.
- "The Impact of Maori Cultural Values on Forensic Science Practice in New Zealand." The Journal of Forensic Sciences 53.2 (2008): 380-383.
- Co-authors C. A. Allan, K. R. Bedford, J. S. Buckleton and K. Stuart.
- The future of Rongoä Mäori: Wellbeing and Sustainability. N.Z: Environmental Science and Research Ltd., 2008.
- Co-author A. Ahuriri-Driscoll, V. Baker, M. Hepi, C. Mika and S. J. Tiakiwai.
- "The future of Rongoä Mäori: Wellbeing and Sustainability: A Summary." Wellington, N.Z.: Environmental Science and Research Ltd., 2008.
- Co-authors A. Ahuriri-Driscoll, V. Baker, M. Hepi, M. Hudson, C. Mika and S. J. Tiakiwai.
- "The Impact of Maori cultural values on forensic science practice in New Zealand." The Journal of Forensic Science 53.2 (2008): 380-383.
- Co-authors C. A. Allan, K. R. Bedford, J. S. Buckleton and K. Stuart.
- "The Treaty of Waitangi and research ethics in Aotearoa." Bioethical Inquiry 6.1 (2009): 61-68.
- Co-authors K. Russell.
- "Changing genes: Science and being Maori." Mai Review, 2 (2009): 1
- "The Treaty of Waitangi and Research Ethics in Aotearoa." Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 6.1 (2009): 61-68.
- Co-author K. Russell.
- "Dialogue as a Method for Evolving Matauranga Maori." Alternative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 6.1 (2010): 54-65.
- Co-author M. Roberts, L. T. Smith, M. Hemi and S. Tiakiwai.
- "Think globally, act locally: collective consent and the ethics of knowledge production." International Social Science Journal 60.195 (2010): 125-133.
- "Dialogue as a method for evolving Mātauranga Māori. Perspectives on the use of embryos in research." Alternative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 6.1 (2010): 54-65.
- Co-authors M. Roberts, L. T. Smith, H. Murray and S. Tiakiwai.
- "Think globally, act locally: collective consent and the ethics of knowledge production." International Social Science Journal 60.195 (2010): 125-133.
- Te Ara Tika. Guidelines for Māori research ethics: A framework for researchers and ethics committee members. Health Research Council of New Zealand, 2010.
- Co-authors M. Milne, P. Reynolds, K. Russell and B. Smith.
- "The Art of Dialogue with indigenous communities in the new biotechnology world." New Genetic & Society, 2011.
- Co-authors M. Roberts, L. T. Smith, S. Tiakiwai and H. Murray.
- The interface between cultural understandings: negotiating new spaces for Pacific mental health. Auckland, N.Z.: Le Va Research, Te Pou, 2012.
- Co-author K. Mila-Schaaf.
- Ngā Tohu o te Ora: traditional Māori healing and wellness outcomes. ESR, 2012.
- Co-authors A. Ahuriri-Driscoll, I. Bishara, M. Milne and M. Stewart.
- Guidelines for successful engagement to discuss Biobanking among Native Hawaiians. Journal of Cancer Education, 2014.
- "Enacting Kaitiakitanga challenges and complexities in the governance and ownership of Rongoa research information." The International Indigenous Policy Journal 5.2 2014
- Co-authors A. Boulton, A. Ahuriri-Driscoll and A. Stewart.
- "Mā mahi ka ora: By work, we prosper - traditional healers and workforce developmnt." New Zealand Medical Journal 128.1420, 2015.
- Co-authors A. Ahuriri-Driscoll, A. Boulton, A. Stewart and G. Potaka-Osborne.
- "Engaging Māori in biobanking and genetic research: Legal, ethical and policy challenges." The International Indigenous Policy Journal 6.3, 2015.
- Co-authors A. Beaton, B. Smith, V. Toki and K. Southey.
- "Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Freshwater Management: An Aotearoa/New Zealand case study." The International Journal of Science in Society 8.1 (2015): 1-14.
- Co-authors Kevin Collier, Shaun Awatere, Garth Harmsworth, Jacqueline Henry, John Quinn, Russell G. Death, David P. Hamilton, John Te Maru, Erina Watene-Rawiri and Mahuru Robb.
- "Authority and Authenticity: Mātauranga in Policy/Practice." Implementing the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi via Meaningful Consultation with Māori on Natural Resource Management. Wellington, N.Z.: Te Papa Tongarewa, 2015.
- "First Nations, Maori, American Indians, and Native Hawaiians as Sovereigns: EAP with Indigenous Nations Within Nations." Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health 30.1-2, (2015): 14-31.
- Co-authors R. C. Haring, L. Erickson, M. Taualii and B. Freeman.