Jenny Bol Jun Lee-Morgan

Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta



"Dr Lee-Morgan is Professor of Māori Research and was a founding Director of Ngā Wai a te Tui Māori Research Centre, Te Whare Wananga o Wairaka Unitec. Initially a secondary school teacher, she became a teacher educator and kaupapa Māori researcher in education with a focus on Maori pedagogy and methodology. In 2106, she was awarded Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award by the New Zealand Association for Research in Education for her significant and high-quality research contribution to Māori education. Dr Lee-Morgan’s co-edited book ‘Decolonisation in Aotearoa: Research, education and practice’(Hutchings & Lee-Morgan, 2016) won Te Kōrero Pono (non-fiction category) in the Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards 2017."

Biographical sources

  • https://www.maramatanga.ac.nz/person/professor-jenny-bol-jun-lee-morgan

    Non-fiction

  • "Decolonising Māori Narratives: Pūrākau as a method." MAI Review 2 2009. Article 3. https://www.journal.mai.ac.nz/system/files/maireview/242-1618-1-PB.pdf
  • Decolonisation in Aotearoa: Education, research and practice. Eds. Jessica Hutchings and Jenny Lee-Morgan. Wellington, N.Z.: NZCER Press,2016
  • Winner of the 2017 Kōrero Pono/Non fiction, Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards.
  • Other

  • "Jenny Lee-Morgan: Diversity is a slippery word." Dale Husband. e-tangata.co.nz June 2, 2024.
  • Dale Husband interviews Jenny Lee-Morgan