50 Reasons Why There Are No Māori in Your Science Department

Abstract

This article aims to provide insight into the reasons why there are very few Māori inscience departments in New Zealand’s universities. It is a personal, somewhat cheeky,reflection of my own time in science departments. It is also part of my contribution to thedebate surrounding the “Listener Letter” and was inspired by reading Professor Alice TePunga Somerville’s Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cookand Jack Remiel Cottrell’s Reasons why I called in sick rather than go to the mihiwhakatau for new employees last Friday.