An indigenous approach to STEM engagement

Today our conversation is with Puhoro STEM Academy’s Leland Ruwhiu who is responsible for Operations. As navigators their role is to better support Maori student engagement with STEM disciplines via mentoring, tutoring and wananga, which is experiential learning and field trips.We also have in studio our very first Whanake Scholarship Recipient and Mechatronical Student at Massey University, Sarah Lewis, who’ll be sharing her perspective on STEM as an aspiring engineer starting out her career.Together, we’ll scratch below the surface to better understand how we can improve Maori engagement in STEM, and why that is important for our industry. Connect with Puhoro STEM AcademyWebsite: https://www.puhoro.co.nz/ Connect with SarahLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-le-lewis/ Interested to know more about HERA's Whanake Scholarship or the Transformation Agenda?Contact our CEO Troy Coyle at [email protected]: https://www.hera.org.nz/hera-whanake-scholarship/ Resources and linksConnect with HERA team - https://hera.org.nz/about-us/our-people/hera-team/Learn more about HERA's Industry 4.0 rangahau: https://hera.org.nz/research/industry-x-0/Subscribe to our podcast: https://www.hera.org.nz/podcasts/For live updates, follow us on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/hera-innovationinmetals/📬 Got questions or feedback? Reach us at [email protected]