James is currently employed as a lecturer working in both the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at Massey University College of Education. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Māori Studies and a Master of Education degree where his thesis examined the notion of partnership between schools and their Māori communities. James is currently researching towards his Doctor of Philosophy degree at Massey University in the field of Māori education where his research employs both indigenous knowledge and Māori-centred research paradigms in exploring and validating the notion of whakapapa (genealogy) as a legitimate research methodology.
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