Jenny Lee-Morgan

Professor of Māori research in New Zealand

Jenny Lee-Morgan

Other names| Jennifer Bol June Lee
Jennifer Joy Lee
Awards| Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award
Academic background
Theses|

* He Hainamana toku mama, he Māori toku papa, ko wai ahau? : Maori-Chinese tell their stories : an exploration of identity (1996)
* Ako: Pūrākau of Māori teachers' work in secondary schools (2008)

Academic work
Institutions| University of Auckland, Unitec Institute of Technology

Jenny Bol Jun Lee-Morgan (also Jennifer Joy Lee) is a New Zealand academic, who has worked at the universities of Auckland, Waikato and at Unitec Institute of Technology. She is Professor of Māori Research, and was founding director of Unitec's Ngā Wai a Te Tūī Māori Research Centre.

## Academic career

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Lee-Morgan is Māori, and affiliates to Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Mahuta, and Ngāti Te Ahiwaru. Her father is Māori–Chinese and her mother is Chinese, and both were teachers.[1][2] Lee-Morgan trained as a Māori teacher, and started the Māori unit at Northcote College, before leading the Kahurangi unit at Auckland Girls' Grammar School. She completed a Master of Arts in 1996,[3][2] followed by a PhD titled Ako: Pūrākau of Māori teachers' work in secondary schools both at the University of Auckland.[4] Lee-Morgan then joined the faculty at Auckland, before moving to the University of Waikato, and rising to full professor. Lee-Morgan was the inaugural director of the Ngā Wai a Te Tūī Māori Research Centre at Unitec Institute of Technology, which was established in 2021.[5][6]

Lee-Morgan's research focuses on Māori pedagogy. As part of the Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities National Science Challenge, Lee-Morgan and her research team ran the Te Manaaki o te Mārae project, which looked at how Te Puea Memorial Marae in Māngere was working with homeless people.[6] In 2021 Lee-Morgan was awarded a Marsden grant with Dr Frances Hancock from The University of Auckland and Pūkenga Matua Carwyn Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu) of Te Wānanga o Raukawa, for a research project on protecting Ihumātao from commercial development.[5] The research also involved Pania Newton, Moana Waa and Qiane Matata-Sipu.[5] Lee-Morgan is also a researcher in the Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga Centre of Research Excellence.[7][8][9][1][10]

Lee-Morgan has written several books, including a book about the history of Māori–Chinese people in New Zealand, Jade Taniwha: Maori-Chinese Identity and Schooling in Aotearoa.[9][11] Her 2016 book with Jessica Hutchings, Decolonisation in Aotearoa: education, research and practice, was awarded the prize in the non-fiction category of the Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards 2017.[7]

## Honours and awards

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In 2016 the New Zealand Association for Research in Education awarded Lee-Morgan the Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award for "her significant and high-quality research contribution to Māori education".[1]

## Selected works

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Scholia has a profile for Jenny Bol Jun Lee-Morgan (Q126557081).

* Jenny Lee-Morgan; Jo Mane; Joanne Gallagher; Ruia Aperahama (25 November 2022), A Māori Modern Learning Environment: Ko te Akā Pūkaea Kia Ita, Ko te Akā Pūkaea Kia Eke!, doi:10.34074/PROC.2205017, Wikidata Q126685003
* Jenny Lee-Morgan; Kim Penetito; Ngahuia Eruera (25 November 2022), Marae Ora, Kāinga Ora: A Marae-Led Response to Covid-19, doi:10.34074/PROC.2205013, Wikidata Q126685002
* Jenny Lee-Morgan; Kim Himoana Penetito; Jo Mane; et al. (20 July 2023). "Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua: The Role of Marae in Reimagining Housing Māori in the Urban Environment". Genealogy. 7 (3): 47. doi:10.3390/GENEALOGY7030047. ISSN 2313-5778. Wikidata Q126685001.
* Leonie Pihama; Jenny Lee-Morgan; Linda Tuhiwai Smith; Sarah Jane Tiakiwai; Joeliee Seed-Pihama (March 2019). "MAI Te Kupenga: Supporting Māori and Indigenous doctoral scholars within Higher Education". AlterNative. 15 (1): 52–61. doi:10.1177/1177180119828065. ISSN 1177-1801. Wikidata Q122361727.
* Jenny Lee-Morgan; Rihi Te Nana (2022), Stories from the Haukāinga: Embracing Homeless Whānau at Te Puea Memorial Marae, doi:10.7810/9781990046735_7, Wikidata Q126685026
* Jenny Lee-Morgan; Matthew Courtney; Maureen Muller (29 October 2018). "New Zealand Māori-medium teacher education: an examination of students' academic confidence and preparedness". Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 47 (2): 137–151. doi:10.1080/1359866X.2018.1539214. ISSN 1359-866X. Wikidata Q126685027.
* Jenny Lee-Morgan; Kim Penetito; Jo Mane; Ngahuia Eruera (17 November 2021). "Marae Ora Kāinga Ora: Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Solutions via Time-Honored Indigenous Spaces". Genealogy. 5 (4): 99. doi:10.3390/GENEALOGY5040099. ISSN 2313-5778. Wikidata Q126685028.
* Jenny Lee-Morgan; Maureen Muller (19 December 2017). "On Stage Māori-Medium ITE: Listening to Students' Voices". The New Zealand Annual Review of Education. 22: 21–35. doi:10.26686/NZAROE.V22I0.4144. ISSN 1171-3283. Wikidata Q126685030.

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Jenny Lee-Morgan". HUIA. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
2. ^ a b Husband, Dale (1 June 2024). "Jenny Lee-Morgan: Diversity is a slippery word". E-Tangata. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
3. ^ Lee-Morgan, Jenny (1996). He Hainamana toku mama, he Māori toku papa, ko wai ahau?: Maori-Chinese tell their stories: an exploration of identity (MA thesis). University of Auckland.
4. ^ Lee-Morgan, Jenny (2008). Ako: Pūrākau of Māori teachers' work in secondary schools (Doctor of Education thesis). University of Auckland.
5. ^ a b c "Protect Ihumātao Research Project awarded Royal Society Marsden Standard Grant". Unitec. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
6. ^ a b "New Kaupapa Māori research centre at Unitec ‹ Unitec Research Blog". Retrieved 15 June 2024.
7. ^ a b "Professor Jenny Bol Jun Lee-Morgan | Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga". www.maramatanga.ac.nz. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
8. ^ "Pūrangakura". Pūrangakura. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
9. ^ a b "//080 Dr Jenny Lee-Morgan, author + researcher – Welcome to NUKU". nukuwomen.co.nz. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
10. ^ "Te Riponga: Puni Reo Poitarawhiti". Unitec. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
11. ^ ""Jade Taniwha" book on Maori-Chinese in NZ | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

## External links

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* Voices of Ihumaatao – Jenny Lee Morgan, 2 August 2019, via YouTube