Professor of Demography, Te Ngira: Institute for Population Research, University of Waikato
Tahu specialises in Māori and Indigenous demographic research and has written extensively on issues of Māori population change and identity, official statistics and ethnic classification. Tahu is a founding member of the Māori Data Sovereignty Network Te Mana Raraunga and the Global Indigenous Data Alliance. She co-edited Indigenous data sovereignty: Toward an agenda (ANU Press), Indigenous data sovereignty and policy (Routledge), and the Oxford handbook of Indigenous sociology (Oxford University Press). Tahu has undertaken research for numerous tribes, Māori communities, and Government agencies, and provided strategic advice across a range of sectors.
Participating in: Self-determination and Indigenous innovation and research