
Dr Amohia Boulton
Dr Amohia Boulton (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Mutunga and Te Ati Awa ki te Waka a Maui), is the Director of Whakauae Research Services, a tribally-owned, Indigenous health research centre in Whanganui, New Zealand. She also holds adjunct positions at the Health Services Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and in the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).
Amohia is a member of the Healthier Lives, He Oranga Hauora National Science Challenge Governance Group Kāhui Māori; a Board member of Te Kotahi Research Centre, University of Waikato and a Technical Advisor to the National Iwi Chairs Forum.
As a health services researcher, Amohia’s research interests focus primarily on the relationship between, and contribution of, government policy, contracting mechanisms, and accountability frameworks to improving health outcomes for Māori. Her most recent publications have explored issues as diverse as Māori approaches to wellbeing (whānau ora); Rongoā Māori; and colonisation, care, and justice.