About Us | Mō Mātou
The Kingi Ihaka Research Centre is an independently governed charitable research company affiliated with Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau. We undertake kaupapa Māori research and evaluation for communities and organisations across faith, health and community wellbeing. We follow the evidence and take responsibility for the integrity of our findings.
Revd Dr Paul Reynolds
Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rēhia
Paul is an Anglican minister in Te Hāhi Mihinare, kaupapa Māori health researcher, and emerging Indigenous theologian. He was raised in Taumarunui and educated at St Stephen’s School, Waikato University, and Simon Fraser University in Canada, where he completed his PhD.
He is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Kingi Ihaka Research Centre, alongside Bishop Te Kitohi Pikaahu and Archdeacon Katene Eruera. Paul previously served as Acting Dean (Te Ahorangi), Lecturer, and Research Director at Te Piri Poho, St John’s Theological College (2019–2023), and has held roles across several Hui Amorangi and at the national and international levels of the Anglican Church, including Secretary of the Anglican Indigenous Network.
He co-founded Te Atawhai o Te Ao in Whanganui (2005–2014), and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. His work continues to centre kaupapa Māori research, faith, social justice, and the wellbeing of whānau, hapū and iwi.
Ven Katene Eruera
Muriwhenua, Ngāti Kaharau, Ngāti Hau
Katene Eruera is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Kingi Ihaka Research Centre. An Anglican minister, researcher and former lawyer from Kaitaia, he leads kaupapa Māori research that helps organisations understand what whānau are experiencing and how their services work in practice. His recent work includes research with Māori whānau caring for relatives living with mate wareware.
Katene has spent more than twenty years working across Māori ministry, law, education and governance. He served as Dean Tikanga Māori and later Principal of St John’s Theological College, and is now Archdeacon and Vicar-General of Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau. He has submitted his doctoral thesis at AUT on mana based authority and Māori leadership. Earlier in his career, he practised community law and served as a chaplain in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.