Donna Kerridge
Ngāti Tahinga, Ngāti Mahuta
Donna’s professional life has encompassed a successful IT career in which she contracted for major NZ corporate and government initiatives, the study of Western health science and Rongoā Māori, consultancy for ACC and the Ministry of Health. Having worked with Whakauae Research Services for several years as a research participant, Donna was contracted as a researcher to Te Ao Rauropi: Mapping the Biosphere of Rongoā Māori Project in 2021.
Donna is a respected, traditionally trained Rongoā Māori practitioner of more than 20 years’ experience who currently serves as the contracted negotiator for the national body of Rongoā practitioners, Te Kahui Rongoā.
