Dr Amohia Boulton
PhD (Massey), MA (Applied), BA (Hons), BA
Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Mutunga, Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui
Dr Amohia Boulton is the Director of Whakauae Research Services Ltd, the only tribally-owned health research centre in New Zealand. A health services researcher of some 20 years, Dr Boulton’s research focuses on the relationship between, and contribution of, government policy to improving wellbeing outcomes for Māori. She currently leads two major HRC-funded programmes: Kia Puawai ake ngā uri whakatupu: Flourishing future generations, a five-year programme to identify the conditions necessary to achieve equity of health outcomes for Māori; and the seven-year Whakauae Platform Plan aimed at supporting and building Indigenous health research capacity and capability. A Fellow of the Australian Evaluation Society, Dr Boulton is also a recipient of the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Te Tohu Rapuora Medal and the Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand’s First Nations Health Services Research Award.