Associate Professor Jo Smith (Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu) is a senior kairangahau Māori for Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust who also researches and teaches at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. She has a PhD in film and media studies and is the author of various journal articles as well as Māori Television: The first ten years (Auckland University Press, 2016). Jo also co-edited (with Jessica Hutchings) Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: A Māori soil sovereignty and wellbeing handbook (Freerange Press, 2020) and (with Jessica Hutchings and Fiona Cram) Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua: Maōri housing realities and aspirations (Bridget Williams Books, 2022).
