Yvonne Taura (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Uenuku, Ngāti Hauā) is a kairangahau Māori for Manaaki Whenua — Landcare Research, Hamilton, and is completing her PhD with the University of Waikato. Co-editor of the online wetland handbook Te Reo o Te Repo: The voice of the wetland (Manaaki Whenua — Landcare Research, 2017), Yvonne focuses her research interests on working collaboratively with iwi and hapū to implement kaupapa Māori approaches and processes.