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Summer Rangimaarie Wright

University of Auckland

Based in

New Zealand
Oceana

Dr. Summer Rangimaarie Wright is a Research Fellow based at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her current work explores Indigenous climate justice, food-climate policy and agricultural corporate obstruction, and food sovereignty. Summer is a NZ Registered Dietitian, and developed an interest in food and food systems for their ability to hinder/deliver multispecies justice.

Country(ies) of Specialty

New Zealand

Focus areas of expertise

Climate policy and politics Climate Justice Agriculture Indigenous studies

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Publications

Articles

Lenihan-Ikin, I., et al. ‘Climate Change Impacts on Health in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Scoping Review’. New Zealand Medical Journal, 1623.

Macmillan, A., et al. ‘SDG2 Zero Hunger and the Need to Re-Think Food Production in Aotearoa’. J R Soc N Z, vol. 10, Apr. 2025, pp. 1–7.

Taiapa, K., et al. ‘Climate Change and Mātauranga Māori: Making Sense of a Western Environmental Construct’. Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 2024, pp. 1–12.