Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Mahanga, is a clinical psychologist with work and research interests in kaupapa Māori psychology, adult, child and adolescent mental health, supervision, accreditation, and curriculum development. Waikaremoana co-authored two Chapters in the Ora book ‘ Mauri Ora Toko: Remembering the Essence of Wellbeing for Māori’ And ‘Tangihanga: Culture and Healing in Māori Psychology’. She is an Associate Professor in Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at Waikato University and the immediate past president of the New Zealand Psychological Society.

She is the co-editor of the first Māori psychology textbook Te manu kai i te mātauranga, Indigenous psychology in Aotearoa. She is a recipient of the Royal Society Apārangi Te Puāwaitanga Research Excellence Award for her distinctive contribution to te ao Māori, Māori knowledge. Waikaremoana also holds a sandan, 3rd degree black belt in Kyokushin karate which she finds helpful when writing about racism in the media.