Melanie Mark-Shadbolt

Melanie (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Te Atiawa), is an indigenous environmental advocate who is a co-founder and the CEO of Te Tira Whakamātaki, a Māori environmental not-for-profit and home to both the Māori Biosecurity Network and Māori Emergency Management Network. She is the former Deputy Secretary Māori Rights & Interests at the Ministry for the Environment and was formerly Kaihautū Ngātahi Director Māori of the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge and Co-Chair of the Resilience to Nature's Challenges National Science Challenge.