The Ven. Te Waaka Sonny Melbourne

2008 The Vaughan Park Scholar in Residence

The Ven. Te Waaka Sonny Melbourne is a tutor and Director of Māori Language and Māori Cultural and NZ Church History at Taapapa Rotorua.

Sonny will apply his three months at the Centre to complete his doctoral studies, examining Māori spirituality, cultural resurgence and Māori contribution to the values of society and its importance to global awareness of interdependence in stewardship of Creation.