Robert McClean & Ashleigh Sagar

Robert McClean and Ashleigh Sagar work in the Te Mana Taiao team at Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira. Robert is the principal advisor and Ashliegh is a sustainability and climate change coordinator. Together, Robert and Ashleigh represent Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira and Ngāti Toa Rangatira for the restoration of Te Wai Ora o Parirua (Porirua Harbour Accord) and both sit on the Porirua Harbour Accord Steering Committee, which Robert chairs. Robert also recently completed his PhD in Museum and Heritage Studies at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, where his research examines the relationship between Treaty settlement cultural redress and environmental planning through kaupapa Māori lens, focusing on the Ngāti Toa Rangatira settlement.