Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll

Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll hails from Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kauwhata and Ngāti Kahungunu. She is a lecturer in Māori health at the University of Canterbury School of Health Sciences, and has been involved in Māori/public health research since 2000. Annabel is undertaking PhD research on Māori adoptee stories and experiences alongside her involvement with the Marsden project. This work is of great personal significance; as an adoptee Annabel has navigated, and continues to navigate, the peaks, troughs and complexities of closed stranger adoption in her own life.