Michaela Pettie

Michaela is a wāhine takatāpui emerging researcher from Ngāti Pūkenga and Ngāti Maru. Her research is focused on advancing hauora, general health, and contributing better outcomes for all people in Aotearoa. Her background is in quantitative behavioural neuroscience, although she has shifted into the public health and wellbeing space, with work on the Adolescent Friendships and Lifestyle project https://www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/departments/publichealth/research/afl-study.html

Recent publications

  1. “You just wanna hit it… ‘cause like it smells like fun”: A qualitative investigation of adolescents’ experiences of nicotine vaping in Aotearoa New Zealand
    Kotuitui New Zealand Social Science Journal Online
    1-21