University of Waikato Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series: Māori flourishing in a fast changing world Professor Linda Nikora, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences “A strong sense of who one is and that one’s life matters is vital to health and wellbeing,” said Professor Linda Waimaire Nikora, in her Inaugural Professorial Lecture last week. Surveying almost 30 years of research, Professor Nikora will examine some of these unwellness forces and the responses Māori make within the broader quest to remain indigenous and to flourish.