Media
Contributing to conversations on consciousness, traditional knowledge, and transformation through speaking engagements, research presentations, and public dialogue.
FEATURED
When Plants Speak: Exploring Ayahuasca with Rebekah Senanayake
Plants of the Gods podcast with Dr. Mark Plotkin | 2025
Psychedelics in the Pacific
Guest lecturer, Psychedelics, Shamanism and Plant Intelligence course
Princeton University, New York | 2025
Ritual, Master Plants, and dieta: Altered states of consciousness in Amazonia
Invited speaker, 'Animism and Cosmic Consciousness' panel
Breaking Convention, Exeter, United Kingdom | 2025
The Future is Psychedelic
Ted-Style Talks, Wellington, New Zealand | 2024
SPEAKING & CONFERENCES
2025 | Bridging Traditional Knowledge Systems with Psychedelic Science. IPN Labs Seminar (Invited speaker)
2025 | Bridging Approaches: Phenomenology. OPEN Foundation (Invited panellist)
2025 | Ritual, Master Plants, and dieta. OPEN Foundation (Invited speaker)
2025 | Professional judge, Intercollegiate Psychedelic Network PsychedlX Conference
2024 | Dieta: Crossing the bridge on more-than-human communication. North East Psychedelic Society (Invited speaker)
2024 | Anthropology as a fulcrum for social change: Critical reflections on Amazonia. ASAA/NZ Annual Conference
2023 | Back to the roots: What can traditional knowledge teach us about health? Australian Association of Psychologists Inc. (Invited presenter)
2021 | Atuakore: Exploring atheism in the Māori context. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
2019 | Māhi Tāhi: Addressing barriers to kaupapa Māori research. ASAA/NZ Breaking Boundaries Convention
UNIVERSITY TEACHING & GUEST LECTURES
Victoria University of Wellington
Teaching Fellow, Ritual and Collective Life (Anthropology, 2023)
Anthropology of Food and Eating (2024)
Medical Anthropology (2024)
Ethnographic Methods (Postgraduate, 2024)
Ritual and Collective Life (2021, 2020)
PODCASTS & INTERVIEWS
2025 | Conquering Fear as an Explorer in the Modern World. My Views Are My Own Podcast
2025 | Traditional Knowledge Systems in Amazonia. Psychedelic Conversations
2024 | Psychedelic Practices and Perspectives: Insights from the Amazon. The Far Side of Fitness
2023 | The brain on psychedelics: Expanding states of consciousness. Psychedelic Spaces
2022 | The pros and cons of psychedelic compounds. Flex Diet Podcast
WORKSHOPS & FESTIVALS
2024 | Ritual and the Mystical Experience. Synchronicity Music Festival, Christchurch
2022 | Dude where's my ego? Parts I & II. Twisted Frequency Music Festival, Golden Bay