Ko Tainui te waka. Ko Waikato te iwi. Ko Ngāti Korokī Kahukura te hapū. Kei te noho au i Tāmaki Makaurau. He Kaitoha Puka ahau ki Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau. Tēnā koutou katoa.

I am Kim Tairi an intersectional feminist, fashionista and the University Librarian at Auckland University of Technology. My whakapapa is Waikato and a Celtic/Nordic melting pot which includes Norwegian, English and Scottish. I spent 27 years living and working in Te Pāpaka-o-Māui (Australia) before returning to Aotearoa in 2016. In 2023, I was awarded the inaugural CAUL Indigenous Leader Award. I am passionate about open access and I am currently the Chair of Open Access Australasia Executive Committee. A believer in the power of radical self-care, circles of kindness in higher education and the value of intentional design. If you want to connect I am on Bluesky and Mastodon.