Grant to build Maori surgery institute 20 Jul 2021 09:03 AM Photo: Supplied. Jamie-Lee Rahiri: Grant to build Maori surgery institute One of the country’s newest surgeons wants to help other Maori follow her along the same path. One of the country’s newest surgeons wants to help other Māori follow her along the same path. Jamie-Lee Rahiri from Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Whātua and Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi is a surgical registrar at Waitematā DHB, where she’s working to build a pro-equity and culturally safe surgical workforce. She’s just received a $30,000 health delivery research grant from the Health Research Council to lay the groundwork for Te Piringa Kotuku - an independent Māori surgical research and training institute.