Aroha Te Pareake Mead is from Ngati Awa and Ngati Porou and is the global Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy(CEESP). She has been involved in indigenous cultural and intellectual property issues for over 25 years as a researcher, public policy Manager commentator, claimant expert in the Wai-262 Indigenous Flora & Fauna claim and Course Director of a Post-Graduate course on indigenous intelletual property policy.
