Dr Cadence Kaumoana is Chief Executive of the Public Health Association of New Zealand (PHANZ) and a leader in Indigenous wellbeing and environmental stewardship. With extensive experience in Indigenous development and kaupapa Māori approaches to environmental care, she champions solutions that restore balance between people, whenua, and wellbeing. At the 2025 Indigenous Wellbeing Conference, Dr Kaumoana will speak on Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship: Indigenous Perspectives, highlighting the deep connection between environmental and public health. Her work brings Indigenous environmental thinking into spaces of power — shifting systems from extraction to reciprocity, from control to collective care.