Churchill Fellowship 2026 fellowships and their reports

Candice Apelu Mariner (Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington): to explore how Singapore and Malaysia are shifting primary care from reactive "sick care" to proactive, personalised care using Artificial Intelligence and digital tools within culturally relevant, multilingual models.

Robbie Atatoa (Mangaian traditional carver living in Kirikiriroa Hamilton): for travel to Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom, to support identification, translation, recreation and revitalisation of Mangaian toki (adze).

Paula Baker (Kirikiriroa Hamilton): to gather insights, understand best practice, and measure the impact of charity owned surgical hospitals across the United Kingdom.

Jeremy Faumuina (Ōtautahi Christchurch): to explore how Spain, Japan, and Australia support high-performance athletes with intellectual disabilities.

Anna Guenther (Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington): to learn from solutions for increasing access to capital for women-founded businesses in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

Craig Pritchard (Kapiti): to study approaches in the United Kingdom to wildlife disease surveillance utilising citizen science and drone technology as collaborative and non-invasive wildlife health monitoring tools.

Anna Ryan (Ōtautahi Christchurch): to assess whether New Zealand’s approach to regulating competition in labour markets remains fit for purpose, in light of recent legal developments in jurisdictions such as Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Clive Somerville (Te Ōko Horoi Cambridge): to investigate how the Ruhr Valley (Germany), Basque Country (Spain), and rural Ireland have successfully regenerated under constraint, using infrastructure investment, workforce reinvention, and circular economy models.

Rebecca Styles (Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington): to research how Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States jurisdictions are addressing insurance retreat and under insurance from increasing natural hazards driven by climate change, and what is being done to help communities mitigate and adapt.