Fiona Cram

Fiona May Cram is a New Zealand social psychologist and researcher, of Ngāti Pāhauwera descent. In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, Cram was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand, for services to Māori health and education.

Early life and education

Cram was born in Gisborne, and attended Mangapapa Primary School, Ilminster Intermediate and Lytton High School. She is of Māori descent, and affiliates to Ngāti Pāhauwera. Cram completed a Bachelor of Arts, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychology and a PhD at the University of Otago in social and developmental psychology. Cram's notable students include Leonie Pihama and Sue Crengle.

Cram has been on the board of the Health Research Council, as well as sitting on a number of committees, including the Māori Health Research Committee and the Public Health Research Committee. She has served as the editor in chief of the journal Evaluation Matters - He Take To Te Aromatawai, published by the New Zealand Association for Educational Research. In 2023 the committee released their eighth report, which recommended a new system be set up to better support child survivors of family violence resulting in death.

Honours and awards In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, Cram was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand, for services to Māori health and education. She has been named as one of 100 Māori leaders recognised 'for their contributions, service, vision, dedication and expertise towards constructive change and improvement to Māori health'.

Selected works