India Logan-Riley

India Logan-Riley is a New Zealand climate activist, who was awarded the 2021 Stanford University Bright Award. Logan-Riley is known for co-founding of Te Ara Whatu, a youth climate activism organisation which consists of Māori and Pacific Peoples (Pasifika).

Biography Logan-Riley has studied archaeology and Māori history at university. Logan-Riley attended the UN's climate talks in 2015 and 2016, where they were a member of the Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus. Their activism focuses on the rights of indigenous peoples. The impact of their activism has been discussed in the same context as that of Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough. They have spoken out on how rising sea levels will disproportionately affect Māori communities, in particular since their communities are already over-represented in poverty statistics. Logan-Riley is connected to Kahungunu, Rangitāne and Rongomaiwahine iwi.

In 2017, as a result of conversations at the UN Climate Conference, they founded , a Māori youth-led initiative which focuses on climate activism.

In 2021 they were awarded the Bright Award from Stanford University, which includes a prize fund of US$100,000.

Awards and recognition

Australian Progress Fellowship Stanford Bright Award (2021)