Role

Rosina has overall responsibility for the oversight and management of academic strategy for Te Rito Maioha’s undergraduate, graduate, and post graduate programmes. She also manages the quality, compliance, and national consistency of learning, teaching, and research delivery of Te Rito Maioha’s qualifications.

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Education Background

Rosina has more than 30 years of experience in education, with a career spanning teaching, leadership, and management across a range of settings. Her educational journey is equally diverse, from being homeschooled on a cattle station in outback Queensland to leading a large childcare trust in Kirikiriroa, lecturing at the University of Waikato, and now is the Director of Teaching, Learning and Research at Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand.

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Research Background

Rosina has a passion for e-learning with a particular focus on student engagement and lecturer presence. Rosina’s research interests include the use of technology in the delivery teacher education , language culture, and identity in online learning spaces and, Ai in Education, Through her doctoral study, Rosina developed a conceptual model to support initial teacher education providers to understand how student teachers integrate digital technology into their teaching practice.

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Teaching Interests

Rosina has a deep commitment to continually improve the quality of tertiary education by upgrading the knowledge and skills of those working in the sector. This is closely linked to her commitment to life-long learning and encouraging similar commitment in others and those they teach.

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Recent Publications

Davis, V., Carlyon, T., & Merry, R. (2026). The benefits of kapa haka for adults with intellectual disabilities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Intellectual Development and Disability, (online first), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2026.2668766

Fisher, A., & Merry, R. (2024). Narrative inquiry as a sociocultural tool understand transitioning into a new role. In A-W.Dunlop, S. Peters, & S. L. Kagan (Eds). Bloomsbury Handbook of Early Childhood Transitions Research. (pp. 386–397). Bloomsbury.

Carlyon, T., & Merry. R. (Eds.). (2024). Effective leadership in early childhood and primary school education in Aotearoa New Zealand. NZCER. ISBN 978-1-99-004096-2

Merry, R. (2022). Principle 2: Relational trust with digital technology Te whakawhirinaki hangarau. In A. Card, R. Merry, & J. Carroll-Lind (Eds.), Bicultural principles of best practice for teaching and learning online Ngā mātāpono kākano rua o te mahi ako tuihono. NZCER Press.