Kaeden Watts
Kaeden Watts (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Tūhoe) is an Indigenous rights advocate and policy expert with extensive experience in climate change, health, human rights, and Indigenous sovereignty. Kaeden has spent much of his career understanding how to progress the rights of Indigenous Peoples in domestic, regional, and international climate change responses.
Kaeden has worked both at the grassroots level in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally as an Associate Research Fellow at the University of London's Institute for Commonwealth Studies and member of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change.
His areas of focus include integrating Indigenous knowledge into climate change responses, promoting environmental justice, and securing equitable health outcomes for Indigenous communities affected by climate crises.
Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2026 events Kaeden Watts features in:
From the Floor