We will share some thoughts on what 'indigenising the academy' might mean, and why we might attempt it. We come at these questions from our different yet intertwined identities, experiences and lines of intellectual inquiry. Te Kawehau is of Ngati Hau and Ngapuhi tribal groups. Her indigenous ancestors arrived in Aotearoa about 1000 years ago. Alison is a Pakehal her English settler ancestors came as colonists in the 1850s.