Mark Orams
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Associate Director (Coastal&Marine Tourism) NZTRI
Faculty of Applied Humanities
Auckland University of Technology
Phone: 09 921 9999
Email: mark.orams@aut.ac.nzProfessor Mark Orams is a respected researcher with interests in marine science, coastal and marine tourism, sport management and sustainable development. He is based at the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute and the School of Hospitality and Tourism at AUT University. Mark holds a Bachelor’s degree in environmental planning, a Master of Science and completed his PhD in 1995 at the School of Marine Science at the University of Queensland. His doctoral research focussed on marine mammal tourism. He has published three books, including the first published text on marine tourism, and over 30 scientific papers on the subject.
Mark’s research interests are diverse but he is primarily interested in applied research projects that have tangible benefits for resource management. He is particularly attracted to pursuing research outcomes that focus on informing wise decision making for policy makers, managers and industry practitioners. Topics of interest include; coastal, marine and island recreation and tourism, ecotourism and nature-based tourism, sport tourism and special events, extreme and adventure tourism, wilderness and wildlife.
Mark also has a competitive sporting background as an accomplished yachtsman. He has held twelve New Zealand titles in different yachting classes and was the Laser Radial Masters World Champion in 1999, 2005 and in 2008. In 1990 he received the New Zealand Yachtsman of the Year award as part of the crew of Steinlager 2, the winner of the 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. He was a member of Team New Zealand, the successful defender of the America’s Cup in 2000 and was also involved in the defence of the Cup in 2003.
Mark was the onboard scientist and scientific adviser for Blakexpeditions onboard the expedition yacht Seamaster and he continues to explore offshore and remote islands onboard the research yacht Jocara.
Mark is particularly passionate about education and research and the important contribution it makes to a better world. He welcomes the opportunity to mentor, support and encourage post-graduate research students and is an experienced and enthusiastic supervisor of master’s and PhD research students.
Mark is a proud Kiwi, born in Taranaki. He is married to wife Renee and they have two children, Daniel and Brianna and the family live at Waiake Beach on Auckland’s North Shore.
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