USolwazi uYvonne Te Ruki Rangi o Tangaroa Underhill-Sem (MNZM) uyisazi sokuthuthuka kwezwe labesifazane sasePacific okwamanje usebenza eNyuvesi yase-Auckland lapho efundisa khona izifundo ze-Pacific Studies, Gender Studies kanye ne-Decolonial Studies. Ucwaningo luka-Yvonne lugxile ebunzimeni bezinto zokuhamba, ezokubeletha nezimakethe emhlabeni oshisayo. U-Yvonne waklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-Metge evela ku-Royal Society of New Zealand ngokuhlonishwa kobuholi bakhe bobuhlakani ebudlelwaneni bobulili bomphakathi. U-Yvonne ubambe iqhaza ezinqubweni zokuhlola ezehlukene zocwaningo okuhlanganisa ne-NZ Prime Ministers Chief Science Prize.
