Matire Louise Ngarongoa Harwood KSM is a New Zealand clinical researcher and trainee general practitioner.

[2] During her childhood, Harwood moved to Australia with her family, where she and her siblings experienced racism due to being Māori.

[6] Harwood moved back to New Zealand to study medicine at the University of Auckland, graduating with an MBChB in 1994.

[7] Harwood received a PhD from the University of Otago in 2012, supervised by Kathryn McPherson, Papaarangi Reid, William Taylor, Harry McNaughton and Bridget Robson.

[19] In addition to her work as an academic researcher, Harwood practices as a trainee GP[20] at Papakura Marae Health Clinic.