Waikaremoana is a Professor in Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies - with interests in mātauranga Māori, health/hauora and Māori wellbeing and the social determinants of health.
Waikaremoana is a clinical psychologist with work and research interests in Kaupapa Māori psychology, adult mental health, child and adolescent mental health, supervision, accreditation and curriculum development. 

Member: Australian Medical Council, Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander and Māori Advisory Group

Past-President of the New Zealand Psychological Society

Former member of the Suicide Prevention Office, and the Film and Literature Classifications Review Board.

Current research: WERO - Working to End Racism and Oppression. Endeavor Research Grant. Ministry for Business Innovation and Enterprise. (2020-2025) Science lead.

Completed research: The embrace of our ancestors. Recontextualising and reimagining mātauranga Māori as an Indigenous psychology'. Marsden Research Grant. (2019-2022) Lead investigator.
Rua Mātītī, Rua Mātātā. Where did all the pā sites come from? Marsden Research Grant. (2019-2022) co-investigator.

Raranga, raranga, taku takapau. Hapū-ora or tamariki. E Tipu, e Rea. A Better Start (National Science Challenge. (2020-2022) Lead researcher.

Iwi: Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Mahanga