About this research
This study investigates how Māori and other indigenous scholars make a distinctive contribution to the disciplinary knowledge bases that drive national development in Aotearoa. It explores the ways that Māori and indigenous scholars become academics; how they shape their interactions and relationships with their institutions of higher learning; how they engage with their disciplines; and, how they transform academic knowledge in ways that support and sustain their (cultural and /or tribal) communities. This project also explores the challenges and possibilities that senior Māori and other indigenous intellectuals encounter along the way.
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Helen Pearse-Otene (Ngāpuhi-Ngāti Kurī; Rongomaiwahine-Ngāti Kahungunu; Ngāti Pahawauwera; Ngāti Ruanui; Ngāti Pākehā), Massey University The project is a partnership based on already existing relations between participants from academia, the performing arts, and hard to reach communities that connect through a women’s support group. This research whānau…
View projectWaiho hoki au i raro nei-Leave me here below": Unearthing the wisdom of Hinenui Te Pō through the art of survival narratives
Helen Pearse-Otene (Ngāpuhi-Ngāti Kurī; Rongomaiwahine-Ngāti Kahungunu; Ngāti Pahawauwera; Ngāti Ruanui; Ngāti Pākehā), Massey University
The project is a partnership based on already existing relations between participants from academia, the performing arts, and hard to reach communities that connect through a women’s support group. This research whānau will draw upon a range of mātauranga, tools, techniques, and differing perspectives of mana wāhine – in a transdisciplinary, collaborative research project that will reclaim the pūrākau of Hinenui Te Pō as a medium to investigate personal stories of: transformation, Selfhood, healing journeys, self determination, and the transgression and then re-assertion of Mana Wāhine.
Melissa Derby (Ngāti Ranginui), University of Canterbury The study explores literacy as a human right that is key to accessing other human rights associated with health and wellbeing, community engagement, cultural imperatives, and lifelong learning - all of which are critical to the Mauri Ora theme. My doctoral research also has resonance with Ngā Pae o te…
View projectRestoring Māori Literacy Narratives to Create Contemporary Stories of Success
Melissa Derby (Ngāti Ranginui), University of Canterbury
The study explores literacy as a human right that is key to accessing other human rights associated with health and wellbeing, community engagement, cultural imperatives, and lifelong learning - all of which are critical to the Mauri Ora theme.
My doctoral research also has resonance with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s statement about Te Reo me Ngā Tikanga Māori: The Māori Language and Protocols in that my research is seeking to gain greater understanding of the development of early literacy skills in bilingual (Te Reo Māori and English) pre-school children.
Sophie Williams (Ngāpuhi, Te Arawa), University of Auckland He tōnga kākano – The planting of the seed is a collaborative study of indigenous performative knowledge within a contemporary dance context. The focus for this work is the ways in which whakapapa and Māori identity are integral to the expressions of indigenous (Māori) performative knowledge within…
View projectHe tōnga kākano – The planting of the seed
Sophie Williams (Ngāpuhi, Te Arawa), University of Auckland
He tōnga kākano – The planting of the seed is a collaborative study of indigenous performative knowledge within a contemporary dance context.
The focus for this work is the ways in which whakapapa and Māori identity are integral to the expressions of indigenous (Māori) performative knowledge within haka theatre especially, and the wider context of contemporary dance.