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Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is the founding host of the biennial International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC) 12–15 November, 2024. The IIRC has a well established reputation as the premier international Indigenous conference and consistently attracts high numbers of national and international participants. IIRC is a time for reflection, sharing, planning, innovating. IIRC offers participants a range of engagement modes: master classes, premiere keynotes, guest speakers and time to connect and renew. As a deeply related community of Indigenous researchers internationally, we come together in the one place every two years, at Waipapa marae, Waipapa Taumata Rau - The University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

“Whītiki Taua” is our conference theme. It embodies the bond and collective strength within communities, while “Research Solidarities” emphasises collaborative research endeavours within Indigenous contexts. Together, they symbolise the power of solidarity, knowledge sharing, and collective empowerment. 

Join us as we explore meaningful partnerships, uphold Indigenous perspectives, and work together to address common challenges. Let’s contribute to the well-being and empowerment of Indigenous peoples through our scholarly endeavours

It has been nearly a decade since the publication of the landmark book Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an Agenda. Since then, Indigenous Data Sovereignty scholarship, solutions, advocacy and activism has flourished.

The aim of this Indigenous Data Sovereignty Masterclass is to share insights, strategies and tools with those who want to better understand how they can engage with IDSov  and how it can benefit their communities and organisations.

Invited mātanga (experts) from Aotearoa and overseas will take participants through five sessions focused on the following topics:

• Indigenous Data Sovereignty Foundations
• Data for Self-Determination: Case studies
• Indigenous Data Governance Models: From local to global
• Keeping our Data Sovereign
• Growing our Data ‘Doers’

Te Kura Roa refers to our collective knowledge and ideas and the responsibility to ensure they are left as an enduring legacy for generations to come. The vision to gather our Mātauranga Māori champions, practitioners, researchers and scientists was premised on the idea that collectively, we are stronger; that working collaboratively, we are more intuitive; and being connected, we are relational.

To support the vision, a new body will be formed under Te Kura Roa with a broad vision where Mātauranga Māori is valued, elevated and reflected in RSI systems, structures, policies, resources and practices. Te Kura Roa builds off the work of the Rauika Māngai and will be responsible for providing advice to Government on delivering to Te Tiriti outcomes for Māori and supporting our whānau to
thrive and flourish.

Ko au ko te kura, ko te kura ko au.

IIRC 2022 is our biennial international conference for the sharing of premiere Māori and Indigenous knowledge, research and scholarship. We welcome you from all parts of the world to our [virtual] place, coming to you from Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland campus, Aotearoa New Zealand. 

As we reach out across our nation and to Indigenous researchers across the world, we invite you to be inspired by excellence, connection, creativity, deep thought and scholar activism. Embracing the conference theme of ‘Indigenous Futures’, our week of sharing will look to knit together Indigenous research and experience to build strong Indigenous foundation and solutions to challenges for people, planet and place. Nō reira, nau mai, haere mai. Tēnā koutou katoa. Our warmest of welcomes.

This paper examines the interface between science and policymaking and calls for a policy approach that is enabled by, and responsive to, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Mātauranga Māori. For a science sector to have its greatest reach and impact for all citizens, it must demonstrate relevance, accessibility and inclusion. In Aotearoa, there has been concern about the exclusion of Māori and Pacific expertise from science advice and key decision-making roles. Te Tiriti offers a powerful framework for connecting systems and communities of knowledge in ways that are mutually beneficial and future focused.

Authors

Tahu Kukutai, Tracey McIntosh, Amohia Boulton, Meihana Durie, Meika Foster, Jessica Hutchings, Melanie Mark-Shadbolt, Helen Moewaka Barnes, Te Taiawatea Moko-Mead, Sarah-Jane Paine, Suzanne Pitama, and Jacinta Ruru

REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

28-April 2020 | Stuff interview with Tahu Kukutai

28-April 2020 | Morning Report with Tahu Kukutai

28-April 2020 | Newshub with Tahu Kukutai

28-April 2020 | Waatea News with Tahu Kukutai

28-April 2020 | The Spinoff with Jacinta Ruru & Tahu Kukutai

03-May 2021 | Research Professional, Article (Paywall)

In this publication of firsts, 24 Māori preeminent scholars bravely share their personal journeys, revealing what being Māori has meant for them in their academic careers. Their perspectives provide insight for all New Zealanders into how mātaurang knowledge – is positively influencing the Western-dominated learning disciplines.

‘It is a shameful fact,’ says co-editor Jacinta Ruru in her introduction to Ngā Kete Mātauranga, ‘that in 2020, only about five percent of academic staff at universities in Aotearoa New Zealand are Māori.’

‘The book demonstrates the power, energy and diversity that can be brought out into the world by Māori scholars working both comfortably and uncomfortably from within, without and across diverse academic disciplines and mātauranga Māori.’ – Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Not only a celebration of all knowledges in Aotearoa NZ, this book is also a greater call to action to create positive transformative change for our nation.

REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence (NPM) is the founding host of the biennial International Indigenous Research Conference. It is our honour to enable and host this conference to create an international stage for engagement, sharing and future shaping of globally relevant Indigenous led research.The aims of this conference are to:

• host an international celebration of Indigenous lead research
• foster an international gathering of Indigenous researchers in all disciplines to share research, inspire new research connections and promote research excellence
• profile the innovation in multi-disciplinary Indigenous knowledges and in developing Indigenous research methodologies, theories, and practices
• grow Indigenous lead research within Aotearoa New Zealand and its links with the rest of the world
• enable a conference that engages with a broad range of critical issues for Indigenous communities leading to clear outcomes for action and solution
• provide a high impact with high value research sharing experience with multiple opportunities for engagement and learning
• extend the reputation of NPM as a nationally and internationally recognised and sought after centre for its expertise and innovation in transformative Māori focused multidisciplinary research

NPM’s vision is of Māori leading New Zealand into the future. To reap the benefits of the nation’s changing demographics it is critical that Māori are engaged in research and decision making in all disciplines and in all sectors.  NPM research realises Māori aspirations for positive engagement in national life, enhances the recognition of our excellence in Indigenous scholarship both nationally and internationally and provides solutions to major challenges facing humanity in local and global settings. Our entire research programme is Māori designed and led.

Te Kura Roa: Whaihua

Rāwinia Higgins, Poia Rewi and Vincent Olsen-Reeder launched this series of reports from the Te Kura Roa research programme in June 2017. The reports were presented to Te Kōhanga Reo and Te Ataarangi, with findings from the ‘Whaihua’ research project which was first initiated in 2010.

Download the report series below:

Pūrongo 1: He Whenua Haumako – Te Kōhanga Reo, Te Ataarangi

Pūrongo 2: Te Kōrerotia o te Reo Māori

Pūrongo 3: Te Reo Māori me te Whānau

Pūrongo 4: Te Reo Māori me te Hapori

Pūrongo 5: Te Reo Māori me te Wāhi Mahi

Pūrongo 6: Te Reo Māori me te Tuakiri ā-Motu

Pūrongo 7: Te Reo Māori me ōna Ratonga

This research programme was commissioned and supported by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga to gain insight into the value of the Māori language. Ngā Whakakitenga a Te Kura Roa: Whaihua was a part of a wider investigation into the national value of the Māori language. The main objective of the research was to investigate the community value of the Māori language among the whānau of Te Kōhanga Reo and Te Ataarangi.

The seven reports above contain the results of the project and are designed to share and discuss. If you have any queries please contact Te Kura Roa: tekuraroa@vuw.ac.nz

The authors and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga humbly thank all, the whānau, the purapura, the communities and boards, vibrant locales through whom we were able to carry out this Māori language project.

Our November 2016 conference was structured around Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's key research themes for the next five years;

• Whai Rawa – Prosperous Indigenous Economies
• Te Tai Ao – Healthy Natural Environments
• Mauri Ora – Indigenous Human Flourishing
• Mahi Auaha – Creative Indigenous Innovation  
• Te Reo me Ngā Tikanga Māori – Thriving Indigenous Languages and Cultures

These five thematic areas and the conference itself was supported and delivered through a programme of Te Reo me Ngā Tikanga Māori.