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WATCH--> Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan messaging on "Noho ki te kāinga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. Jenny is Director of Ngā Wai a Te Tūī at NPM partner institution Unitec. Amongst others, she leads programmes of research on pūrākau, te reo revitalisation and the role of marae in the housing crisis.

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WATCH -->  Dr Joseph (Joe) Te Rito messaging on hygiene practices. Made during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. From Rongomaiwāhine and Ngāti Kahungunu iwi, Joe is passionate about promoting the oral language of his elders as the exemplars for second-language learners of Te Reo Māori.

WATCH--> Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki messaging on keeping well. Made during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency.

WEBINAR --> Not to be missed! The KIN network (Knowledge in Indigenous Network) is hosting a series of webinars everyday through the 7th-17th April 2020. Featured speakers include Prof Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Dr Michael Yellowbird, Dr Ganesh Nana, Dr Bonnie Duran, Rereata Makiha, Dr Mariaelana Huambachano...and more. 

NEWS LINK --> Associate Professor Elana Taipapaki Curtis (Ngāti Rongomai, Ngāti Pikiao, Te Arawa) is a Public Health Physician currently working as Senior Lecturer Medical at Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, University of Auckland. Read her Open Letter to New Zealand's Government.

WATCH --> NPM researchers discuss Family violence prevention strategies under present COVID-19 Level 4 Aotearoa National State of Emergency restrictions. The active level 4 restrictions mean that many community agency staff have had to make significant changes to keep themselves safe and to continue the essential work they do with whānau. Prof Linda Waimarie Nikora, co-director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga speaks with Dr Kiri Edge and community researcher Rolinda Karapu.

WATCH --> Dr Teah Carlson messaging with the help of her whānau on "Noho ki te kāinga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency.

What it is that people value about kapa haka? Help us to understand!

This is an invitation to participate in a survey that explores what it is that people consider important about kapa haka.

There is very little research on kapa haka and why people consider it important. Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence is conducting this survey to increase our knowledge of kapa haka, the benefits derived to people and why people consider kapa haka to be valuable.