30 Summer Internships Underway!

NPM'S 2019-2020 Summer Internship programme is now well underway with an outstanding group of inspiring emerging Māori researchers, working with Principal and Associate Investigators all over the country and engaged in an exciting range of projects across our research themes.



The interns and supervisors came together (mostly online) at the beginning of the summer programme in December, and are continuing to meet as a national rōpu on a weekly basis to share and be inspired by the career stories, insights and experiences of notable senior Māori leaders and researchers.



NPM congratulates all the confirmed recipients, who are working throughout the summer to deliver what are a series of highly anticipated research reports early in 2020.



Our 2019-2020 Summer Interns are:



Kelly Mitchell (Waikato-Tainui) Massey University 

Supervisor: Dr Vini Olsen-Reeder, Victoria University of Wellington   

Project Title: Te Whare Kōrero o Te Ure Tārewa



Summer Wright (Ngāti Maniapoto) University of Auckland 

Supervisor: Dr Dan Hikuroa, Te Wānanga o Waipapa, University of Auckland   

Project Title: Pūniu River Care – Safe Places, Healthy Waters, Healthy People



Mia Morgan (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Tamatera,  Ngāti Kahungunu) Southern Institute of Technology 

Supervisor: Dr Kepa Morgan, Mahi Maioro Professionals and Ngāti Makino Authority

Project Title: Mauri Dimension Indicator Sets and Threshold Definition for Pohewa Pae Tawhiti Land Use Visualisation Tool Mauri Dimension



Cherry Reihana (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine) University of Auckland

Supervisor: Dr Sarah-Jane Paine, University of Auckland        

Project Title: Intergenerational Trauma, Stress and Health Inequities for Indigenous peoples – a Systematic Review



Te Kerekere Roycroft (Ngāpuhi) Unitec Institute of Technology

Supervisor: Dr Dan Hikuroa, Te Wānanga o Waipapa, University of Auckland

Project Title: What is the True Value (intrinsic and extrinsic) of River Restoration?



Sarah Davis (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine) University of Auckland

Supervisor: Dr Dan Hikuroa, Te Wānanga o Waipapa, University of Auckland

Project Title: Whakarongo Ki Ngā Manu: Indigenous Approaches for Seabird Conservation



Johanna Ormond (Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Tūwharetoa, Whakatōhea) Victoria University of Wellington

Supervisor: Dr Adreanne Ormond, Victoria University of Wellington

Project Title: Enlivening the Landscape Through a Mātauranga Māori lens: Understanding and Appreciating Urupa within a Contemporary Māori Community



Rere-No-A-Rangi Pope (Ngāruahine) Victoria University of Wellington

Supervisor: Dr Kevin Shedlock, Victoria University of Wellington

Project Title: Te Kōrero Matihiko - Let Indigenous Culture Digitally Speak



Kelly Stewart (Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa) Massey University

Supervisor: Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora, University of Auckland

Project Title: Kaumātua Futures



Darcy-Leigh Cullen (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngai Tahu, Ngai Tai) University of Auckland

Supervisors: Drs’ Marama Muru-Lanning and Gerard O'Regan, University of Auckland   

Project Title: Tokatuhi North Island Māori Rock Art Database



Taamirangi Sam-Turner (Ngāi Tūhoe, Waikato) University of Otago

Supervisors: Dr Tangiwai Rewi, University of Otago

Project Title: He Matapihi ki te Ao Tuupuna



Nikora Topia-McCausland (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Porou, Tainui, Ngāti Ranginui) University of Waikato

Supervisor: Dr Jordan Waiti, University of Waikato

Project Title: Whānau Water Safety Needs in Whaingaroa/Raglan.



Waimihia Maniapoto-Love (Ngāti Konohi, Ngā Paerangi, Ngāti Tuwharetoa) University of Auckland

Supervisor: Dr Wayne Ngata, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi

Project Title: Ngā Whare Tu Taua o Te Tairawhiti



Ria Nathu (Rongowhakaata, Tainui) University of Waikato       

Supervisor: Dr Jordan Waiti, University of Waikato

Project Title: Maara Hupara as a Culturally Relevant use of Institutional ‘Space’



Erana Calder Hawkins (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tamaterā) The University of Waikato    

Supervisors: Fiona Wiremu, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi and Tiaki Hunia, Fonterra

Project Title: The Contribution of Māori Farms and Mātauranga Māori to Fonterra Dairy Co-Op Historically and for the Future



Milly Grant-Mackie (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kuri) University of Auckland

Supervisor: Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki, University of Waikato; School of Psychology

Project Title: Reflections from the Past



Hazel Abraham (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Tuwharetoa Ki Kawerau, Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tūhoe) AUT University

Supervisor: Professor Tania Ka'ai, Te Ipukarea Research Institute, AUT University

Project Title: Te Hiringa Taketake: Māori Traditional Models of Learning and Teaching



Kaneihana Dewes (Ngāti Porou) University of Waikato

Supervisor: Associate Professor Tom Roa, University of Waikato

Project Title: Mai Namata Mō Namata



Nohorua Parata (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngaa Rauru, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata) Victoria University of Wellington

Supervisor: Dr Acushla Sciascia, Massey University

Project Title: Digital Solutions for Iwi



Māia Goldsmith (Ngāi Tūhoe, Whakatōhea) Te Whare Wānanga ō Waitaha

Supervisor: Professor Angus Macfarlane, University of Canterbury   

Project Title: Practice Research in Indigenous communities: Advantages for the Specialist Education Sector



Zion Whanga-Otimi (Waikato, Maniapoto) University of Waikato

Supervisor: Associate Professor Tom Roa, University of Waikato      

Project Title: Inscriptions from the Past as Insights for Today: A selection of written texts by Paratene Ngata



Taniora Daniel Maxwell (Ngāi Tai, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Kahu) Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi      

Supervisor: Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora, Te Wānanga o Waipapa, University of Auckland

Project Title: Evidencing the Positive Contribution of Kapa Haka to the Wellbeing of New Zealand Society



Mihiterina Williams (Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Konohi, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāpuhi) University of Auckland    

Supervisor: Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora, Te Wānanga o Waipapa, University of Auckland

Project Title: Evidencing the Positive Contribution of Kapa Haka to the Wellbeing of New Zealand Society



Taonga Te Moni (Te Arawa, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou) University of Auckland

Supervisor: Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora, Te Wānanga o Waipapa, University of Auckland

Project Title: Evidencing the Positive Contribution of Kapa Haka to the Wellbeing of New Zealand Society



Te Rina Keogh (Hauraki, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi) University of Otago

Supervisor: Professor Poia Rewi, University of Otago

Project Title: He Tātarihanga Reo Toi Māori



Rex Paraku (Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Maniapoto) Massey University

Supervisor: Dr Te Taka Keegan, University of Waikato

Project Title: Analysing Māori Language Tweeting



Tamahau Brown (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) University of Waikato

Supervisor: Dr Te Taka Keegan, University of Waikato

Project Title: A Corpus of Māori Language Tweets



Safari Hynes (Rangitāne whānui, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Maniapoto) Victoria University of Wellington

Supervisor: Dr Carwyn Jones, Victoria University of Wellington

Project Title: “The Developing Constitution of Aotearoa New Zealand: UNDRIP, the Treaty of Waitangi and Māori Law”



Kahukiwi Piripi (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) University of Auckland

Supervisor: Dr Claire Charters, University of Auckland

Project Title: Reform of Law on Class Actions and Litigation Funding: Identifying Issues for Māori



Fern Kumeroa (Ngāti Ruanui) Massey University

Supervisor: Kati Doehring, Cawthron Institute

Project Title: Water Quality and Land Restoration Register