Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's 2016 Annual Report highlights our performance and activities for the first year of our new Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) contract, engaging a renewed and collectivised network of 21 partners in an evolved NPM, with a distributed leadership and a new research leadership team. 15 Foundational Research Projects as well as 10 new Seed and Scope projects were commenced and over 300 outputs were produced and delivered from NPM research and researchers. The 2016 Annual Report is once again an acknowledgment of the dedication and commitment of both our staff and research network, to ensure that Māori continue to lead New Zealand into the future.