• Ngāti Tūwharetoa
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Research and Enterprise - University of Otago
    Mauri Ora - Human Flourishing

    Hauiti is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow based at Te Tumu - University of Otago and specialises in collecting information about waahi tapu, waahi tipuna (sacred|cultural/heritage|ancestral sites), oral narratives (moteatea - traditional songs/chants, korereo purakau - stories) and whakapapa (genealogies) embedded in ancestral landscapes and uses modern GIS mapping technology to enhance this process.

    Related Projects

    Full project

    Project commenced:

    Digital Solutions to Support Knowledge and Connections

     

    What digital platforms could support a collective approach to Te Tai Ao?
    How could this be managed; practically and using what protocols?
    What are the potential uses and benefits of these platforms locally, nationally and internationally?
    What are the potential Te Tai Ao future needs of iwi/hapū that need to be addressed in the digital platform considerations?
    What opportunities are there for Indigenous digital solution platform that can be developed and implemented in communities?

     

    Internship project

    Project commenced:

    The spatial dimension of cultural identity

    The purpose of this summer intern project is to source information (cultural and spatial) that describes the student’s relationship to their marae in preparation for learning how to use spatial information technology to create maps of their ancestral landscapes. 
    This project will develop skillsets of blending modern ICT with oral narratives (mōteatea, lore of the land, pūrākau). The student will join the Te Koronga: Indigenous Science Research Theme at the University of Otago.

    Intern - Courtney Sullivan
    Ngāti Awa, Taranaki, Ngāti Maru
    University of Otago
    Supervisor - Dr Hauiti Hakopa
    University of Otago, Te Koronga

    Internship project

    Project commenced:

    Hauora and Pūtaiao Solutions for Te Toki Voyaging Trust

    The purpose of this summer internship project is to explore the potential to develop hauora and pūtaiao solutions for Te Toki Voyaging trust in their kaupapa of kaitiakitanga and mauri ora of the marine environment through traditional navigation and sailing.

    The project involves wānanga with Te Toki Voyaging Trust, sailing and supporting ngā kaupapa waka.

  • Ngāi Tahu Rangitāne
    Research Lead and Kahui Maori
    Research and Enterprise - University of Otago
    Whai Rawa - Māori Economies

    Katharina is a Senior Research Analyst and Researcher at the University of Otago. She uses a kaupapa Māori framework to focus on the translation of policy into practice for Māori. Her research is broad-ranging and includes Māori small and medium enterprises, Māori business innovation, Māori language, and Māori ‘social licence’ in the oil, gas and mining industries.

    Katharina has governance, research and leadership roles for Ngāi Tahu at the tribal and local levels, and has been consulted on or involved in a number of regional economic development projects. She joined the University of Otago in 2008 after working for Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu for five years as education manager and project consultant and worked with communities, local and central government agencies to implement Māori-focused initiatives throughout the South Island education sector. Prior to that, she had been in the teaching profession.

    Dr Ruckstuhl completed her Honours degree and Ph.D. through the English Department at Otago. As well, she has post-graduate qualifications in Education through Massey University.

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