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Tangata · Researcher

Tracy Maniapoto

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Founder

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ngāti Porou
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa

 

I draw inspiration for my designs from my love of weaving kete whakairo and kākahu, having learned with the Hetet School of Māori Art for a number of years.

I also draw inspiration from te reo Māori, the Māori language. I did not grow up learning te reo and have struggled to reclaim this learning. As a full-time post-graduate student with Te Pūtahi-a-Toi, Massey University, I have been gifted the opportunity to engage with te reo through research. My doctoral research explores the revitalisation of te reo Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand’s cultural heritage institutions: libraries, archives and museums.

Rangahau · Related projects

Research Programme

25-28RP03Activating Māori Research Data Sovereignty in universities
Kaiārahi · Project lead Dr. Kiri West
Whare wānanga · Host Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Matakitenga · Framework
Wā rangahau · Timeline Commenced 2025

Universities in Aotearoa hold a vast, largely unmapped, collection of Māori data. With that, these institutions are in positions of power to control the ways in which Māori data is collected, stored, accessed and used, often without meaningful involvement from Māori communities. Organised across three objectives, this project explores how Māori data…

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Ētahi atu · Other people