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Kai, Race, Data, and Identity: Sharing Insights from Doctoral Research

About this research

Awardee: Hannah Rapata (Ngāi Tahu), Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

The NPM Whakaaweawe Impact and Transformation Grant supports Māori researchers to achieve impact and transformational research outcomes and knowledge sharing pathways that harness connectedness with research partners and communities; and shares and promotes research uptake and impact.
The award is known as the Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Whakaaweawe Impact and Transformation Grant, administered by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM).
 
The NPM Whakaaweawe Grant supports Māori researchers and creatives to generate impactful and transformational outcomes through research, knowledge sharing, and creative expression. It fosters connectedness with communities and research partners and promotes the uptake and visibility of Māori-led research and innovation.
Funding from this Grant will contribute to activities that support the dissemination, engagement, and impact of research and creative outputs, specifically: supporting registration for a New Zealand-based conference and the publication of research in the Lowitja Journal of First Nations Health and Wellbeing, to enhance visibility and impact of Māori-led research.
 
The aim of this project is to transform the rich research findings of the Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga funded doctoral thesis Kai Ora, Piki Ora: Intersections of kai, race, data and identities (Rapata, 2025) into resources and knowledge forms that can be accessed, understood, and used by both academic and non-academic audiences. The project will build upon and disseminate the outcomes of this doctoral research by:
  1. Producing academic publications: This grant will support with the costs associated with publishing two papers in peer-reviewed international journals.
  2. Creating infographics and visual summaries derived from both publications to support knowledge uptake by whānau, hapū, iwi, policymakers, and practitioners.
  3. Engaging broader audiences through conference presentations, embedding the doctoral research into national and international discourse on Indigenous data sovereignty, food justice, nutrition and Māori public health.
The outputs from this grant will support the translation of evidence into practice that impacts Māori public health and nutrition outcomes.

Awardee: Hannah Rapata (Ngāi Tahu), Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

The NPM Whakaaweawe Impact and Transformation Grant supports Māori researchers to achieve impact and transformational research outcomes and knowledge sharing pathways that harness connectedness with research partners and communities; and shares and promotes research uptake and impact.

The award is known as the Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Whakaaweawe Impact and Transformation Grant, administered by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM).

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