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Research Overview

Rangahau o NPM 

Our Research NPM research solves real world challenges facing Māori. We do so in Māori-determined and inspired ways engendering sustainable relationships that grow the mana (respect and regard) and mauri (life essence) of the world we inhabit. 

The Matakitenga research framework 

The expertise of the Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga researcher network is organised by four Te Ao Māori knowledge and excellence clusters or Pae: Pae Ahurei (Living Uniquely), Pae Tawhiti (Living Lightly), Pae Ora (Living Well), Pae Auaha (Living Smartly).

Four Pātai or critical systems-oriented questions generate transformative interventions and policy advice for stakeholders and next users. Their integration in our Matakitenga Research Framework articulates our research funding and reinforces the foundations of mātauranga Māori through sound research attuned to the lived experience of Māori:

  • Pātai Te Ao Māori - How can te reo, tikanga and mātauranga continue to inform our futures?
  • Pātai Whānau - How can whānau wellbeing be realised in everyday life? 
  • Pātai Mauri - How can mātauranga inform and drive sustainable and just societal practices? 
  • Pātai Puāwai - How can research be used transformatively to accelerate the achievement of flourishing Māori futures?

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  • Te Mana o Tūhoe – Kaumātua Narratives of Rūātoki Marae

    This project had three goals:  to build community research capacity; to collect, gather and record kaumātua narratives; and to create a teaching resource for Tūhoe schools. Central to this project was the engagement by Ruatoki community and in particular it reinforced the important role kaumātua play as sources of knowledge.

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  • Tuia, Tui, Tuia: An exercise in hybridity

    This research project asked the question “What new and interesting performance works can be created when two or more music traditions talk to each other, and can these culturally hybrid artistic forms communicate knowledge about a musical other?” Dr Te Oti Rakena explored new ways of approaching performance practice and studio practice, extending the parameters of the research question beyond m

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  • He moemoeā mō Ahuriri: A vision plan and health assessment for the Ahuriri Estuary

    The Ahuriri or Napier Estuary is of significant value to both tangata whenua and the Hawke’s Bay community as a whole. Historical and current environmental pressures, together with some questionable management processes over the years, had caused an almost total cultural disconnection between the tangata whenua and the estuary.
     

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    Education Environment Health

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  • Kaupapa Māori epidemiology in health research: Finding our own standards

    A Kaupapa Māori epidemiology is sensitive to the demographic circumstances of the Māori population. Itreinforces the development of policy and practice that is responsive to Māori.  A Māori standard population (or indigenous standard) brings Māori from the margins to the centre of the epidemiological frame. 
     

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  • Mangoroa: a collaboration between a digital artist and a sculptor

    This project has two artistic outcomes, Aniwaniwa and UFOB. Both of these artworks were exhibited and generated ongoing public exhibition opportunities and interest. The themes addressed were rising sea levels in the Pacific caused by global warming and flooding of landscapes to generate hydroelectric power.

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  • Māori women speak back: Our stories, laws and histories

    This research grew from the concern about how to stimulate discussion and debate within Māori communities about the role of Māori women, in the past, present and future.  This research sought women’s stories, in order to let Māori women speak about how they perceive their relationships to the state, environment and others in their communities.  This research also included considering

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    Environment

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