With just four months to go before we host IIRC26, our NPM team is in full swing preparing to welcome you! The record number of abstracts received highlights the incredible momentum and appetite for Indigenous research…
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NPM E-PĀNUI PIPIRI | JUNE 2026
June 2026This month we were excited to launch our "Amazing Māori Researchers" reels series. We created the bite-sized video series to make NPM’s…
Read online ↗This month we were excited to launch our "Amazing Māori Researchers" reels series. We created the bite-sized video series to make NPM’s research more accessible, bringing the mahi of our researchers straight to your…
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NPM E-PĀNUI HARATUA | MAY 2026
May 2026Kua pō te ao! Kua pō te ao! Kua pō uriuri, te ao taketake! Kua puta a Aituā i Whiti-nuku ki Whiti-reinga Tūātia ana, whakawahia rā hei…
Read online ↗Kua pō te ao! Kua pō te ao!
Kua pō uriuri, te ao taketake!
Kua puta a Aituā i Whiti-nuku ki Whiti-reinga
Tūātia ana, whakawahia rā hei kaitiaki o te mate
Hinenuitepō! Hei āhea mākona ai tō matekai?
E te tawhito e Tamati, e moe!
Kei te ruānuku e Hirini, okioki ai!
E te hīnātore e Whatarangi, takoto!
- NPM E-PĀNUI HŌNGONGOI | JULY 2026 With just four months to go before we host IIRC26, our NPM team is in full swing preparing to welcome you! The record number of abstracts… Read online ↗With just four months to go before we host IIRC26, our NPM team is in full swing preparing to welcome you! The record number of abstracts received highlights the incredible momentum and appetite for Indigenous research…
- NPM E-PĀNUI PIPIRI | JUNE 2026 This month we were excited to launch our "Amazing Māori Researchers" reels series. We created the bite-sized video series to make NPM’s… Read online ↗This month we were excited to launch our "Amazing Māori Researchers" reels series. We created the bite-sized video series to make NPM’s research more accessible, bringing the mahi of our researchers straight to your…
- NPM E-PĀNUI HARATUA | MAY 2026 Kua pō te ao! Kua pō te ao! Kua pō uriuri, te ao taketake! Kua puta a Aituā i Whiti-nuku ki Whiti-reinga Tūātia ana, whakawahia rā hei… Read online ↗
Kua pō te ao! Kua pō te ao!
Kua pō uriuri, te ao taketake!
Kua puta a Aituā i Whiti-nuku ki Whiti-reinga
Tūātia ana, whakawahia rā hei kaitiaki o te mate
Hinenuitepō! Hei āhea mākona ai tō matekai?E te tawhito e Tamati, e moe!
Kei te ruānuku e Hirini, okioki ai!
E te hīnātore e Whatarangi, takoto! - NPM E-PĀNUI PAENGAWHĀWHĀ | APRIL 2026 Our PhD tauira never cease to inspire us. This e-pānui celebrates just two of the remarkable researchers in our whānau — a reminder of the… Read online ↗
Our PhD tauira never cease to inspire us. This e-pānui celebrates just two of the remarkable researchers in our whānau — a reminder of the creativity, depth, and purpose that defines scholarship at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.
Hine-Kaunuku (Morgana) Watson is breaking new ground in the gaming world, creating action-adventure games that centre wāhine Māori and bring Indigenous storytelling to a global audience.
Meanwhile, Amelia Blundell is weaving together personal history and rigorous research, with a PhD study focused on the kūmara plant which is the taonga at the heart of her whānau life and livelihood.
- NPM E-PĀNUI POUTŪ-TE-RANGI | MARCH 2026 We were thrilled to partner with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) to host the first Radical ‘Interdisciplinarities… Read online ↗
We were thrilled to partner with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) to host the first Radical ‘Interdisciplinarities: Indigenous Knowledges’ forum in Banff, Canada this month.
The forum gathered 40 Indigenous ECRs from Aotearoa, Australia, South Africa, Botswana, Norway, Greenland, Taiwan, India, Rapanui, Chile, Belize, Amazonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Canada and the United States to develop interdisciplinary research collaborations around three main kaupapa.
- NPM E-PĀNUI HUI-TANGURU | FEBRUARY 2026 As a national Centre of Research Excellence, we value the connections that we have to our 21 partners Te Tira Takimano who share our vision… Read online ↗
As a national Centre of Research Excellence, we value the connections that we have to our 21 partners Te Tira Takimano who share our vision of research that empowers flourishing Māori futures.
This month we were grateful to be hosted on the whenua of Waikato-Tainui College for Research and Development for our two-day Kāhui Ārahi research impact wānanga.
- NPM E-PĀNUI KOHITĀTEA | JANUARY 2026 As we head into another busy year, we are grateful for our whānau at NPM and Kanapu who approach everything they do with purpose and… Read online ↗
As we head into another busy year, we are grateful for our whānau at NPM and Kanapu who approach everything they do with purpose and commitment to our shared vision of flourishing Māori futures. In this e-pānui, we farewell those who have made an enduring contribution to NPM – including our longest serving AlterNative Co-Editor Professor Tracey McIntosh – and welcome in new team members. We also reflect on the re-release of Ngā Mōteatea, the extraordinary four-volume collection of Māori songs and chants, and get up close and personal with a giant glowing earthworm and 2026 Bug of the Year contender, Noke Waiū (Anisochaeta gigantea).
- NPM E-PĀNUI WHIRINGA-Ā-RANGI | NOVEMBER 2025 E ngā kaipupuri mātauranga – tēnā rawa atu koutou. I have been reflecting on my first year as Pou Matarua and the enormous privilege it has… Read online ↗
E ngā kaipupuri mātauranga – tēnā rawa atu koutou. I have been reflecting on my first year as Pou Matarua and the enormous privilege it has been to work alongside Tahu, the NPM secretariat, our Kāhui Ārahi and the many affiliated researchers, kaimahi and hapori members who exemplify our overarching kaupapa of Flourishing Māori Futures. NPM’s important mahi wouldn’t come to fruition if everyone wasn’t actually on the waka and paddling in the same direction! As such, I am taking the liberty of using some space in this last e-pānui of 2025 to say “e mihi nunui ana ki a koutou katoa”. I acknowledge and appreciate all of the contributions you make - ahakoa he iti, he pounamu.
- NPM E-PĀNUI WHIRINGA-Ā-NUKU | OCTOBER 2025 The NPM team is preparing for a jam packed November with researchers across our network attending four major events. The first is the World… Read online ↗The NPM team is preparing for a jam packed November with researchers across our network attending four major events. The first is the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE), hosted by AUT from 16-20…
- NPM E-PĀNUI MAHURU | SEPTEMBER 2025 Summer is nearly upon us, and, with that, we look forward to welcoming a new cohort of researchers into the NPM whānau through our annual… Read online ↗Summer is nearly upon us, and, with that, we look forward to welcoming a new cohort of researchers into the NPM whānau through our annual Summer Internship projects and NPM-Borrin Legal Internships. Each year our…
- NPM E-PĀNUI HERETURIKŌKĀ | AUGUST 2025 Education Minister Erica Stanford’s decision to remove kupu Māori (except character names) from the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series… Read online ↗
Education Minister Erica Stanford’s decision to remove kupu Māori (except character names) from the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series generated much public debate and commentary this month. The decision affected 12 books and was based on concerns that the inclusion of kupu Māori might confuse children learning English phonics.
- NPM E-PĀNUI HŌNGONGOI | JULY 2025 Whanaungatanga is one of the core values we pride ourselves on at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. With that in mind, we were delighted to have… Read online ↗
Whanaungatanga is one of the core values we pride ourselves on at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. With that in mind, we were delighted to have the opportunity this month to visit with the Hon Dr Shane Reti, the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, and to update him on the good mahi being undertaken at NPM and Kanapu.