Project reports

Full project

Ngā Hua a Te Matatini : The benefits of kapa haka to Aotearoa

Conscious of the lack of serious inquiry into Kapa Haka, the CEO of Te Matatini Inc, the National Organisation for Kapa Haka in Aotearoa New Zealand approached Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence (NPM), to make a start on rectifying this situation. This programme of research seeks to better appreciate the value and…

• Nikora et al. (2022). The Value of Kapa Haka – An Overview Report. Auckland, NZ : Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga PDF · 394.81 KB
• Hall, M., & Bowden, L. (2021). Māori Performing Arts and Educational Outcomes Report. PDF · 352.46 KB
• Meade, R. (2021). Exploring the Cultural Value of Kapa Haka – the Māori Performing Arts PDF · 589.08 KB
• Mikaere, T.M. (2021). Ngā hua nui o te kapa haka. PDF · 608.21 KB
• Nikora et al. (2021). Exploring the value and meaning of Kapa Haka - Māori Performing Arts : The Hine Rēhia Survey. Auckland, NZ PDF · 891.51 KB
• Selby-Rickit, T.H.R. (2021). Ngā hua nui o te kapa haka. PDF · 403.06 KB
• Te Huia, A., & Fox, R. (2020). Manawa ū ki te reo Māori : Matatini and non-Matatini survey responses PDF · 366.34 KB

Internship project

Decolonising child protection in Aotearoa: What can be learned from First Nations internationally?

This internship focused on global efforts by First Nations and Indigenous peoples to decolonise and re-indigenise child protection systems.

• 24-25INTS10 Internship Report - Kaea Hudson PDF · 660.93 KB

Internship project

Developing a Bibliography of Politics Research by Kairangahau Māori

This internship compiled a bibliography of politics research by kairangahau Māori, supporting more inclusive and responsive political studies in Aotearoa. Guided by a multidisciplinary rōpū, interns built research skills and helped shape future pathways for Māori in politics and policy.

• Barton Newton 2023 Developing a Bibliography of Māori Politics Research_Methodology Report PDF · 610.09 KB

Internship project

Breaking the Barrier: A History of Māori Spiritual and Religious Entanglements at Aotea from 1889

Intern: Kelly M. Klink Supervisor: Dr Nēpia Mahuika University of Waikato This research seeks to examine the intergenerational impacts that Christianity— and particularly Mormonism—have had on the Māori at Aotea (Great Barrier Island) from the 19th century to the present. The research draws from oral interviews with whanau and pakeke and probes the…

• A History of Māori Spiritual and Religious Entanglements at Aotea from 1889 Internship Report 2016-17 PDF · 1.21 MB

Internship project

Embedded expressions of a people

This summer internship project will identify occasions where haka, waiata and other oral art forms were commonly used as a form of expression, the frequency in which these occasions occurred and the purpose of these expressions for each situation. Each of these occasions employed a particular style of oral art form. In addition to collating information of…

• Embedded expressions of a people - Internship Report 2017-18 PDF · 759.66 KB

Internship project

Building a Takatāpui Research Foundation – An annotated bibliography

This internship project seeks to create a foundational annotated database of takatāpui literature and resources, including whakawahine and tangata ira tane and other gender non-conforming takatāpui, which are often left out of the narrative.

• Takatāpui: A Place to Start – An Annotated Bibliography 2016-17 PDF · 871.76 KB

Internship project

Communicative Language Teaching for Indigenous languages

Can communicative language teaching (CLT) help save indigenous languages? This project is a review of literature on CLT and its relevance to indigenous language revitalisation. It forms part of a broader research project to examine the teaching and learning of Māori, Tahitian and Hawai’ian within universities.

• 14INT02 - Internship Report; Communicative Language Teaching PDF · 290.07 KB

Antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity in Kawakawa leaf extract

Traditional use of plants for medicinal purposes is a feature of indigenous human societies. The biological principles that underpin many such traditional remedies has been established using various scientific methodologies. In New Zealand, Kawakawa (Macropiper excelsium) has been used in Rongoa Māori (traditional Māori medicine) to alleviate a variety of…

• Kawakawa Brochure Final.pdf PDF · 7.09 MB

Essential Services for Isolated Communities

People living in isolated communities often live in homes that lack essential amenities such as clean reliable water, energy or power sources, vehicle access, telecommunications and waste management systems. Under these circumstances the health and safety of whānau, in particular the most vulnerable (kaumātua and pēpi) can be compromised and placed at risk…

• Manuel Morgan Web Ready2.pdf PDF · 733.79 KB

Adapting principles from rongoā into ecologically and culturally sustainable farm practice

This project examines rongoā (traditional Māori knowledge of medicinal plants) to find ways to improve animal health naturally, and overall, manage farms with respect for the land. Principal Investigator Dr Marion Johnson was a farm manager in the UK when she received a scholarship to study environmental biology and returned to university. She later arrived…

• 10 RF 32 Final Contract report for web.pdf PDF · 1.28 MB

Computer decision support to aid sustainable customary use of taonga species

Rakiura Māori muttonbirders and researchers collaborated to build and test a computer-based decision support package to allow individual kaitiaki to choose optimal harvesting strategies on their own whānau’s ancestral birding ground. They tested whether or not the tool builds understanding of consequences of current harvesting levels for their mokopuna’s…

• Te Poha o Te Titi User Manual.pdf PDF · 4.85 MB

Effective leadership for educational reform

This project set out to identify what might constitute effective leadership of educational reform that seeks to raise the achievement of students not currently well served by the system. The hypothesis was developed from a further examination of the relevant literature supported by a series of in-depth interviews, conducted in 2005 and 2006 with leaders in…

• Bishop web ready_0.pdf PDF · 546.19 KB