NPM research solves real world challenges facing Māori, in Māori-determined and inspired ways, allowing for sustainable relationships that grow the mana (respect and regard) and mauri (life essence) of the world we inhabit. We gather our expertise within four Te Ao Māori knowledge and excellence clusters or Pae:
- Pae Ahurei - Living Uniquely: Cherish and celebrate distinctively Māori futures.
- Pae Tawhiti - Living Lightly: Grow responsible social, economic and environmental relationships.
- Pae Ora - Living Well: Influence positive change for healthy and meaningful lives.
- Pae Auaha - Living Smartly: Nurture wise and ethical technological transformations.
An addition four Pātai or critical systems-oriented questions generate transformative interventions and policy advice for stakeholders and next users. All of our research will contribute mātauranga-informed theories, models and evidenced solutions in response to our Pātai. Our Pātai serve to integrate and energise our programme and Pae to synthesize our research for next stage impact and outcomes.
- 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?
The Pae and Pātai give form to our 7.5 year programme of research and orient and shape all activities of the Centre, and form the basis of our reporting on the impacts arising from the research that we undertake through our Matakitenga Research Framework.
MATAKITENGA RESEARCH FRAMEWORK | ||||||
PAE AHUREI | PAE TAWHITI | PAE ORA | PAE AUAHA | RAUTAKI KOUNGA | RAUTAKI WHAKAAWEAWE | |
Living Uniquely [AH] | Living Lightly [TA] | Living Well [OR] | Living Smartly [AU] | Professional Excellence [PE] | Impact and Transformation [IT] | |
IMPACT STATEMENTS | Cherish and celebrate flourishing Māori futures
| Grow responsible economic and environmental relationships | Influence positive change for healthy and meaningful Māori lives | Nurture wise andethical Māori technological transformations | Inspire Māori andIndigenous research and excellence | Connect with partnersfor impact and transformative change |
PATAI | OUTCOMES | OUTCOMES | OUTCOMES | OUTCOMES | OUTCOMES | OUTCOMES |
| TE AO MĀORI - How can te reo, tikanga and mātauranga Māori continue to inform our futures? [A]
| AAH1 Research to protect, regenerate and future proof TeAo Māori [V4]. | ATA1 Te Ao Māori models forsustainable, equitable and just societal practices [V2,4] [H2] . | AOR1 Te Ao Māori knowledge and practice to enhancewellbeing in whānau lives acrossthe lifespan and generations [V3,4]. | AAU1 Methods to accelerate the potential for technologies to aid Te Reo revitalization and the reclamation of mātauranga [V4].
| APE1 Demonstrated value of Mātauranga Māori and Indigenous epistemologies, methodologies, and methods [T5,8, V4, CC, H4].
| AIT1 Establish Te Whare Ariā, a wānanga and innovation space to develop targeted and appropriate strategic impact and transformation research pathways [V2,4 H2] |
| WHĀNAU - How can whānau wellbeing be realised in everyday life? [W]
| WAH2 Support for Te Reo Māori expression and use across all domains and generations while maintaining its relevance and integrity [V3, T5, H4]. | WTA2 New knowledge and applications for whānau to be self- determining and self-sustaining [V1, H3,5]. | WOR2 Te Ao Māori knowledge for relational growth- fostering and whānau empowerment [V3].
| WAU2 Mātauranga fusions to craft technologies enabling whānau to live meaningful and satisfying lives [V3,4].
| WPE2 Deep community, national and international research relationships and engagement [T3,8,CC, P5]. | WIT2 Harness connectedness with partners in transformation [T7, VCC, H5]. |
PAE AHUREI | PAE TAWHITI | PAE ORA | PAE AUAHA | RAUTAKI KOUNGA | RAUTAKI WHAKAAWEAWE | |
Living Uniquely [AH] | Living Lightly [TA] | Living Well [OR] | Living Smartly [AU] | Professional Excellence [PE] | Impact and Transformation [IT] | |
| MAURI - How can mātauranga inform and drive sustainable and just societal practices? [M]
| MAH3 Te Ao Māori models for sustainable, equitable and just societal practices [V2,4, H2]
| MTA3 Mana and mauri centred knowledge for an intergrated social, economic, environmental and living relational world [V2]. | MOR3 Methods to disrupt the systems and structures that allow inequities to arise thereby obstructing wellness for Māori [V3, H2, T1,3, P2]
| MAU3 Tikanga to guide collective privacy, consent, trust, use and benefit requirements that are flexible and dynamic [V4].
| PPE3 Lead the CoRE sector towards achieving internationally equitable rates of Māori and Pacific post- graduate educational achievement and early career excellence [T3,6,8, VCC, H2, P5] | MIT3 Influence law and policy making for Māori wellbeing and just societal practices [V2,3 T2] |
| PUĀWAI - How can Māori-led research be used transformatively to accelerate the achievement of flourishing Māori futures? [P] | PAH4 New understandings and applications to accelerate transformative change for flourishing Māori futures [V1]. | PTA4 Possible, provocative, and preferable transformation pathways towards flourishing Māori futures [V3, H1,3].
| POR4 Te Ao Māori building blocks for wellbeing and flourishing Māori futures [V3,4].
| PAU4 Creative and technological transformations to nurture flourishing Māori futures [V1] [H3,4] | PPE4 Grow the FTE rate of Māori academics across New Zealand tertiary institutions to at least 15% [T3,5,6,8, VCC, H2, P5] | PIT4 Share and promote NPM research for uptake and impact [V4, H5]
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