Doctoral thesis

Paia Taani (Ngāi Tūhoi, Ngāti Whare, Te Upokorehe, Ngāti Wakaue The aim of this research is to investigate whanau use of te reo Maori in order to support, inform and influence current and future intergenerational transmission of te reo Maori. The purpose is to contribute to the revitalisation of te reo Maori.

Oliver Skinner (Waikato Tainui), University of Otago This thesis is a legal history of Wairarapa Moana, the wetlands comprising lakes Wairarapa and Onoke and their tributaries, from early Maori occupation of the area through to Treaty settlement processes and beyond. It explores the 'legal experiences' of Maori who are traditionally based around and share…

Pita Shelford (Te Rararawa, Ngāpuhi), University of Waikato My research is connected to an Ageing Well National Science Challenge funded project: Kaumatua mana motuhake (KMM): Kaumfltua managing life-transitions through tuakana-teinalpeer education (tuakana-teina pair conversations), which sought to address the mana motuhake of kaumatua within an urban…

Moana Rarere (Rongomaiwahine, Nga.ti Kahungunu ki Wairoa/ki Heretaun a, Tiihoe, N ati Whare, Te O okorehe), Waikato University My doctorate critically reviews Maori birth patterns in demography. Since the late 1970s Maori births have gradually converged to levels similar to Pakeha. However, important differences persist. Most notably, wahine Maori birth…

Awhina Ruby Pitiroi (Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngai Tai, gati Raukawa, Waikato-Maniapoto, Tuhoe), Victoria University of Wellington My background is in Kura Kaupapa Māori education. I have led various water enhancement projects around Lake Taupō and adjoining waterways over 20 years of teaching within a localised, kaupapa Māori water education framework. An…

Hineani Melbourne (Ngāti Pōrou, Maniapoto), Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi Since the inception of film to the present day in New Zealand Māori people, their language and customs have been recorded on film or other audio-visual mediums. In the eyes of the law the material recorded does not belong to the people who are sharing their knowledge, their customs…

May Jane McKenzie (Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou), Te ;Whare Wananga o AwanuiarangiKa arotahi teneki tuhinga whakapae ki te whakawhanaketanga o nga rangatira o te hapii o Ngati Haka ki Tawhia o te iwi o Ngai Tiihoe. Kai te kitea te memehatanga o te pae karanga, o te pae korero, me te pae tioriori o te marae. Kotahi te patai mo teneki tuhinga - He aha te rangatira?Ma…

Abigail McClutchie (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Porou), The University of Auckland This research explores ‘mahi rangatira’ as central to Māori entrepreneurship, innovation and risk. Māori have a long history of entrepreneurship indicated by their navigation of Te Moana nui ā Kiwa, the Pacific Ocean. Pere asserts that, “mahi rangatira is doing what is great for the…

Alehandrea Raiha Manuel (Ngāti Porou), The University of AucklandMy PhD research entitled ‘Taringa Whakarongo: older Māori and whānau experiences of hearing loss and hearing services’ seeks to explore older Māori and whānau experiences of the hearing health care system and the various impacts hearing loss may have on their roles and functions in society. It…

Bonnie Maihi (Waikato Tanui, Ngāti Maniapoto), University of WaikatoThis study explored school and work pathways for our rangatahi Maori growing up and located in Aotearoa gang spaces. Through interviews it gained an inside perspective of five rangatahi alongside adult who were these same rangatahi, for an intergenerational perspective, about navigating…

Bobby Luke (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngaruahine, Taranaki Iwi Nui), Auckland University of Technology This research explores the potential for interdisciplinary-based multimedia, performance, and Fashion design investigations to perform as knowledge repositories. The project aims to restore & revitalize understandings of a Taranaki cosmological worldview that can…

Louise Mahinarangi, Kewene-Doig (Tainui/ Ngāti Maniapoto), University of OtagoMy research focus is Māori music experiences of the 1960s through the Māori Showband phenomenon. Using Kaupapa Māori and whakapapa research methods, my thesis will explore the importance of the Māori Showbands from band members’ perspective. I am creating unique ways of retelling…