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Call for research project applications for NPM & Borrin summer internships!!

Posted: 25 May 2026
We invite researchers based at a NPM partner entities to submit proposals to host and supervise an intern over the summer period.
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NPM | Fulbright Awards Open!!

Posted: 7 May 2026
Fulbright NZ and NPM NZ Graduate Award and NZ Scholar Award are open for applications. If you are interested in the opportunity to study in the USA, you can learn more by attending the information sessions held at…
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2026 Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Matakitenga Research Round Now Closed

Posted: 26 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 of research that empowers flourishing Māori futures. This month we were…
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PhD Scholarships Are Closed for 2025

Posted: 6 October 2025
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s 2026 PhD Scholarships are now closed, we are proud to support Māori researchers to shape the future through Indigenous excellence.
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NPM Social Media Success Webinar: Learn How to Create Greater Research Impact 2025

Posted: 30 April 2025
This webinar series is targeted towards early-career researchers and PhD candidates wanting to use social media for greater research impact. We have chosen five highly successful social media influencers who will…
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2025 Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Matakitenga Research Round Now Open

Posted: 24 March 2025
The 2025 Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Matakitenga Research Round is now open. We invite research applications aligned across our Matakitenga Research Framework – this year priority will be given to Pae Auaha applications …
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2025 NPM PhD Scholarship Applications Closing 31 March

Posted: 24 February 2025
2025 PhD Scholarship Applications open Monday 24 February and close Monday 31 March 5pmThe Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Māori (NPM) Futures Programme supports promising Māori students at the senior undergraduate,…
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PRESS RELEASE: Cuts to Humanities and Social Sciences Research Will Impact Māori Most

Posted: 6 December 2024
PRESS RELEASE December 6, 2024Cuts to Humanities and Social Sciences Research Will Impact Māori MostThe Pou Matarua Co-directors of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, Aotearoa’s only Māori Centre of Research Excellence (NPM…
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International Indigenous Research Conference 2024 Video Highlights

Posted: 26 November 2024
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is the founding host of the biennial International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC). The IIRC has a well established reputation as the premier international Indigenous conference and…
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Te Whare Pora; mātauranga Māori pregnancy, birthing and beyond

Posted: 16 September 2024
Three kairangahau/kaimahi discuss concepts, mātauranga and practice in relation to Te Whare Pora. Their mahi is part of a move for whānau to be embraced within Te Whare Pora, rather than driven by clinical approaches…
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Wānanga Paetukutuku: Harnessing Creativity for Greater Research Impact

Posted: 18 July 2024
Creativity and research are synergistic, enhancing each other through innovative problem-solving, interdisciplinary connections, and impactful communication. Creative thinking sparks novel insights and approaches,…
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Fulbright | NPM Scholarship

Posted: 29 January 2024
For opportunities to study in the USA Applications open soon.
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New Horizons Summer Scholarships

Posted: 29 January 2024
Work with top researchers, learn new skills, and get paid to do it! Applications Open NOW
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SCHOLARSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES | OPEN NOW

Posted: 29 January 2024
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REGISTER NOW FOR our INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2024

Posted: 29 January 2024
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is proud to host the IIRC2024 Conference at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland After navigating the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re excited to return to an in-person format,…
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What do regional communities most need after extreme weather events?

Posted: 31 May 2023
We talk to community leaders from Tairāwhiti, Heretaunga and Te Taitokerau about what they really need for recovery and future resilience after recent devastating events.
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Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and Coastal People: Southern Skies Cyclone Gabrielle Displacement Research Programme

Posted: 23 March 2023
Deadline: 29 March 2023 This is a collaboration between Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) and Coastal People: Southern Skies (CPSS). We are making a short call for excellent research activities that have scholarly,…
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NPM is honoured to welcome 20 Raumati Interns

Posted: 14 December 2022
NPM is honoured to welcome 20 Raumati Interns who will work with researchers from our national network over the summer on a diverse range of exciting projects. The Raumati Internship Programme aims to grow and support…
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Universities harming Indigenous people through colonial approach to data

Posted: 13 December 2022
Universities throughout the world are harming Indigenous peoples due to their colonial approach to Indigenous data, according to Kevin Lujan Lee––an Indigenous Chamoru (familian Capili) scholar and activist. Lee is…
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New MAI Journal Issue out soon

Posted: 9 December 2022
The next issue of MAI Journal will be published within the next few days. Papers appearing are: Bridgette Masters-Awatere, Patricia Young, Rebekah Graham State agencies and researchers engaging with Indigenous…
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Rangahau - Kōrero with Associate Professor Te Taka Keegan

Posted: 9 December 2022
Each month we feature a member of our NPM Kāhui Ārahi- Research Leadership Team in our e-pānui.  This month we talked with Associate Professor Te Taka Keegan who is the Associate Dean of Māori DHEC, Associate Professor,…
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Kaupapa Matua: Māori women's rugby

Posted: 9 December 2022
Whare across the motu have been tuning into the Rugby World Cup to support the Black Ferns as they cut a track to the finals. The superb athleticism and skill on display has been a huge drawcard, generating…
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Minister Verrall visits Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga for Kanapu initiative launch

Posted: 19 August 2022
On August 18th, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (Ngā Pae) was thrilled to host the Hon. Ayesha Verrall, Minister for Research, Science and Innovation at Rehutai, Waipapa Taumata Rau. Minister Verrall’s entourage included long…
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2022 Matakitenga Projects Funded

Posted: 28 June 2022
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga are thrilled to announce the successful recipients from the 2022 Matakitenga Funding Round. We received a number of high-quality proposals for funding, which were assessed by our Komiti Rangahau…
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2021 Research Honours Aotearoa winners | Royal Society Te Apārangi

Posted: 27 April 2022
Congratulations to the recipients announced in today's Royal Society Te Apārangi awards list with a special mention to our preeminent Māori scholars (see list below) who've been recognised for their outstanding research…
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NPM 2021-2022 New Horizons Raumati Internships Confirmed

Posted: 27 April 2022
This year's 2021-2022 New Horizons Raumati (Summer) Internship Programme is about to start with another outstanding group of aspiring emerging Māori researchers. This summer they will be working with NPM Researchers…
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New Partnership with The Spinoff

Posted: 27 April 2022
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga has partnered with the team at The Spinoff to bring an exciting new series that shares our research and shows how Mātauranga Māori is shaping the future of Aotearoa. We begin by returning to…
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A threat to our identity: The impact of climate change on Māori

Posted: 27 April 2022
The 2nd research profile in our Spinoff partnership series features a project led by Dr Shaun Awatere of Manaaki Whenua and an interview with Zak Horomia who speaks about the impacts he's observed from climate change to…
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Announcing the 2022 Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award Winner

Posted: 27 April 2022
Fulbright New Zealand and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence are delighted to announce that Dr Will Flavell (Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Whatua, Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto) is the 2022…
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Inaugural Recipients of the Borrin Foundation – NPM 2022 Postgraduate Scholarship

Posted: 27 April 2022
To contribute to increasing Māori postgraduate scholarship in law, the Borrin Foundation has partnered with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. A pool of $80,000 is available annually to support a Māori scholar to…
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Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga applauds changes to Performance Based Research Fund

Posted: 12 July 2021
MEDIA RELEASE  9 July, 2021  Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga applauds changes to Performance Based Research Fund  Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM), Aotearoa New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research…
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Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Te Tai Ao PhD Scholarship

Posted: 9 July 2021
Research partners and communities, supported through Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s Te Tai Ao research theme, have generated many insights into how we can work with our environment/taiao according to tikanga and mātauranga…
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New Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Announced

Posted: 5 July 2021
Fulbright New Zealand and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence are delighted to announce that Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui, Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Awa) is the 2021…
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New Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Announced

Posted: 5 July 2021
Fulbright New Zealand and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) are thrilled to announce that Jenni Tupu (Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Hine, Samoa) is the recipient of the 2021 Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate award…
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NPM PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE WORKSHOP | "Using social media in research"

Posted: 25 June 2021
VIEW WEBINAR DATE: Wednesday 30 June 2021 TIME: 10am-11am Learn about how the face-paced world of social media and other technologies are already having an influence on Māori research. Whether you’re a TikTok…
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NPM Professional Excellence Workshop | "Supervising Māori students and topics"

Posted: 17 June 2021
Completing a postgraduate thesis can be one of the most satisfying accomplishments that a Māori student can achieve. Too often, however, that experience can be hampered when issues arise with their supervision or…
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NPM PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE WORKSHOP | “Five tips for writing a research funding proposal”

Posted: 11 June 2021
In this online workshop, we’ll share five key things that you can do to make sure your next application for research funding is compelling and polished – and stands out for all of the right reasons! Seeking funding…
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NPM PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE WORKSHOP | “Developing your CV”

Posted: 3 June 2021
In this online workshop, we’ll work through the sections of the New Zealand RS&T Curriculum Vitae Template and focus on what you can do to make sure your CV is complete and polished.
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NPM PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE WORKSHOP: Koha and research practice

Posted: 28 May 2021
Within traditional Māori society, koha was understood to serve a specific function with clear parameters. Today, however, the word ‘koha’ can describe anything from a ‘gold coin’ donation to a charity, to a substantial…
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NPM PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE WORKSHOP | "How to review and be reviewed"

Posted: 21 May 2021
Submitting your writing for publication in a journal can be one of the most intimidating aspects of the research process. Will the journal accept it or will your paper be rejected? Will the reviewers ‘get’ what you’re…
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NEW NPM PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE WORKSHOP SERIES

Posted: 10 May 2021
We're pleased to announce a new NPM workshop series of weekly online Professional Excellence workshops and interactive discussion panels that will be running for the next 7 weeks. (May-19 - Jun-30, 2021).
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Media Release | Te Pūtahitanga, A Tiriti-led science-policy approach for Aotearoa New Zealand

Posted: 28 April 2021
This paper examines the interface between science and policymaking and calls for a policy approach that is enabled by, and responsive to, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Mātauranga Māori. For a science sector to have its…
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NGĀ KETE MĀTAURANGA MĀORI NATIONAL CELEBRATION

Posted: 14 April 2021
On the 24th of March, Associate Minister of Education (Māori), Hon Kelvin Davis, officially launched NGĀ KETE MĀTAURANGA at Rongomaraeroa in Te Papa Tongarewa New Zealand’s national museum. “Rongomaraeroa was the…
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ASPIRE prize

Posted: 19 March 2021
MBIE Science and Innovation International Opportunity ASPIRE  is an annual APEC science prize for Innovation, Research and Education (“ASPIRE”) is an annual award which recognizes young scientists who have…
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NPM GRANTS & AWARDS NOW OPEN!

Posted: 17 March 2021
The following Grants are now open: PhD Doctoral Support Grant Honour's In-Progress Support Grant  Master's In-Progress Support Grant Matariki Internship  Publication Support Grant Borrin…
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WEBINAR | 11-FEB 2021 1:00PM

Posted: 9 February 2021
Join the editors and four of the authors who will be discussing the book NGĀ KETE MĀTAURANGA: Māori scholars at the research interface. Be in for a book give-away at the end of the session.
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Te Arotahi Paper Series December 2020 No. 06

Posted: 4 February 2021
Written more than three decades ago by Māori for the Department of Social Welfare, Puao-Te-Ata-Tu: Realising the Promise of a New Day recognised that the issues facing Māori resulted from failing systems of state…
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He Aitua | Associate Professor Dr Mānuka Henare

Posted: 26 January 2021
E te purapura tuawhiti e Mānuka Kua tuakoka te ao rangahau Māori Ka ngākau titikaha hei mumu Kia whakaora anō ai te ohaoha a te Māori Nāu anō ngā kaupapa tuatinitini, kaupapa taioreore O Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga i…
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Māori Professors Support Glass Ceiling Research and Reissue Call for a National Review of Universities

Posted: 8 December 2020
Māori professors from across all 8 of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Universities, write a second letter to the government reissuing their call for an urgent national review of the tertiary sector for Te Tiriti o Waitangi…
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SUMMER INTERNSHIPS 2020-2021 - another group of aspiring researchers

Posted: 30 November 2020
NPM'S 2020-21 Summer Internship programme is about to start again with an outstanding group of aspiring emerging Māori researchers, working with our NPM Researchers all over the country and engaged in an exciting range…
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Our First Online Gathering of Indigenous Minds

Posted: 27 November 2020
HUNDREDS LOG ON FOR THE 9TH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS RESEARCH CONFERENCE! NPM Co-Director, Professor Jacinta Ruru gives a wrap-up of IIRC20   Last week, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga hosted one of the…
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A few changes in Leadership and Secretariat

Posted: 16 November 2020
NPM recently celebrated the award of 7.5 years of Centre of Research Excellence funding from 2021 - 2028, and with the end of our current Centre funding looming (recently extended to 30 June 2021) changes in staff are a…
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Indigenous Data Sovereignty - new edited open access book

Posted: 16 November 2020
The ongoing work of Indigenous scholars and researchers, including several of our Māori academics, in Indigenous data sovereignty is presented in a new edited open access book ‘Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy’. …
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'Read Our Words' Poster

Posted: 20 October 2020
NPM Co-Director Professor Jacinta Ruru, Associate Professor Angela Wanhalla and Jeanette Wikaira have released the Read our Words poster, profiling ten easily accessible Māori authored non-fiction…
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Tukua te rangahau kia kōrero - Te Reo Symposium Brings Experts Together

Posted: 20 October 2020
In acknowledging the diverse Māori language activity and research, NPM and Te Mātāwai partnered to co-host an important te reo Māori symposium at the Otago Museum, Dunedin, on the 8th and 9th of October. Led and…
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An Important Appointment at Royal Society Te Apārangi

Posted: 20 October 2020
Recent NPM Board Member, University of Auckland Pro-Vice Chancellor (Māori) and former Children's Commissioner Professor Cynthia Kiro has been appointed Ahorangi - Chief Executive of the Royal Society Te Apārangi. …
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Te Tapeke - Fair Futures

Posted: 20 October 2020
Royal Society Te Apārangi recently convened a multidisciplinary panel  of leading experts to examine issues of equality, equity, and fairness in Aotearoa. The panel’s name, Te Tapeke, comes from the saying ‘ka…
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NPM's Secure Future - CoRE Fund Success

Posted: 13 October 2020
Kia hiwa rā! kia hiwa rā! Kia hiwa rā i tēnei tuku! Kia hiwa rā i tērā tuku! Kia tū, kia oho, kia mataara e! Pū te koa i te whakapuakitanga e tūpapahū nei. Ka whakamihatia, ka whakamānawatia ngā ihuoneone o te…
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2020-2021 NPM Summer Internships Programme Open

Posted: 22 September 2020
Applications for NPM's Summer Internship Programme are open once again! 30 summer internship positions will be selected and confirmed from the 49 project proposals. These are open for our tauira to apply, review the…
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Calls to Act and End Systematic Institutional Racism

Posted: 22 September 2020
Recent weeks have seen an increased focus on issues of inequality and racism in Aotearoa's educational system, particularly within its tertiary sector. NPM is sharing recent open letters regarding action called for by…
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Endeavour Fund Success

Posted: 22 September 2020
NPM Researchers have this week been celebrating successful proposals in the 2020 round of the Endeavour Fund, which plays a unique role in the science system through an open, contestable process with a focus on both…
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Making Te Reo Māori Cool

Posted: 22 September 2020
In Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, one of NPM Principal Researchers in Te Reo me ngā Tikanga Māori, Dr Rachael Ka'ai-Mahuta of Te Ipukarea, published an article in The Conversation highlighting her current NPM research and…
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Highlighting Mātauranga Māori and Science

Posted: 22 September 2020
NPM Researcher Dr Dan Hikuroa has contributed to the recently published book Communicating Science: A Global Perspective. This book includes a chapter on Aotearoa New Zealand, entitled “Participatory science and…
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Te Kōrerorero a Ngā Tumu Whakarae

Posted: 15 September 2020
Nō mātou te whiwhi! Piri mai ki te whakarongo ki ngā Tumu Whakarae o Māori Television,  Te Māngai Pāho me Te Mātāwai. Ka whakaputaina i ō rātou whakaaro e hāngai ana ki te mahi ngātahi mō te rangahau i te reo Māori…
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Kaupapa Māori Teaching Wins

Posted: 10 September 2020
Five of the nine recipients of the Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards this year are outstanding Māori tertiary teachers.  Winning awards in the Kaupapa Māori category were: Associate Professor Anne…
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Impacts of Inequity Highlighted

Posted: 10 September 2020
On the 31st August, an NPM panel of esteemed Māori researchers met in a live video webinar session to investigate, expose and discuss the ethics of rationing health in a racialised society. Professor Papaarangi Reid…
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Call for Systemic Change to Legal Education

Posted: 10 September 2020
This week, Māori law academics across six law schools released a report calling for a new vision for how we construct, know and teach law in Aotearoa New Zealand.   This report Inspiring National Indigenous…
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Celebrating our 2020 Wāhine Ora Awardee

Posted: 10 September 2020
Our congratulations go to Paora Crawford Moyle (Ngāti Porou), this year's winner of the annual Wāhine Ora Award supported by NPM and New Horizons for Women Trust: Hine Kahukura!   Paora was raised in State care…
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NPM Tautoko COVID-19 Webinar

Posted: 24 August 2020
Rationing Māori Life and Well-Being - Who Decides and How? An Expert Webinar and Panel Discussion brought to you by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urūta   When: Monday 31 August 2pm - 3…
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IIRC20 Abstracts Now Due by 28 August!

Posted: 18 August 2020
Abstracts for our online IIRC20 themed conference "Gathering of Indigenous Minds" (18th – 20th November 2020) have been extended by one week: now due Friday 28th August 2020. We invite Indigenous researchers around…
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Erena Wikaire announced as our 2020 Fulbright-NPM Graduate

Posted: 11 August 2020
Erena Wikaire (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Te Hikutu, Te Kapotai) has been awarded the Fulbright - Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award to conduct PhD research into models of Indigenous healing.   Erena is a…
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Opening New Horizons for Tauira

Posted: 11 August 2020
NPM is delighted to announce 50 tauira (students) as recipients of its new mid-year 2020 NPM internships and scholarships, which have been designed to support tauira and enhance research outcomes in these uncertain…
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2019 Annual Report Demonstrates Considerable Contributions

Posted: 3 August 2020
NPM's 2019 Annual Report has been published and released to all our partners and network this past week. Once again NPM demonstrates our considerable contribution to Māori scholarship, Māori communities, and the…
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Kaumātua Perspectives of Covid-19

Posted: 3 August 2020
Two engaging new videos have recently been uploaded to our Media Centre as part of NPM's Covid-19 programme of outreach into our research networks and wider communities. As the country has adapted to the realities of…
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IIRC20 Abstract Submissions Now Open!

Posted: 3 August 2020
Join us online from 18-20 November for our first virtual "Gathering of Indigenous Minds". Be inspired by Indigenous researched solutions. We now invite Indigenous researchers around the world to submit abstracts for…
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A Gathering of Indigenous Minds!

Posted: 27 July 2020
NPM's biennial 2020 International Indigenous Research Conference (#IIRC20) is moving online! From 18 - 20 November, we will host a virtual "Gathering of Indigenous Minds" from our base here at Waipapa Marae,…
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Professor Rangi Matamua wins Prime Minister's Prize

Posted: 27 July 2020
On Tuesday 30 June NPM Principal Investigator and University of Waikato academic Professor Rangi Matamua (Tūhoe) was awarded the top Science Communications Prize from the Royal Society Te Apārangi at the Prime Minister…
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NPM's Deputy Director joins Te Mātāwai

Posted: 27 July 2020
NPM Deputy Director Professor Poia Rewi (Ngāti Manama, Tuhōe, Tūwharetoa) was farewelled from the University of Otago in late June and welcomed in early July to his role as chief executive of Te Mātāwai, the agency that…
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Acknowledging Significance of Indigenous Scholarship

Posted: 1 July 2020
An MBIE review of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC) system (together with the Australian Research Council and the Australian Bureau of Statistics) has created new divisions for…
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Vision Mātauranga - Lessons from Māori Voices

Posted: 25 June 2020
NPM is expecting many synergies to emerge from the publication of a new Guide to Vision Mātauranga (download here) supporting the innovation and advancement of mātauranga Māori while accelerating research, science and…
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Read Our Words: An Anti-Racist Reading List for Aotearoa

Posted: 25 June 2020
In 2018 NPM Co-Director Professor Jacinta Ruru (Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui), Associate Professor Angela Wanhalla (Ngāi Tahu) and Jeanette Wikaira (Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāpuhi) curated Te Takarangi, a…
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2020 International Indigenous Research Conference - Update!

Posted: 25 June 2020
NPM is committed to holding the 9th Biennial International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC20) in November 2020. The challenges we have all faced together this year has changed the nature of what is possible, but in…
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MAI Journal Special Issue - He Vaka Moana

Posted: 25 June 2020
MAI Journal's new special issue is available online! He Vaka Moana - Navigating Māori student and Pasifika student success in the tertiary sector introduces a compilation of eight articles that provide an invaluable…
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2020 Fulbright-NPM Opportunites

Posted: 25 June 2020
NPM's ongoing partnership with Fulbright New Zealand is now in its tenth year. Since signing an agreement at Waipapa Marae in 2010 this partnership has enabled Māori academics to travel to the US to expand the scope of…
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NPM Researcher Appointed Cultural Commissioner

Posted: 12 June 2020
NPM Principal Investigator, previous Research Director, and University of Auckland academic Dr Dan Hikuroa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui, Pākehā) has been appointed to the position of Commissioner – Culture, on the…
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NPM 2020 Matariki New Horizon Internships

Posted: 30 May 2020
These brand new mid-year NPM internships have been designed to support tauira and enhance research outcomes in these uncertain times. The internships require senior or mid-career researchers and students to work…
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NPM Tautoko - Completion Scholarships for Tauira

Posted: 30 May 2020
Part of NPM’s Tautoko strategy given COVID-19 impact is to support 40 tauira (students) to complete their theses and degree requirements. A suite of new NPM completion scholarships are now open for Māori students across…
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Professor Poia Rewi appointed to Te Mātāwai

Posted: 27 May 2020
Hūrō te whare o Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga i te rangona, kua tapaina a Poia Rewi hei Tumu Whakarae hou mō Te Mātāwai.  He tangata ngākaupai, whakaaro tika, a Poia, he ihumanea i ahu mai i te kāhui atamai o Ngā Pae…
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Summer Intern Report Competition

Posted: 27 May 2020
NPM completed our 2019-2020 Summer Internship Summary Report Competition with short online presentations from the three finalists on Tuesday 19 May. The finalists were: Kelly Mitchell (Waikato-Tainui) from…
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Māori Researchers in the Media

Posted: 27 May 2020
Māori researchers from across the country have been making considerable contributions to current national discussions around the response to Covid-19 and what the future holds. Just a few of these contributions are as…
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Embedding Tikanga Māori in Financial Literacy

Posted: 18 May 2020
In our most recent Te Arotahi Paper (link to paper here), NPM researchers are calling for our policy-makers to recognise and respect Māori concepts of wealth in advancing Māori financial literacy, in the face of the…
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Call for Papers for Covid-19 Special Issues

Posted: 11 May 2020
As part of our Tautoko Strategy, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is committed to ensuring that our researchers have a platform for communicating their expertise and insights into Covid-19 and the wider implications it may have…
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Online Digital Māori Language Portal Launched

Posted: 6 May 2020
Tomokanga Rauemi Reo Māori, is a new online digital Māori language portal which was developed out of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's Te Whare Matihiko o Te Reo Māori Foundational Research Project led by Professor Tania Ka'ai…
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Covid-19 Videos Online

Posted: 6 May 2020
NPM has been publishing multiple video logs from our network of researchers, as they share with and support our communities with important messages for the conditions and impact of the Covid-19 era we find ourselves in…
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Op-Eds Highlight Important Issues

Posted: 6 May 2020
NPM researcher and University of Auckland Law Associate Professor Dr Claire Charters (Ngāti Whakaue, Tūwharetoa, Ngāpuhi and Tainui) laid out Aotearoa’s dual legal systems and the government’s obligations to both in…
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#Covid_19Indigenous_World

Posted: 6 May 2020
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is using the hash tag #Covid_19Indigenous_World as an attempt to collect news of the Indigenous World during the pandemic. There are very few accounts of how Indigenous peoples and communities…
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The relevance of te Tiriti o Waitangi in the Covid-19 era

Posted: 29 April 2020
Read --> Dr Claire Charter's opinion piece in The Spinoff. The Covid-19 era is like a fast-moving picture which perpetually develops and re-develops. The picture adjusts with ever-changing information on the…
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Who has the authority to make decisions, especially in times of emergency?

Posted: 29 April 2020
Who has the authority to make decisions, especially in times of emergency? Our elected representatives and their officials assume it’s them, writes Kerensa Johnston, but the further you get from Lambton Quay and the so…
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Researcher expresses concern about contact tracing and over zealous identification of Indigenous Australians

Posted: 29 April 2020
Read --> A situation report from Dr Vanessa Lee (Yupungathi and Meriam Nation) of the University of Sydney raising concern about the increased police presence within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities…
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Indigenous peoples know the way forward - let's show the world

Posted: 25 April 2020
Associate Professor Krushil Watene (Ngāti Manu, Te Hikutu, Ngāti Whātua o Orākei, Tonga) specialises in moral and political philosophies of well-being, development, and justice with a particular focus on indigenous…
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Why the middle of the road COVID-19 education resources don't cut it for Māori

Posted: 23 April 2020
WATCH --> Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki being interviewed by NPM Board member Scotty Morrison of Te Karere. Waikaremoana discusses why the resources prepared to provide support during COVID-19 Aotearoa/New…
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'Containment' during Alert level 4 - Dr Rebecca Wirihana

Posted: 23 April 2020
WATCH--> Dr Rebecca Wirihana talking about the process of 'containment' in healing during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. Rebecca is a Māori Clinical Psychologist currently…
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Voices from Indigenous Brazil - a COVID-19 situation report

Posted: 23 April 2020
Read --> a situation report from the Amerindian Support Network at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. The Amerindian Network connects with eight Mbya Guarani Tekoa and organize to broaden…
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COVID-19 - Aotearoa New Zealand National State of Emergency

Posted: 22 April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has been taking hold of our Indigenous communities, nations and lives. To our Indigenous friends worldwide, we reach out to connect, to weep for spirits passed, to acknowledge our concern for each…
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Kowhiti19

Posted: 22 April 2020
Kowhiti19, kei hea tōu mārie? Covid 19, where is your calm? E te momo kaitangata, kei hea tōu āiotanga? O human-eating species, where is your serenity? Ngaua i runga, ngaua i raro. Devouring from above, devouring…
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MAI te Kupenga "Noho ki te kainga" by Dr Hinekura Smith

Posted: 21 April 2020
WATCH--> Dr Hinekura Smith (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) messaging to the Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga MAI Te Kupenga Doctoral network on staying well during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State…
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Keeping whānau and communities safe - a new Whare Māori portal

Posted: 20 April 2020
READ--> The New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse (NZFVC) and researchers at Ngā Wai a Te Tūī launch the new Whare Māori portal to keep whānau and communities safe. 
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"Noho ki te kāinga" - Dr Valance Smith

Posted: 14 April 2020
WATCH--> Dr Valance Smith (Ngāpuhi, Waikato, Ngāti Haina, Ngāti Pākehā) messaging on "Noho ki te kāinga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. …
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Tāne ma ..."Noho ki te Kāinga" - Dr Dan Hikuroa

Posted: 14 April 2020
WATCH--> Dr Dan Hikuroa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui, Te Arawa) messaging on "Noho ki te kāinga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. Dr Dan Hikuroa is an Earth…
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"Noho ki te Kāinga" - Prof Suzanne Pitama

Posted: 10 April 2020
WATCH --> Professor Suzanne Pitama (Ngati Kahungunu) messaging on "Noho ki te kāinga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. Suzanne Pitama (Ngati Kahungunu) is the…
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Australian Whānau - "Noho ki te Kāinga"

Posted: 10 April 2020
WATCH--> Dr Lynne Russell messaging on "Noho ki te kāinga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. Dr Lynne Russell is a senior research fellow in Māori health…
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A researcher, a community agency and 40,000 chickens!

Posted: 10 April 2020
WATCH -->  Mauri Ora Co-Theme Leader Dr Mohi Rua (Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Whakaue) of the Māori & Psychology Research Unit at the University of Waikato helping to distribute 40,000 Ingham chickens! …
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Dr Huirangi Eruera Waikerepuru CNZM (1 April 1929 – 8 April 2020)

Posted: 10 April 2020
Huia te pō Huia te kāhui wairua kia pū tahi, kia pū tini, kia pū mano Huia te ao mārama Huia te manawa taki ora kia mae, kia rāwakiwaki, kia ea te haku tangi ake nei. Kua tau te ataata o te maunga tītōhea ki…
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From New York - Be vigilant! by Dr Hayley Cavino

Posted: 10 April 2020
WATCH --> Dr Hayley Cavino of Ngāti Whitikaupeka and Ngāti Pūkenga lives in New York State. It is one of the hardest hit areas of the USA. Commenting on the inequitable impact of COVID-19 on African Americans,…
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Kia Maumahara : Ways Forward

Posted: 8 April 2020
READ -> by Ruānuku Emeritus Professor Ngahuia Te Awekotuku.  Extending on her earlier commentary titled "Thoughts on dealing with tangihanga during Coronavirus", Ngahuia turns her attention to the…
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“Noho ki te kāinga” - Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan

Posted: 7 April 2020
WATCH--> Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan messaging on "Noho ki te kāinga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. Jenny is Director of Ngā Wai a Te Tūī at NPM partner…
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“Noho ki te kāinga” - Dr Joseph (Joe) Te Rito

Posted: 7 April 2020
WATCH -->  Dr Joseph (Joe) Te Rito messaging on hygiene practices. Made during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. From Rongomaiwāhine and Ngāti Kahungunu iwi, Joe is passionate about…
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“Mauri Tau” - Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki

Posted: 7 April 2020
WATCH--> Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki messaging on keeping well. Made during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. Waikaremoana is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in mental health based at…
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Knowledge in Indigenous Networks 7-17 April Webinar Series

Posted: 5 April 2020
WEBINAR --> Not to be missed! The KIN network (Knowledge in Indigenous Network) is hosting a series of webinars everyday through the 7th-17th April 2020. Featured speakers include Prof Linda Tuhiwai…
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Indigenous Rights and Equity during COVID-19

Posted: 5 April 2020
NEWS LINK --> Associate Professor Elana Taipapaki Curtis (Ngāti Rongomai, Ngāti Pikiao, Te Arawa) is a Public Health Physician currently working as Senior Lecturer Medical at Te Kupenga Hauora Māori,…
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Family Violence during a State of Emergency

Posted: 5 April 2020
WATCH --> NPM researchers discuss Family violence prevention strategies under present COVID-19 Level 4 Aotearoa National State of Emergency restrictions. The active level 4 restrictions mean that many…
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"Noho ki te kāinga" - Dr Teah Carlson

Posted: 31 March 2020
WATCH --> Dr Teah Carlson messaging with the help of her whānau on "Noho ki te kāinga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency.
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"Noho ki te kāinga" - Prof Papaarangi Reid

Posted: 30 March 2020
WATCH --> Prof Papaarangi Reid messaging on "Noho ki te kāinga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. Papaarangi is a Mauri Ora Co-Theme leader&nbsp…
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Thoughts on dealing with tangihanga during Coronavirus

Posted: 27 March 2020
READ -> Ruānuku Emeritus Professor Ngahuia Te Awekotuku.  In this commentary, Ngahuia reflects on the Māori practice of Kawemate as a way through and beyond Alert Level 4 Aotearoa National State of…
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Tukua te Rangahau kia kōrero : Te Reo Research Symposium

Posted: 4 March 2020
23 & 24 Aperira 2020 : 23 & 24 April Hui atu, hui mai Tīkoro atu, tīkoro mai Aroha atu, hoki mai Reo! Reo! Reo! Kei te pae te hui. Tukua te rangahau kia kōrero: He hui whāiti tēnei e kapohia ai…
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The Hine Rēhia Survey

Posted: 20 February 2020
What it is that people value about kapa haka? Help us to understand! This is an invitation to participate in a survey that explores what it is that people consider important about kapa haka. There is very little…
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2020 Fulbright Grantees Announced

Posted: 13 February 2020
Fulbright NZ has announced the 2020 cohort of Fulbright New Zealand Scholar Award Grantees and included in this NZ-wide grantees list are NPM researchers. Professor Huia Jahnke (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Toa Rangatira,…
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NPM 2020 Conference Registrations Now Open

Posted: 13 February 2020
Conference Registrations are open for NPM's 2020 9th Biennial International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC20) 16 - 20 November, 2020. Link here to register now! IIRC20 will be filled with important…
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Rethinking Our Shared Futures - Special Issue

Posted: 13 February 2020
The Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand has opened 2020 with the release of a special issue on subjects of immense importance to Māori and to Aotearoa New Zealand.  He Āpiti Supplement: Ngā Ahua o te Ao…
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Piri Sciascia (Ngāti Kahungunu, Kai Tahu) ONZM 1946 - 2020

Posted: 13 February 2020
Toitū te whenua, whatungarongaro te tangata Waihoki, e te purapura tuawhiti kua riro, Kei te mumu ahurea tuakiri, e Piri, kua tāwhaitia te paenga taumata okiokinga. Mahue mai te nuipuku e tangi apakura nei   …
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NZ Science Review - Mātauranga Māori Issue

Posted: 17 January 2020
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and NPM researchers have contributed to the latest special issue of New Zealand Science Review, which is the first of two dedicated to Mātauranga and Science in Practice. Dr Tahu Kukutai,…
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Celebrate New Māori Professors

Posted: 7 January 2020
A series of professorial and associate professor promotions and appointments were announced at universities across Aotearoa New Zealand at the end of 2019, to bring to a conclusion a very busy and productive year. …
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30 Summer Internships Underway!

Posted: 7 January 2020
NPM'S 2019-2020 Summer Internship programme is now well underway with an outstanding group of inspiring emerging Māori researchers, working with Principal and Associate Investigators all over the country and engaged in…
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Mai Pitopito Kōrero Ki Roto i te Reo - CALL FOR PAPERS

Posted: 7 January 2020
I tēnei tau 2019 kua tukua mai e Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga, he taumata o MAI Pitopito Kōrero (MAI Journal) kia whakaaratia mai e ngā kaituhi reo a rātou pūkenga rangahau tuhituhi ki roto i tō tātou reo rangatira. He…
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2019 MAI Doctoral Conference Outstanding Success

Posted: 2 December 2019
In mid November, 87 Māori doctoral students from a broad range of disciplines came together from all over Aotearoa, along with some international Indigenous PhD students, to share their research in a Māori supported way…
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Groundbreaking book on Māori Enterprise

Posted: 2 December 2019
What do a mānuka-honey cooperative in Northland, a ginseng exporter in the King Country and a prison services provider in Dunedin have in common? All are examples of Māori-owned business forging a distinctive identity…
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Te Reo Māori and Traditional Navigation

Posted: 2 December 2019
Since 2017 a specialised team based out of the University of Waikato and led by NPM Principal Investigator Dr Haki Tuaupiki have been working on identifying the traditional Māori language of navigation with the NPM…
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Marsden Fund Success for NPM Researchers

Posted: 12 November 2019
Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund, supports research of excellence in Aotearoa New Zealand in the areas of science, engineering, maths, social sciences and the humanities and again NPM researchers have…
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Health Research Council Announcements

Posted: 12 November 2019
The HRC supports research that has the potential to improve health outcomes and the delivery of health-care, and also to produce economic gains for New Zealand. It allocates the majority of its funds through an…
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Kia Tō Tipu and Kia Ārohi Kia Marama - Seed and Scope

Posted: 22 October 2019
NPM has developed and confirmed eight new seed and scope research projects that will deliver innovative, inspiring and impactful research, and initiate and lead to transformative outcomes. Te Reo me ngā tikanga Māori…
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NPM Researchers Recognised by Royal Society Te Apārangi

Posted: 18 October 2019
NPM congratulates our affiliated researchers who were acknowledged by the Royal Society Te Apārangi at the RSNZ 2019 Research Honours evening held in Dunedin on Thursday 17 October. Dr Ocean Ripeka Mercier (Ngāti…
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NPM Recieves Te Rangaunua Hiranga Māori Award

Posted: 18 October 2019
The inaugural Te Rangaunua Hiranga Māori Award, which recognises excellent, innovative co-created research conducted by Māori that has made a distinctive contribution to community wellbeing and development in Aotearoa,…
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Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga appoints three inaugural distinguished Ruānuku

Posted: 17 October 2019
In a new initiative, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence is celebrating and recognising the careers of three Māori leaders and visionaries, who have a long history of…
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NPM Co-Director Recognised in New Role

Posted: 17 October 2019
The University of Otago recently appointed seven of its leading scholars to prestigious new roles as sesquicentennial distinguished chairs, and one of these appointees was NPM's co-director Professor Jacinta Ruru. …
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Te Arotahi - Whānau Ora & Imprisonment

Posted: 16 September 2019
On Thursday 12 September, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence (NPM) released its third Te Arotahi paper calling on government to pay even closer attention to the issues of whānau…
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Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori 2019

Posted: 16 September 2019
Whakawaiwaitia te reo kia kōrero Whakawaiwaitia te reo kia tika Whakawaiwaitia te reo kia Māori Nei rā te whakatau hei arataki nei i a tātou, Hāunga rā mō te wiki, mō te Mahuru Māori rānei, Heoti, mō āke tonu anō…
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2019-2020 Summer Internships Now Open

Posted: 16 September 2019
Earn some money over summer! Work with some of Aotearoa's leading academics! Gain valuable insight into the research world! Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's 2019-2020 summer internships are now open for applications from…
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Kia Tō Tipu - Kia Ārohi Kia Mārama

Posted: 16 September 2019
NPM has developed and confirmed eight new seed and scope research projects that will deliver innovative, inspiring and impactful research, and initiate and lead to transformative outcomes. Te Reo me ngā tikanga Māori…
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Why Isn't My Professor Māori?

Posted: 16 September 2019
An important issue gaining a great deal of profile and traction online and in the media recently has been the ethnic makeup of professors and academics at New Zealand Universities. This interest originated out of a…
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Promoting Effective Māori Leadership

Posted: 16 September 2019
What are the distinctive dimensions and drivers of innovative Māori leadership and integrated decision-making? And how do these characteristics deliver pluralistic outcomes that advance transformative and prosperous…
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NPM Research Informs Waitangi Tribunal

Posted: 30 August 2019
NPM applauds the Waitangi Tribunal’s landmark report calling on the Government to act urgently to address the nation's ongoing governance of water rights, which is in breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / the Treaty of…
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Harakeke for a Sustainable Future

Posted: 30 August 2019
Is harakeke one key to a sustainable future for Aotearoa and, if it is, how do we utilise it to develop this sustainable future? The NPM project Harakeke for a Sustainable Future in Whakaki, is being led by Dr Simon…
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Research Platform - Huringa Rangi Huringa Oranga

Posted: 15 August 2019
Ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata – When the land is healthy, people are healthy Ka ora te tangata, ka ora te whenua – When people are healthy, the land is healthy Climate change is one of the most serious…
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Drug Foundation Symposium

Posted: 15 August 2019
On Friday 13 September, the New Zealand Drug Foundation is hosting a significant symposium in Parliament “Through the Maze: just and equitable drug law reform”. Keynote speakers include outstanding USA speakers asha…
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Wai-Tai, Wai-Rua - Flourishing Whānau

Posted: 7 August 2019
For the past 12 months Dr Jordan Te Aramoana Waiti (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Maahanga, Te Rarawa) - University of Waikato, has been working on an exciting NPM scoping project - Wai-Tai, Wai-Rua: A Mātauranga Māori based Heke…
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CoRE Rebid Process Confirmed

Posted: 7 August 2019
On Thursday 25th July, the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) formally announced the next Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) funding round details. See the announcement here. We were very pleased to see the…
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2018 Pūrongo Ā-Tau

Posted: 7 August 2019
NPM's 2018 Annual Report  centres around our vision of Māori Leading New Zealand into the Future and providing research of excellence that will benefit all of our communities. Download a full digital copy here. …
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2019 - 2020 Grants & Awards Programme

Posted: 5 July 2019
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's 2019 Grants and Awards programme is now open, and it is positioned to share our research, build capability and expand capacity across all of NPM's research theme areas. This is the…
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Fulbright-NPM 2019 Awardees Announced

Posted: 1 July 2019
The 2019 Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Awardees were recently announced at an event in Wellington. NPM Principal Investigator Dr Jason Mika (Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Kahungunu), senior…
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Media Savvy for Māori Researchers

Posted: 1 July 2019
NPMs Media Savvy for Māori Researchers workshop was held recently at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland. A group of researchers from across the country gathered together to gain valuable insights into…
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NPM Researcher Delivers Professorial Lecture

Posted: 1 July 2019
NPM Principal Investigator Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan (Te Wānanga o Ōwairaka-Unitec) recently delivered her Inaugural Professorial Lecture in Auckland. Jenny is the new Professor of Māori Research, responsible for…
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Dr Vincent Malcolm-Buchanan (1967 - 2019)

Posted: 1 July 2019
Vincent Malcolm-Buchanan passed away in Auckland on Saturday 1 June, after a period of intense illness.  Aligned with Ngāti Whare of Te Whaiti, and Ngāti Pikiao of Rotoiti, he was an exceptional teacher, exemplary…
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New Te Arotahi Series Launched

Posted: 5 June 2019
Providing informed and expert Māori researched evidenced insights is central to the work of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM), and this week NPM has launched a new series of think piece papers to provide research and focus…
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NPM Partners Gather to Plan Future

Posted: 31 May 2019
The Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Board hosted its 2019 Hui-ā-Tau AGM at the Royal Society Te Apārangi in Wellington on Thursday 23 May.   It was a powerful day of celebrating our 2018 highlights together with our 21…
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Launching Kahungunu Voices on Mobile App

Posted: 31 May 2019
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) and Radio Kahungunu were delighted to launch the new te reo Māori app – Pukapuka Kōrero Tahi, a Māori language resource based on treasured collections from the storehouse of oral archives…
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NPM's Second QEII Intern Arrives

Posted: 31 May 2019
At the start of May we welcomed Samuel Wong (métis) into NPM as the second of our two 2019 QEII Interns from the University of Toronto. The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships programme aims to…
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Wharehuia Milroy (1937-2019)

Posted: 7 May 2019
Professor James Te Wharehuia Milroy (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Koura) 1937-2019 Kei te taumata okiokinga e Te Wharehuia Nā tō wehenga kua pōwhara te ao Māori Hoake nā ki te paenga purapura tuawhiti He ihuoneone mō te reo…
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NPM's New QEII Intern

Posted: 17 April 2019
Over the past four years NPM has hosted a number of First Nations interns from the University of Toronto, as part of the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships. This programme aims to mobilise a…
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Meeting with the United Nations

Posted: 17 April 2019
A group of independent Indigenous experts from the United Nations recently visited New Zealand to assist Government and Iwi in developing a strategy and plan for the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of…
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Hine Kahukura Research Award Opens

Posted: 13 March 2019
The NPM-New Horizons for Womens Trust Hine Kahukura Research Award is a partnership between Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) and New Horizons for Women Trust (NHWT) and is for Wāhine Māori researchers. This one…
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Seeking Pathways to Mauri Ora

Posted: 13 March 2019
Neihana Matamua (Massey University) recently completed his summer internship working on the project Seeking pathways to mauri ora for tāngata Māori with long-term conditions. In this project he was focusing on the…
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NPM-Borrin Foundation 2019 Summer Intern

Posted: 13 March 2019
Te Kooanga Uetuhiao Te Owai Awatere-Reedy (Victoria University of Wellington) - has been working as an NPM and Borrin Foundation Intern on the project Te Akinga: a Māori law treatise. With supervision provided by Dr…
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MAI Journal Special Issue - Call For Papers

Posted: 13 March 2019
I tēnei tau 2019 kua tukua mai e Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga, he taumata o MAI Pitopito Kōrero (MAI Journal) kia whakaaratia mai e ngā kaituhi reo a rātou pūkenga rangahau tuhituhi ki roto i tō tātou reo rangatira. He…
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2019 Fulbright-NPM Scholar Announced

Posted: 5 March 2019
NPM Principal Investigator, Dr Jason Mika (Ngāi Tūhoe, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Kahungunu) from Massey University's School of Management has received this year’s Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award,…
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Te Pitau Whakarei Summer Scholarship

Posted: 5 March 2019
Ngāpera Keegan (Ngāti Apakura and Ngāti Hikairo) received the 2018-2019 Te Pītau Whakarei Karahipi summer scholarship, which is offered in partnership with the Cawthron Institute based in Nelson. Ngāpera is at…
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2019 Media Savvy Workshop

Posted: 5 March 2019
Applications are now open for NPM's annual two-day media training workshop in Auckland, in partnership with the Science Media Centre. These highly-acclaimed and popular workshops offer researchers first-hand insight…
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2019 Summer Wānanga

Posted: 19 February 2019
From the 11th - 14th February more than 30 of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s senior researchers including our leadership team and new Board Chair, Kerensa Johnston, were based at Rānana (Ruakā) Marae on the Whanganui River,…
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New Board Chair for Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

Posted: 16 January 2019
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is delighted to announce that Kerensa Johnston (Ngāti Tama, Ngāruahine, Te Atiawa, Ngāti Whāwhakia) has joined New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research Excellence as Board Chair in 2019. …
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A New MAI Journal Coordinator

Posted: 16 January 2019
NPM has welcomed a new member of staff into our offices in 2019 - Carel Smith (Te Aitanga ā-Māhaki, Ngā Ariki Kaiputahi, Ngāi Tūhoe). Carel is taking on the role of MAI Journal Coordinator and will be overseeing the…
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New AlterNative Co-Editor

Posted: 16 January 2019
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is pleased to announce Dr Carwyn Jones (Victoria University of Wellington) as the new Co-Editor for AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. We are grateful for the vision…
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Rongoā Māori Research Project Presents Guidelines

Posted: 17 December 2018
On 11 December at the University of Auckland, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga – New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence and Whakauae Research for Māori Health & Development presented the results of the 2017…
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NPM Board Chair Concludes His Term

Posted: 4 December 2018
Sir Tīpene O'Regan chaired his final Board meeting of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) last week. After 12 years of leading the Board and guiding NPM, Sir Tīpene will conclude his tenure at year end.   Sir Tīpene…
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2018 International Indigenous Research Conference

Posted: 24 November 2018
On Friday 16th November, we farewelled 100s of delegates who had gathered for Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's 8 continuous days of Indigenous celebration and research excellence of our 8th Biennial International Indigenous…
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Recognition for a lifetimes work

Posted: 10 November 2018
Amongst twenty new Fellows and three Honorary Fellows recently elected to the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi for their distinction in research and advancement of science, technology and the humanities were NPM…
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Celebrating NPM Researchers Success

Posted: 10 November 2018
The successful 2018 Marsden Fund recipients have been announced from across the country and this year the list includes many past and present NPM researchers working as Principal Investigators and Associate…
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An Enhanced Research Focus

Posted: 8 November 2018
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga has announced a comprehensive suite of nine new research platforms, which are contributing to an enhanced research focus for NPM and designed to deliver innovation in areas of significant…
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2018 NPM Seed & Scope Projects Confirmed

Posted: 8 November 2018
In 2016 and 2017 Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga together with its research partners and network developed and commenced 19 new seed and scope projects which were designed to test, progress and advance initial research ideas…
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Eight Days of International Indigenous Research ahead

Posted: 7 November 2018
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is on the eve of eight continuous days of intense global sharing of Indigenous-led researched solutions with hundreds of highly experienced Indigenous researchers  arriving into Tāmakai…
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Celebrating Māori Researchers and Scholars

Posted: 23 October 2018
The achievements of Māori researchers, scholars and innovators were celebrated on Wednesday 17 October at the Research Honours Aotearoa event, hosted by Royal Society Te Apārangi  at Te Papa, in Wellington, many…
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Te Takarangi - a new journey

Posted: 17 October 2018
More than 300 scholars, authors, research and community leaders, publishers, secondary school students and politicians came together in Parliament this past week to celebrate the success and future of Te Takarangi - 150…
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Introducing New Emerging Researchers' Leader

Posted: 19 September 2018
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Co-Directors Professor Jacinta Ruru and Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora are thrilled to welcome Dr Hinekura Smith into a new position in our Research Leadership Team. Dr Hinekura Smith (Te…
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Borrin-NPM Legal Internship Awards Open

Posted: 19 September 2018
Calling all Māori Legal Scholars and Students! Opportunity for two Māori law research summer interns Once again, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is proud to partner with the Borrin Foundation, with the support of Te Hunga…
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Whakaruruhau - Partnering for Whānau Symposium

Posted: 19 September 2018
Waikato Women's Refuge Te Whakaruruhau and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga hosted Te Whakaruruhau-Partnering for Whānau Symposium on the 19th - 20th July 2018. This symposium brought together targeted groups of government,…
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Media Skills for Māori Researchers

Posted: 19 September 2018
In partnership with the Science Media Centre, NPM recently hosted another successful media workshop bringing established and emerging Māori researchers together from around the country, to help nurture and further…
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Te Hononga: International Business Research Symposium

Posted: 19 September 2018
The Te Hononga (The Connection): Indigenous Business Research Symposium is being held in Rotorua at Tangatarua Marae, on Monday 8th October and is focused on bringing together Indigenous researchers with business and…
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Te Takarangi - a unique journey

Posted: 19 September 2018
On 13 February t2018, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) together with the Royal Society Te Apārangi commenced the Te Takarangi project celebrating 150 Māori non-fiction publications over almost 200 years. This date was…
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NPM Researchers Recognised with National Awards

Posted: 19 September 2018
The Ako Aotearoa national tertiary teaching excellence awards were held at Parliament 10 September 2018, and two NPM researchers were recognised and honoured, together with other teaching practitioners from around the…
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Associate Professor Chellie Spiller delivers TedX insight

Posted: 19 September 2018
NPM Researcher and University of Auckland academic Associate Professor Chellie Spiller recently presented a TedX talk on Wayfinding Leadership, which is now available here. In 2015, Chellie together with Hoturoa…
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Kupu App Launches in Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

Posted: 19 September 2018
The Kupu app has been produced as a result of a collaboration between Spark, Google and the research team of Te Aka Māori - Te Ipukarea at Auckland University of Technology. Listen to an RNZ interview on this app…
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NPM Researchers Support Successful Court Case

Posted: 19 September 2018
NPM recently acknowledged a decision of the High Court to overturn an application to mine iron sands from the South Taranaki seabed.   NPM researchers worked closely with one of the iwi opposed to this mining…
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Ka Haka II

Posted: 19 September 2018
The NPM conference this year includes a new Indigenous Arts and Performance theme Ka Haka II, led by one of our research partners Auckland University of Technology (AUT). AUT is our host venue for IIRC18  pre…
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Indigenous Futures - Thriving Indigenous Languages

Posted: 19 September 2018
The theme for this years 8th Biennial International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC18) is “Indigenous Futures”, and in 2018 keynotes are being delivered by Dr Chelsea Bond (Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman),…
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Kia Kaha te Reo Māori

Posted: 19 September 2018
E te tai whakarunga, e te tai whakararo, pari mai ki te ākau o Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga e mihi manahau ake ki a tātou katoa i runga i tēnei wiki o te reo Māori. Kakama mai i runga i ngā ngaru pae o whakapeto ngoi, i…
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New Deputy Director: Professor Poia Rewi

Posted: 19 September 2018
Professor Poia Rewi (Tūhoe, Ngāti Manawa, Te Arawa) has been appointed Deputy Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga 1 July 2018 - 31 December 2020. Poia is Dean of Te Tumu, School of Māori, Pacific & Indigenous…
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NPM Co-Deputy Directors conclude their term

Posted: 19 September 2018
At the half way point of our current Centre of Research Excellence contract, we farewelled from the Research Leadership Team Drs' James Ataria (Lincoln University) and Emma Wyeth (University of Otago) who have completed…
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NPM 2018-2019 Summer Internships Open

Posted: 6 September 2018
For students interested in getting some real research experience, and working with senior NPM researchers over the coming 2018-2019 summer, our internship programme is intended to provide experience and support for…
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Journal and Publication Coordinator

Posted: 5 September 2018
NPM is currently looking for a Journal and Publications Coordinator for MAI Journal: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship. MAI Journal is an open access peer-reviewed academic journal in Indigenous…
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NPM Conference Earlybird Registrations Closing!

Posted: 16 July 2018
  Earlybird registrations for this years 8th Biennial International Indigenous Research Conference (13-16 November) close on 1 August. REGISTER HERE NOW! The overarching theme of our conference this year…
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Media Skills For Māori Researchers

Posted: 16 July 2018
On the 3-4 September, at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland, NPM will once again be hosting a Media SAVVY - Media Skills Workshop for Māori researchers This fully-funded media and communication skills workshop is…
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Toi Tū Te Whānau Workshop - Videos Online

Posted: 16 July 2018
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga recently co-hosted 'Toi Tū Te Whānau, Toi Tū Te Kāwai Whakapapa: A workshop on whānau and whakapapa for public policy' in Wellington on 29 May 2018. Videos of the presentations made…
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Te Takarangi reaches another milestone

Posted: 16 July 2018
Te Takarangi our online celebration of 150 Māori Publications recently reached 100 books with the profiling of Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an Agenda. This 100th entry celebrates and acknowledges the ground…
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New Fulbright-NPM Graduates Announced

Posted: 14 June 2018
Continuing a proud tradition of investing in and supporting Māori graduate scholarship to create new dynamic international opportunities, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is pleased to announce its most recent award…
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Seeding Research Excellence

Posted: 11 June 2018
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is once again developing new seed and scope research projects that contribute to our research themes: - Whai Rawa - Te Tai Ao - Mauri ora - Te Reo me Ngā Tikanga Māori We are looking to…
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Te Takarangi reaches milestone

Posted: 11 June 2018
On the 28th June Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and the Royal Society Te Apārangi acknowledged the passing of the halfway mark of Te Takarangi - our celebration of 150 Māori publications. The 75th book recognised was…
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Toi Tū Te Whānau: workshop on whānau and whakapapa

Posted: 11 June 2018
Superu and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga co-hosted 'Toi Tū Te Whānau, Toi Tū Te Kāwai Whakapapa: A workshop on whānau and whakapapa for public policy' in Wellington on 29 May 2018. NPM Co-Director Professor…
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NPM Researcher Elected onto Royal Society Te Apārangi

Posted: 11 June 2018
NPM Researcher Associate Professor Melinda Webber from the University of Auckland was elected a general councillor onto the Royal Society Te Apārangi Council in late May. Melinda is a former Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te…
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2018 Hui-ā-Tau - Ōtautahi

Posted: 6 June 2018
NPM's Pūrongo Ā-Tau Annual Report was presented at NPM's May 2018 Board Meeting and Hui-ā-Tau (Annual General Meeting) in Otautahi - Christchurch at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha - University of Canterbury last week. …
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MAI Journal - New Editorial Board Members

Posted: 6 June 2018
MAI Journal has recently welcomed a group of new editorial board members who will continue to guide and enhance the quality, reach and impact of the journal into the future. The new members of the MAI Journal…
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Professor John Moorfield - Te Murumāra

Posted: 27 May 2018
Kei te kōwhatu turua e Murumāra. E moe i te moenga roa o Hine Huhuritai Tomokanga ki te pae-kawau o te pitoururangi he paenga purapura tuawhiti   Nāhau anō tō huanui ake i pōkai Kia toi tū te reo taketake Kia…
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Pūrongo Ā-Tau Annual Report 2017

Posted: 27 May 2018
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's 2017 Annual Report is now available online. This report showcases the expansion of our partnerships, collaboration and success throughout 2017, with newly launched research and the ongoing…
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Tohu Puiaki - Doctoral Completion Scholarships Open

Posted: 14 May 2018
The 2018 Tohu Puiaki - Doctoral Completion Scholarships are now open. This is the third year of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's partnership to build capacity and capability in Māori…
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NPM Co-Director meets with President Obama

Posted: 8 May 2018
Co-Director Professor Jacinta Ruru, was recently one of 20 Wāhine Toa to contribute to a roundtable discussion with Barack Obama, former President of the United States of America during his visit to Aotearoa in March…
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Te Takarangi reaches 50 books

Posted: 8 May 2018
The joint Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) and Royal Society Te Apārangi project, Te Takarangi - which is celebrating a sample historical to contemporary 150 Māori non-fiction books - has recently reached the 50 book…
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Dr Ocean Mercier joins NPM Research Leadership Team

Posted: 8 May 2018
Dr Ocean Mercier (Ngāti Porou) from Victoria University of Wellington has joined NPM’s Research Leadership Team (RLT) as co-theme leader Te Tai Ao, taking up the role alongside Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes.   …
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MAI Journal - First 2018 Issue Released

Posted: 8 May 2018
MAI Journal has released - Volume 7, Issue 1 - its first issue for 2018. This issue is available online, and with open access here. It contains a number of articles covering a diverse range of research areas…
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2018 Conference Submissions & Registrations

Posted: 7 May 2018
The theme of this years NPM International Indigenous Research Conference is Indigenous Futures. We are expecting hundreds of national and international delegates to meet us here at Waipapa Marae - the University of…
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Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith receives honorary doctorate

Posted: 7 May 2018
NPM founding co-director, Principal Investigator, University of Waikato academic and our International Research Advisory Board chair, Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) recently received an Honorary…
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2018 Annual Fulbright-NPM Awards Open

Posted: 7 May 2018
The annual Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate and Scholar Awards have opened for applications once again, and this year the scope and value of the Graduate Awards have improved considerably on previous years. …
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2018 Principal Investigators' Wānanga Report

Posted: 7 May 2018
In February 2018, NPM hosted our annual Principal Investigator Wānanga in the beauitiful Whakatū (Nelson) together with one of our partners the Cawthron Institute, and with support from the locally based Wakatū…
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MAI Journal - Tē Whai Au i Te Tira Haere

Posted: 16 March 2018
Kia hiwa ra! Kia hiwa ra! He karere puhoro noa tenei hei whakamarama atu i te pukapuka rataka 'MAI Journal' e haere ake nei, hei mea motuhake i titongia katoa mai e nga kairanghau Māori i to taua nei reo ano hoki me…
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2018 Conference Abstract Submissions Open Now

Posted: 16 March 2018
Early-bird abstract submissions for this years International Indigenous Research Conference are now open! NPM's 8th Biennial Conference - Indigenous Futures - is being held from the 13-16 November in Tāmaki Makaurau …
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Kei Hea Koe Ināianei? Where are you now?

Posted: 16 March 2018
Tēnā koe, otirā, tēnā koutou katoa   He karanga tēnei ki ngā pia tini whāioio o Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, koutou kua papata ki ngā moka, ki ngā tōpito o te motu, nā reira tēnā koutou katoa.  He inoi tēnei…
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New Mauri Ora Co-Leader

Posted: 5 March 2018
Dr Mohi Rua, the Co-Director of the Maori & Psychology Research Unit at the University of Waikato has taken up the vacant role of co-leader of the Mauri Ora theme here at NPM, and joins Professor Papaarangi Reid in…
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New Project Te Takarangi celebrates Māori Publications

Posted: 13 February 2018
Māori non-fiction books are being celebrated by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) and Royal Society Te Apārangi as an acknowledgement of NPM’s 15 years as New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence since 2002, and…
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2018 Conference Registrations Open

Posted: 7 February 2018
Earlybird registrations are now open for NPM's 8th Biennial Indigenous Research Conference (13-16 November, 2018). Register now to secure your place at our international conference for the best price possible! …
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Hoa Tumuaki Karere: Co-Directors Message

Posted: 20 December 2017
Kia ora koutou katoa Well another year has come to an end and what a year it has been! Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) has now completed two years of our current Centre of Research Excellence contract, and as we move…
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2017-2018 Summer Internships Underway

Posted: 20 December 2017
In late 2017 a new group of NPM summer interns started working on their research projects under the supervision of some of NPM's leading researchers and investigators. These 23 summer research internships provide…
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Seeding New Research Excellence

Posted: 20 December 2017
NPM has confirmed an exciting collection of new 2017 seed and scope research projects, which will further expand on our current body of research. Thes will extend NPM's transformative potential throughout its…
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2017 MAI Doctoral Conference

Posted: 17 November 2017
The 2017 MAI Doctoral Conference hosted by MAI ki Massey in Palmerston North, opened on Thursday 16 November and Co-Director Jacinta Ruru commented just how powerful and empowering this gathering of Māori and Indigenous…
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Royal Society Te Apārangi Fellow

Posted: 16 November 2017
Our congratulations go to all the newly announced Fellows of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, including NPM Investigator and University of Auckland academic Professor Margaret Mutu. Ka mau te wehi! Margaret has…
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Hui Poutama 2017

Posted: 9 November 2017
Hui Poutama, is a biennial symposium held at the University of Otago, which showcases the depth and reach of Māori academic research at the university. Under the theme of “Titiro whakamuri kia anga whakamua”, 12 of…
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Māori Research Excellence Recognised

Posted: 9 November 2017
NPM’s Co-Directors Professors Linda Nikora and Jacinta Ruru, together with our senior management team, are delighted to see the increase in Māori researchers successfully securing highly competitive Marsden funding in…
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NPM Welcomes New Co-Director

Posted: 9 November 2017
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) was delighted with the appointment of Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora (Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ngāi Tūhoe) to the position of Co-Director of NPM, and Professor of Māori Studies based at Te…
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Royal Society Recognition

Posted: 11 October 2017
New Zealand’s top researchers were honoured at the Royal Society’s 150th gala dinner held in Auckland on the night of Tuesday 10th October, and amongst these awardees were three of NPM’s outstanding Principal…
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Media Savvy in Christchurch

Posted: 20 September 2017
On Tuesday 31 October & Wednesday 1 November 2017 NPM will once again be hosting its popular Science Media Savvy - Media Skills for Māori Researchers workshop - and this time it is in Christchurch. This highly…
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Precarity: Uncertain, Insecure and Unequal Lives

Posted: 15 September 2017
The new publication, Precarity: Uncertain, Insecure and Unequal Lives in Aotearoa New Zealand has strong links to NPM's Whai Rawa research theme and ongong work, as well as a selection of our researchers and…
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He Reo Wāhine - Māori Women's Voices

Posted: 12 September 2017
Kei mea mai koe he Tane nana tenei Pukapuka Kahore he wahine au nama (sic) tenei pukapuka. Me aroha mai pea koe kiau no te mea kokoe te tino Kawana o Nuitireni koinei i mea atu ai tenei wahine pohara kia koe kia…
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Te Reo Māori - A Taonga

Posted: 11 September 2017
He aha te mea te taonga? Ko te taonga he mea ka tū hei tuakiri mō te whānau, hapū, iwi rānei me ō rātou whenua tipu. What exactly are taonga? A taonga can be any item, object or thing that represents the ancestral…
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2017-2018 Summer Internships Programme Opens

Posted: 4 September 2017
Get paid to build your research skills and make a difference! The popular NPM Summer Internship programme is open for submissions once again! In recent years more than 50 students from across the country have been…
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2017 Seed and Scope Research Initiative Launched

Posted: 4 September 2017
NPM announced and launched over $1 million of project development initiatives and post-graduate assistance at the start of September, together with and for its NZ wide research partners and network. These…
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Eru Thompson Māori Postdoctoral Fellowship

Posted: 14 August 2017
Brain Research New Zealand – Rangahau Roro Aotearoa is a Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) bringing together world leading neuroscience researchers and clinicians from across New Zealand to tackle ageing-related…
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Māori Academic Receives Prime Minister's Supreme Award

Posted: 9 August 2017
The annual Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards recognise and encourage outstanding excellence in tertiary education at the highest national level. On Tuesday 8 August twelve awards were made across…
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Māori Knowledge Honoured

Posted: 9 August 2017
Last year, Te Tira Whakamātaki - the National Māori Biosecurity Network - was awarded a scoping grant by NPM. This new Māori network has been established to bring together iwi and hapū who are involved in…
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Tikanga Rangahau Wānanga Series - Auckland Workshop

Posted: 9 August 2017
Through its MAI Te Kupenga network, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and Te Kotahi Research Institute are currently providing a series of free wānanga and webinar events, which are hosted and organised through MAI ki Waikato. …
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Emerging Research Video Competition

Posted: 9 August 2017
NPM's Co-Directors encourage Māori early-career researchers and post-graduate students to get involved in a new Royal Society Te Apārangi initiative to encourage them to celebrate and share their research, innovations,…
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Opportunity to Achieve Positive Social Change

Posted: 9 August 2017
The JR McKenzie Trust (JRMT), which has a legacy of over 75 years of working for social justice and inclusion in Aotearoa, has established the Peter McKenzie Project – a project and fund dedicated to reducing child and…
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Indigenous Data Sovereignty ‘What Works’ Workshop

Posted: 3 August 2017
Indigenous Data Sovereignty ‘What Works’ Workshop, hosted by Te Mana Raraunga, the Māori Data Sovereignty Network. This two day workshop brings together a diverse group of speakers from Aotearoa NZ and overseas to…
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New NPM Co-Director Appointed

Posted: 31 July 2017
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora (Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ngāi Tūhoe) to the position of Co-Director of NPM, and Professor of Māori Studies based at…
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Te Pītau Whakarei Karahipi Scholarship

Posted: 27 July 2017
Cawthron Foundation and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) have launched a new scholarship for Māori undergraduate students wanting to pursue a career in science. The scholarship,'Te Pītau Whakarei Karahipi', is valued…
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Tikanga Rangahau National Wānanga and Webinar Series 2017

Posted: 24 July 2017
The Te Kotahi Research Institute is holding a series of events from July - October 2017, which have been sponsored by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. The first of the Tikanga Rangahau National Wānanga Series will be held…
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Te Pītau Whakarei Karahipi - New Scholarship

Posted: 6 July 2017
Cawthron Foundation and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) have launched a new scholarship for Māori undergraduate students wanting to pursue a career in science. The scholarship,'Te Pītau Whakarei Karahipi', is valued…
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Law Conference Scholarships Open

Posted: 3 July 2017
Award to assist students attend the 2017 Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand (LSAANZ) Conference. We recently highlighted an upcoming opportunity for 10 Māori students to attend this years LSAANZ…
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Ngā Whakakitenga a Te Kura Roa

Posted: 14 June 2017
NPM Principal Investigators Professor Rawinia Higgins and Professor Poia Rewi, together with researcher Vincent Olsen-Reeder have launched and published a series of reports from the long term research programme Ngā…
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Matariki - The Star of the Year

Posted: 1 June 2017
NPM Principal Investigator, Fulbright-NPM Scholar and project leader on the NPM research project Ringihia i te ketenui a Tane: The language of the Stars, Associate Professor Rangi Matamua (Tūhoe), University of…
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2017 Fulbright-NPM Awards

Posted: 1 June 2017
NPM is continuing its successful partnership with Fulbright NZ in 2017, and once again offering the opportunity to experience study, work and life in the US. The Fulbright-NPM Graduate and Scholar Awards provide a…
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Promoting Effective Māori Leadership

Posted: 1 June 2017
The NPM Foundational Project; Promoting Effective Māori Leadership and Decision Making for Prosperous Economies of Wellbeing – Te Whakatairanga i te Ārahitanga Whai Hua me te Māori te Whakatau Kaupapa is turning a…
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Te Mana Raraunga - the Māori Data Sovereignty Network

Posted: 1 June 2017
Te Mana Raraunga - the Māori Data Sovereignty Network advocates for Māori rights and interests in data to be protected as the world moves into an increasingly open data environment. Māori Data Sovereignty…
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Pūrongo Ā-Tau Annual Report: Enhancing Excellence

Posted: 26 May 2017
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's (NPM) 2016 Pūrongo Ā-Tau Annual Report was presented at NPM's Hui-ā-Tau (Annual General Meeting) in Wellington on May 25, 2017. This document highlights our performance and activities for the…
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New Board Member Appointed

Posted: 3 May 2017
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) would like to announce the appointment of Associate Professor Leonie Pihama (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Māhanga, Ngā Māhanga a Tairi) to its Board. Leonie has been selected to fill the position made…
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New Co-Director - NPM

Posted: 24 April 2017
NPM is seeking to appoint a new Co-Director, one with a strong record of research, teaching, graduate supervision and demonstrated research leadership. The position will work alongside Professor Jacinta Ruru (University…
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Tracey McIntosh - Professor of Indigenous Studies

Posted: 21 April 2017
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Tracey McIntosh on her new appointment to Professor of Indigenous Studies and Co-Head of Te Wānanga o Waipapa at the University of Auckland (to commence 1 July 2017…
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Media Savvy for Māori Researchers

Posted: 6 April 2017
On 12 & 13 June 2017 NPM will once again be hosting an Auckland based Science Media Savvy - Media Skills for Māori Researchers workshop. This highly-acclaimed media and communications workshop is run by the…
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2017 Wāhine Ora Award

Posted: 6 April 2017
Applications for the 2017 Wāhine Ora: NPM New Horizons for Women Trust Research Award are currently open. This is an NPM co-funded research award of $10,000 with New Horizons for Women Trust (NHWT) and is…
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Dr Teresia Teaiwa

Posted: 24 March 2017
Nei te hūpē te roimata e ringihia nei Mō tēnei māreikura kua ngaro ki te pō Ngarungaru Te Moana Nui A Kiwa Tuohu mokemoke ai ngā motu katoa E te mātanga a te kupu, E te ngākau nui tonu …
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2017 Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Awards

Posted: 20 March 2017
We are very proud of our scholars and students that have travelled and studied abroad through our successful partnership with Fulbright NZ.  This continues in 2017 with two awards, the Fulbright-NPM Graduate…
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Hosting Manuhiri and Researcher Wānanga

Posted: 20 March 2017
Over recent weeks Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga has hosted and engaged in deep discussion and relationship building at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland. On Thursday 2 February and Friday 3&nbsp…
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Te Pūwānanga - Raumati 2016-2017

Posted: 22 December 2016
Te Pūwānanga’s Raumati (Summer) Issue includes stories and images from the recent NPM Conference, the announcement of the dates to our 8th Biennial Conference in 2018, an outline of the intentions behind our National…
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Building Excellence in Te Reo Research

Posted: 21 December 2016
Ko te haukai a te kairangahau Māori ko te reo Māori Tāia, whakapuakina, whakatōkia kia puawai The Māori language is the food of Māori researchers Let it be written, spoken and implanted so that it will grow. …
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Ngā mihi mō te Kirihimete

Posted: 19 December 2016
Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa Let us keep close together not far apart We have reached the end of what has been an exciting, successful and busy year here at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) - New Zealand's…
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Ahunga Āta Whakarite - NPM Strategic Direction

Posted: 7 December 2016
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's Strategic Direction document outlines NPM's direction through to 2020. Ko te Māori e arataki ana i a Aotearoa ki te ao kei mua Our Matakitenga or Vision translates to 'Māori Leading New…
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Book casts new light on Treaty settlement process

Posted: 6 December 2016
A new book, written by a Victoria University of Wellington academic and supported by an NPM Publication Support Grant, argues that genuine and durable reconciliation can occur only when the importance of Māori legal…
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NPM's New Māori Research - Seeding Excellence

Posted: 2 December 2016
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga – New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence (NPM) is currently seeding a suite of new projects that will deliver positive change through vital Māori research. NPM recently supported…
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2016 International Indigenous Research Conference

Posted: 1 December 2016
He ao! He ao! He Aotearoa!   Our 2016 International Indigenous Research Conference is now over and the team here at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga are reflecting on the events of the week, and the efforts of…
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NPM calls for a National Māori Research Strategy

Posted: 18 November 2016
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM), New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence, hosted its 7th Biennial International Indigenous Research Conference from Tuesday 15th - Friday 18th November, with almost 500 delegates…
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NPM Pre-Conference Workshops

Posted: 14 November 2016
On the Monday before the start of this year's International Indigenous Research Conference, NPM successfully hosted three important pre-conference workshops: Indigenous Data - Indigenous Sovereignty Workshop …
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NPM 2016 Conference Programme Now Available

Posted: 28 October 2016
The programme for NPM's 2016 International Indigenous Research Conference is now available online and for download. This programme details over 177 Panel, Oral, Roundtable and Academic Poster sessions and 6…
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Māori Scholars Recognised by Royal Society

Posted: 26 October 2016
Two outstanding Māori scholars - Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Professor Jacinta Ruru - have today been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand, honouring their careers and distinction in…
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NPM Conference Programme Outline

Posted: 14 October 2016
Registrations for NPM's 2016 International Indigenous Research Conference close on 31st October. Get in now to secure your place!  The conference runs from 15 - 18 November, with a series of exciting pre…
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Researching Indigenous Women Leaders

Posted: 10 October 2016
2014 Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Awardee Sharon Toi was highlighted in Fulbright's publication - Bright Sparks in September. Link to the article here. Sharon's 2014 Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga…
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Toitū te Whenua, Toitū te Mana

Posted: 10 October 2016
In her recent Inaugural Professorial Lecture, NPM Co-Director and Otago University Law Professor Jacinta Ruru anchored her research journey within the above Māori proverb to help bring alive the endurance and …
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Website outage: Scheduled site maintenance

Posted: 15 September 2016
We have a planned web outage for required maintenance upgrade 15th September from 9pm-1am 16 September. No Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga web services will be available at this time, includes maramatanga.ac.nz; alternative…
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Pre-Conference Workshops & Events

Posted: 9 September 2016
On the Monday before the start of this year's International Indigenous Research Conference, NPM is hosting three important pre-conference workshops. Register for these Monday 14 November workshops and events.&nbsp…
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MAI Doctoral Conference 2016

Posted: 31 August 2016
  The annual Māori and Indigenous Doctoral Students' Conference (MAI Conference) is being hosted by MAI ki Pōneke this year and is being held at Te Herenga Waka Marae and Victoria University of Wellington from…
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Kaupapa Māori Teaching Excellence

Posted: 18 August 2016
The 2016 Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards were held on Wednesday 17 August at Parliament, and NPM's two Co-Directors were both honoured individually for their outstanding body of work and sustained excellence in…
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3MT® Thesis Competition

Posted: 9 August 2016
This year, at NPM's International Indigenous Research Conference we are holding our first Indigenous 3-Minute Thesis Competition (link here to conference site). Entries are now open to research masters&nbsp…
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Request for Proposals Now Open

Posted: 29 July 2016
NPM recently announced its intention to develop, seed and scope new research which falls within its research themes - and submissions for this fund are now open. Our goal with this opportunity, is to&nbsp…
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Seeding New Research Excellence - Virtual Hui

Posted: 13 July 2016
NPM is holding a series of virtual online hui over the next two weeks - highlighting our new contestable fund for research funding. The Kia Tō Kia Tipu award, will seed new research, providing funding to the…
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2016 Whakawhiwhinga

Posted: 7 July 2016
Over the first six months of 2016, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga has distributed grants and awards totalling more than $250,000 to almost 30 Māori researchers from around the country. These grants and awards are&nbsp…
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Mā te huruhuru ka rere te manu

Posted: 5 July 2016
On Tuesday 5 July, Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (TTWh) and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with an important and unique celebration at Waipapa Marae. Recent recipients of the ‘Kia…
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Seeding New Research Excellence - Statement of Intent

Posted: 1 July 2016
Over the coming months Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga will develop, seed and scope new research projects, that contribute to its research programme and themes. Advanced through NPM's researchers and collaborating partners,…
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Fulbright & NPM: An Enduring Partnership

Posted: 29 June 2016
NPM and Fulbright New Zealand have established an enduring and successful partnership in recent years. This relationship has created ongoing opportunities for Māori academics and students to study and experience life…
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NPM Urges Cabinet Not To Adopt Ministry Advice

Posted: 24 June 2016
The Ministry for the Environment and Ministry for Primary Industries are currently seeking Cabinet’s agreement to adopt a bottom line position that nobody owns freshwater and that there should be no national settlement…
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NPM Postdoctoral Opportunity

Posted: 16 June 2016
Do you want to make a difference to your community and advance your research career? Do you have research that you think can impact future generations? Do you want to be a part of Māori leading NZ into the future? …
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Matariki Ahunga Nui - Matariki provider of plentiful food

Posted: 14 June 2016
The rising of Matariki (the Pleiades cluster of stars) just before dawn low on the north-eastern horizon, has signaled the beginnings of the Māori New Year in Aotearoa for over a thousand years. In recent times,…
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Hui-ā-Tau Reaffirms NPM Direction

Posted: 26 May 2016
On Thursday 19th May, we hosted our first hui-ā-tau under our new Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) contract in Wellington.  Our partners, together with Te Kupenga o MAI (MAI TK) representatives, New…
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NPM 2015 Annual Report

Posted: 20 May 2016
Hāpaitia te ara tika, pūmau ai te rangatiratanga mō ngā uri whakatipu Foster the pathway of knowledge to strength, independence and growth for future generations Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's 2015 Annual Report has…
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Research Excellence Highlighted

Posted: 5 May 2016
A small collection of recent NPM project reports highlighting the quality and breadth of our research and researchers have been made available on our site. These three projects were completed in 2015 and look at:…
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MediaCentre - Māori Engagement in New Zealand’s Extractive Industry

Posted: 17 April 2016
New Zealand has seen a sharp increase in Extractive Industry (oil, gas and mining) projects in recent years, and the government has been strongly supportive of investment in this sector. Some iwi and hapū have been…
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Whai Rawa - Research for the Māori Economy

Posted: 8 April 2016
The modern Māori economy is a dynamic, deep-rooted, complex and ever evolving space. Kaitiakitanga of natural resources, issues around intergenerational wealth, maintenance of cultural identity, and the wellbeing of…
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New Keynote Announced

Posted: 6 April 2016
Donna DeGennaro, Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Massachusetts and founder of the non-profit Unlocking Silent Histories (USH) has recently been confirmed as a keynote speaker at this years NPM…
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New Board for Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

Posted: 24 March 2016
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s (NPM) new Board for its Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) contract through the Tertiary Education Commission, held its inaugural meeting on Wednesday, March 23rd to formally establish…
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NPM Investigator Recognised for Excellence

Posted: 22 March 2016
Our congratulations go to Dr Kepa Morgan, NPM Principal Investigator from the University of Auckland who has been awarded the prestigious Furket Award from IPENZ (Engineers NZ) for technical excellence and innovation in…
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Massey University Distinguished Alumni

Posted: 11 March 2016
Traci Houpapa (Waikato Maniapoto, Taranaki, Tūwharetoa) has been awarded the 2016 Distinguished Alumni Service Award by Massey University, for her work in raising the profile of Māori agribusiness across the primary…
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2016 Grants - Supporting Māori Excellence and Success

Posted: 1 March 2016
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is pleased to announce a new programme of scholarships and grants totalling over $500,000 for 2016. These grants provide resources and opportunities for Māori students to attain…
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Dr Ranginui Walker (1932 - 2016)

Posted: 29 February 2016
Kia hiwa ra! Kia hiwa ra!   Kua hinga he totara teitei i te wao nui ā Tāne. Ko Ranginui Walker terā. Takoto mai e kara i te takotoranga o nga mātua tūpuna. Tenei mātou o te Whare Wānanga O Tāmaki te tangi kau…
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Pukapuka Kōrero Tahi

Posted: 23 February 2016
On Saturday 27 February at Te Ara-o-Tāwhaki marae - EIT Hawkes Bay in Taradale, a new book is being launched.  The audio book Pukapuka Kōrero Tahi is…
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Media Skills Workshop for Māori Researchers

Posted: 10 February 2016
In conjunction with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM), the Science Media Centre is running two dedicated media and communications workshop sessions for Māori researchers.  The first workshop will be held…
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Call For Abstracts!

Posted: 5 February 2016
Abstract submissions for NPM's 2016 International Indigenous Research Conference are now open! Submit your abstract here To deliver a presentation at our 7th Biennial Conference your 200 word abstract must…
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2016 International Indigenous Research Conference

Posted: 29 January 2016
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) will be holding its 7th Biennial 2016 International Indigenous Conference in Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland, from 15th - 18th November this year. Previous NPM conferences…
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NPM's 2016 - 2020 CoRE Contract

Posted: 18 January 2016
In 2016 Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) commences its new Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) contract funded by the Tertiary Education Commission, which will carry it through to 2020. Over the coming five years…
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Meri Kirihimete from NPM

Posted: 23 December 2015
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te tau hou ki a koutou katoa me o koutou whānau As we look towards a new year in 2016, this is the time when we reflect on where we have come from and the year that is soon to be…
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PhD Opportunity - Exploring violence in New Zealand

Posted: 21 December 2015
An opportunity to apply for a PhD has recently been announced. Applications close Friday, January 22, 2016 and can be made here on the University of Auckland website. The project will based out of…
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A Hidden Economy

Posted: 20 November 2015
A new book by Victoria University of Wellington senior lecturer and NPM researcher, Dr Maria Bargh, offers an insight into the highly secretive world of the private military, while also challenging…
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2015 Pou Aronui Award - Professor Margaret Mutu

Posted: 11 November 2015
E ngā mātāwaka o te motu, tēnā koutou katoa NPM would like to recognise and acknowledge Professor Margaret Mutu from the School of Māori Studies at the University of Auckland - who has this week been awarded the Pou…
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NPM Congratulates New Professors

Posted: 9 November 2015
Two of NPM's lead researchers have just been promoted to full professors.  Professor Jacinta Ruru is based in the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago and in 2016 will commence co-directorship of Ngā Pae o…
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Whakatipu Rawa Mā Ngā Uri Whakatipu

Posted: 21 October 2015
- Optimising the Māori in Māori Economic Development A recently released documentary on our Media Centre looks at the challenges Māori face in carrying out and embarking on economic development and balancing…
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The Rights of Indigenous Children to Education - October 2015

Posted: 19 October 2015
Link to video Education plays a seminal role in the transformation of life trajectories for all children but especially for those whose life experiences are constrained by poor socio-economic circumstances or social…
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Te Mahi Mara Hua Parakore

Posted: 12 October 2015
"Te Mahi Māra Hua Parakore - a Māori Food Sovereignty Handbook" was launched recently at Te Wānanga o Raukawa. This book received a publication support grant (PSG) from NPM, and makes a connection between…
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2016 Pacific Arts Association International Symposium

Posted: 9 October 2015
Mā te āhuatanga o mua E arataki te huarahi Hei haere whakamua. By the lessons of the past We are guided into the future. This is the theme of the Pacific Arts Association 12th International Symposium which…
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Research Methods and Skills Scholarships

Posted: 8 October 2015
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is once again offering its annual Research Methods and Skills Scholarships for Māori and Indigenous researchers and students. These scholarships are run via the New Zealand Social Statistics…
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Tākiri te ata: A New Dawn has Arrived - 2015 MAI Doctoral Conference

Posted: 6 October 2015
An invitation has been extended by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and Te Kupenga o MAI for all Māori and Indigenous doctoral candidates to attend the 2015 National MAI Doctoral Conference in Dunedin, Otago, from 29&nbsp…
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New Te Reo Māori Scholarships Announced - He Karahipi Reo Māori Hou

Posted: 1 October 2015
Kua pānuitia i tēnei rā he hōtaka karahipi hou mō te reo Māori.    E rima ngā karahipi hou a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori rāua ko Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga i huaina ko ‘Kia Ita’ hei tautoko i te rangahau reo…
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Managing with the Minimum! - August 2015

Posted: 13 August 2015
Link to video On Wednesday 26th August and in the sixth of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s (NPM) Horizons of Insight Seminars for 2015, Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes, presented a professorial lecture on Māori and…
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Two New NPM Grants Announced

Posted: 12 August 2015
Two new Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) grants have just been announced! 2015 - 2016 SUMMER INTERNSHIP GRANT Applications have opened once again for NPM's annual Summer Research Internships. This successful…
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Taunakitia Te Marae: Marae as Centres of Excellence - July 2015

Posted: 12 July 2015
Link to video On Wednesday 29th July, Aneta Morgan (Te Arawa) presented the results of their research project, Taunakitia Te Marae: Marae as Centres of Excellence - a Te Arawa Perspective, whose aim was to…
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Insights from the Maramataka & Science - June 2015

Posted: 12 June 2015
Link to video In the fourth of our Horizons of Insight seminars for 2015, and as part of our celebration of Matariki 2015, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) presents Insights from the Maramataka & Science,…
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Māori Engagement in NZ’s Extractive Industry: Innovative Legal Solutions - May 2015

Posted: 12 May 2015
Tānenuiarangi (Wharenui), Waipapa Marae 16 Wynyard Street University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand   Link to a video of this seminar on our Media Centre …
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Mission Impossible? - Returning the Mauri of the ecosystem to its pre-Rena state - April 2015

Posted: 12 April 2015
Tānenuiarangi (Wharenui), Waipapa Marae 16 Wynyard Street University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand   Link to a video of this seminar on our Media Centre …
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