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Hīnātore Sparks Research in Aquaculture

Posted: 15 June 2026
A childhood visit to glow worm caves left researcher Aymee Lewis with an enduring curiosity about creatures that glow in the dark.
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Manukura: A Vision of Excellence

Posted: 15 June 2026
Manukura has been punching above its weight for over 20 years and now one of its own is digging into the reasons for its success.
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HARAKEKE 3D-PRINTED PROSTHETICS

Posted: 14 June 2026
Mahonri Owen (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) are part of the team at Te Kura Rau Mahara working to better connect the brain with prosthetic limbs.
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kōrero with Dr Ani Kainamu

Posted: 13 May 2026
Each month we feature one of our NPM lead researchers. This month our kōrero is with Dr Ani Kainamu. Ani is the Kaihautū Māori Research Impact Leader at Bioeconomy Science Institute (BSI).
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Creating Kūmara Connections

Posted: 13 May 2026
Amelia Blundell undertakes a PhD study on how people relate to kūmara across time, place and cultures.
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Sci-Fi Video Games and Māori Futurism

Posted: 13 May 2026
A Māori sci-fi fantasy video game is in development and NPM researcher Hine-Kaunuku (Morgana) Watson says it's been a long time coming.
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From petrol-head to neuroscientist

Posted: 5 May 2026
Mitchell Head looks at how humans can excel, heal and overcome adversity.
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Capturing lessons learned from Wairoa’s experiences

Posted: 5 May 2026
Researcher Courtney Hayward investigates how small towns respond to situations outside of their control.
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Matakitenga researcher Carla Houkamau

Posted: 5 May 2026
Kōrero with Matakitenga researcher Professor Carla Houkamau about her research and flourishing Māori futures.
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Wāhine Māori Early Stories Finding the Light

Posted: 5 May 2026
PhD candidate Maarama Kāmira is following in the footsteps of her great grandfather connecting people to their whakapapa and taonga.
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Tohunga Wisdom For All Ages and Stages

Posted: 5 May 2026
A new digital learning resource that shares tohunga wisdom offers a deep wellspring of knowledge for learners of all ages.
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IMAGE MAKING TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH TE TAIAO

Posted: 14 November 2025
When the new oncology centre at Whangārei Hospital opens in 2026, over 40 metres of photographic panels will grace its walls.
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Mapping Technologies Improve Dairy Farm Ecosystem

Posted: 16 October 2025
A farm in the Horowhenua has been undergoing an environmental transformation over the past three decades and research from NPM has helped hasten the shift. NPM researchers Professor Huhana Smith (Ngāti Tukorehe,…
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NZ Archaeological Database Needs Māori Input

Posted: 16 October 2025
NPM research project will improve the way archaeological information is being characterised and will likely have implications for all hapū and iwi in relation to their significant sites
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Researcher Passionate About Poo, Pee and Prostate Health

Posted: 17 September 2025
Since high school, Miriama Narayan (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa) has been fascinated by the transformation of substances from one state to another.
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People-Power Key for Rehabilitating Youth Offenders

Posted: 17 September 2025
Dr Tania Cliffe-Tautari noticed the common denominator for many rangatahi Māori offenders was the experience of trauma.
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AUSSIE-BORN TE REO SPEAKER CREATES MĀORI DICTIONARY

Posted: 12 August 2025
Australian born Tāne Karamaina couldn’t be prouder of his Australian heritage, and he credits both sides of his whakapapa for his love of words and his job as a translator at Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. “Dad was…
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DOCTOR CRITICAL OF GAZA HEALTH SYSTEM DESTRUCTION

Posted: 12 August 2025
The World Health Organization’s Health Resources and Services Availability Monitoring System (HeRAMS) has been deployed in Gaza since February 2024 and last month released a new reportdocumenting the precarious state of…
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DEFINITIONS OF SUCCESS FOR MĀORI POST-GRADUATE SINGLE PARENTS

Posted: 8 July 2025
If art imitates life, then Shelley Hoani’s PhD is surely a work of art. Shelley’s PhD looked at Māori post-graduate students’ beliefs about success.
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MĀORI SOCIAL MEDIA APP TO RIVAL ALL OTHERS

Posted: 8 July 2025
A Māori social media app had its soft launch in June, and the platform creator believes it has massive potential to empower Māori while maintaining high standards of privacy and control.
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A Place Called Home - More than Bricks and Mortar

Posted: 30 June 2025
Dr Tanya Allport (Te Ati Awa) leads a research team from Whakauae Research Services to explore Māori understandings of home.
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Proposed ECE Licensing Changes Detrimental for Tamariki

Posted: 30 June 2025
The government’s proposed changes to Early Childcare Education (ECE) licensing requirements will be detrimental to the learning and engagement of all tamariki if it ignores decades of research, says Associate Professor…
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Cockles in Crisis in Ōhiwa Harbour

Posted: 21 May 2025
Marine biologist Kiri Reihana says urgent action is required to save the tuangi (cockle) population in Ōhiwa Harbour in the eastern Bay of Plenty. Kiri (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāi Tūhoe, Whakatohea) is a NPM PhD…
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Tikanga Lens Needed for Future Gene Technology

Posted: 21 May 2025
The Gene Technology Bill is currently making its way through Parliament. Associate Professor Phillip Wilcox says if the Bill removes Māori consultation requirements, not only Māori - but the wider New Zealand…
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HUGE SUCCESS FOR RANGATAHI SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN

Posted: 30 April 2025
EIT researcher, Raun Makirere Haerewa worked with rangatahi to spread the message on the importance of health and well-being, and it proved much more successful than health guidelines developed in Wellington.
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MĀORI DATA INNOVATION FEATURES ON WORLD STAGE

Posted: 30 April 2025
The Māori Data Governance Model (MDG Model) featured at the Istanbul Innovation Days 2025 last month, highlighting the distinctive value that Māori bring to global conversations about data and digital innovation.
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MĀORI FERTILITY KEY TO OUR PEOPLE THRIVING

Posted: 19 February 2025
Researcher Moana Rarere has investigated the reason why Māori and Pākehā fertility rates are different.
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RŪNANGA RESEARCH REVIVES MUSSEL ECOSYSTEM

Posted: 19 February 2025
A research mission led by Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa has led to a significant turnaround in the population of mussel beds in the Ōhiwa Harbour over the past decade.
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IIRC KEYNOTE PANELLISTS HELP SAVE LIVES

Posted: 8 October 2024
NPM Pou Pātai Karyn Parangatai is part of an award winning panel that will keynote at IIRC2024 this November.
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ANTI-VIRAL PLANT POWER

Posted: 8 October 2024
Natalie Netzler is investigating the anti-viral properties of Samoan plants and is interested in researching the anti-viral properties of rongoā, in partnership with Māori practitioners.
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Poetry created from young people's experience of racism

Posted: 12 September 2024
These powerful words come from a collection of 20 poems which are the combined creative effort of a rōpū of Māori school leavers in Whangārei.
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Kaumātua standing up for the mana of their marae, hapū and iwi.

Posted: 12 September 2024
A new report written by NPM Fellow Dr Teorongonui (Josie) Keelan (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe) highlights just how busy kaumātua are in serving their people.
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Research to support the creation of an ecosystem of kura

Posted: 19 August 2024
NPM PhD scholar Waratah Taogaga (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi, Barkindji (NSW), Ngāti Hāmoa) travelled to Norway in June to present her research at the NAISA Indigenous Studies Conference.
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Indigenous researchers from across oceans combine forces on Kūaka project

Posted: 19 August 2024
An invisible yet indelible cord connects rivers and estuaries around Aotearoa to Alaska’s Yukon and Kuskokwim Delta, and each year it reverberates with the beating wings of the Kūaka (Bar-tailed Godwit) on their…
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The incredibly enormous, teeny, tiny world of the microbiome.

Posted: 25 July 2024
MAI Te Kupenga alumni Dr Alice Eruera (Ngāpuhi) had a tragic introduction to the invisible world of the microbiome when she was a child. Read about how this led to a career as a biophysicist at the University of Otago.
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Whānau Lead Way to Strengthen Marae Resilience

Posted: 17 June 2024
Engineering PhD students, Haukapuanui (left) and Sonny Vercoe are working to help make marae more resilient to natural hazards.
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HAPŪ DATA SOVEREIGNTY

Posted: 17 June 2024
Many of us are unaware of how information we share with government agencies, businesses and on the internet can be used and manipulated by others without our knowledge or consent. PhD researcher Ella Newbold is looking…
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GENOMICS AND INDIGENOUS RESEARCH

Posted: 23 May 2024
Neuroscientist Nicole Edwards is establishing her own lab at the University of Auckland and is eager to tautoko students interested in a career in brain research.
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RESEARCH THAT CONNECTS HEALING BETWEEN TE TAIAO AND WĀHINE

Posted: 23 May 2024
AUT senior lecturer Deborah Heke encourages wāhine Māori to cherish their connection with te taiao.
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URBAN SPACES SHOULD REFLECT ALL CULTURES

Posted: 22 May 2024
Transportation planner, Corrigan Millar (Ngāti Kahungunu) believes the design of urban spaces can have an important impact on our well-being and that urban spaces in Aotearoa could be vastly improved if mana whenua were…
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INNOVATIVE IDEAS NEEDED FOR TAIRĀWHITI RECOVERY

Posted: 28 April 2024
Tairāwhiti local Manu Caddie is a vocal critic of forestry companies engaged in unsustainable land practices in the rohe. He shares his insights on what needs to change.
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HOW WILL CORBICULA FLUMINEA AFFECT TE MAURI O WAIWAIĀ?.

Posted: 16 April 2024
Last year a new species of fresh water golden clam was discovered in the Waikato awa. Its discovery spurred whānau, hapū and iwi to learn about the invasive species and to mobilise to stop its spread.
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RESEARCHER TACKLES ISSUES IN WOMEN'S RUGBY

Posted: 29 January 2024
Hinemoa Watene loves rugby, but says it needs to improve its treatment of Māori and females for these players to really flourish.
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