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25WHA20Te Waharoa Hīnātore.

Whakaaweawe · Commenced 2025
Awardee: Dan Hikuroa (Tainui, Ngati Maniapoto, Te Arawa), University of Auckland The Awardee will undertake the Whakaaweawe Impact and Transformation Grant titled Te Waharoa Hīnātore. Light has always carried…
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25WHA12Nga Taonga Tuku Iho

Whakaaweawe · Commenced 2025
Awardee: Dr Reuben Collier (Ngāti Porou, Rereahu-Maniapoto), Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi The Awardee will undertake the Whakaaweawe Impact and Transformation Grant titled Nga Taonga Tuku Iho. He Rau Aroha:…
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25-26INTS24Te rere o te Pīwakawaka: Modelling a maramataka-guided, strengths-based, lived-experience ADHD framework through Kaupapa Māori creative practice

Internship project · Commenced 2025 · Completed 2026
This project focussed on expanding the conceptual lens of ADHD, focusing on traditional Māori narratives such as pūrākau and whakataukī to understand the Māori experience of ADHD and create an accommodating framework.
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25-26INTS22Whare tangata ora: A whakapapa informed review of mātauranga Māori and literature

Internship project · Commenced 2025 · Completed 2026
This internship was a literature review evaluating the available academic research pertaining to the role of wairua in whare tangata ora. It responds to the serious deficit of academic outputs in this area and…
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25-26INTS18Exploring neurodivergence and Māori wellbeing through Indigenous-informed technology

Internship project · Commenced 2025 · Completed 2026
The internship project was about Māori understandings of neurodiversity and development of digital technologies.
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25-26INTS17He utu mō te kai: Exploring the economic benefits of kai sovereignty

Internship project · Commenced 2025 · Completed 2026
This rapid review examined and contributed to the limited understanding of the economic benefits produced by kai sovereignty initiatives in Aotearoa through a te ao Māori lens and kaupapa Māori foundation.
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25-26INTS16Te mana o te reo Māori: analysing word choice in assessments written in Māori

Internship project · Commenced 2025 · Completed 2026
The project forms part of the wider initiative Manaakitia Te Reo: How Do We Support Assessments in Te Reo Māori, which aims to improve how tertiary institutions support and mark work submitted in Māori.
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25-26INTS14Ko te hua o te rengarenga: he maumaharatanga - Supporting the archiving and analysis of Māori women’s leadership histories

Internship project · Commenced 2025 · Completed 2026
This internship involved supporting the work of Te Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko i te Ora - the Māori Women’s Welfare League through research, transcription, and thematic analysis of interviews with wāhine Māori.
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25-26INTS13Hāpai te Hauora: Breathing your ancestors back into life

Internship project · Commenced 2025 · Completed 2026
The focus of the project was to co-create and develop creative stories- pūrākau, that reflect the lived experiences of climate impacts from the perspective of rangatahi and whānau participants.
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25-26INTS08Ngā pou māreikura: mapping literature to wāhine Māori wellbeing and belonging

Internship project · Commenced 2025 · Completed 2026
This project is a Māori-led research project that explores wāhine Māori experiences of health, connection, and belonging through a framework grounded in mātauranga wāhine and relationships with te taiao.
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25-26INTS07Matihiko whakairo Māori – carving Māori experiences with 3D digital technologies

Internship project · Commenced 2025 · Completed 2026
The intern collaborated closely with leading technology providers and Dr Rory Clifford to explore how emerging digital tools—such as 3D modelling, carving simulations, and immersive environments—can deepen tamariki…
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25-26INTB02Examining tino rangatiratanga in post-Treaty settlement Aotearoa through the Matike Mai Reports

Internship project · Commenced 2025 · Completed 2026
This project examined claims that the Waitangi Tribunal has exceeded its original mandate by engaging with contemporary issues. By analysing Tribunal reports across its full history, the research focused on how the…
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25-26INTS01Pharmacist precepting for cultural safety of students at He Rau Kawakawa (School of Pharmacy)

Internship project · Commenced 2025 · Completed 2026
This project investigated how cultural concepts are incorporated into pharmacist preceptorship practices, with an emphasis on how these practices are explicitly demonstrated and communicated to pharmacy students during…
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25-26INTB01Articulations of honourable kāwanatanga from submissions opposed to the defeated Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill 2025

Internship project · Commenced 2025 · Completed 2026
This project involved listening to organisational submissions against the defeated Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill 2024 and analysing how submitters from different categories articulated what honourable kāwanatanga…
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25MR02Big Data Insights into Treaty Principles Bill Submissions

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2025
Project lead: Professor Waikaremoana Waitoki (Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Māhanga), The University of Waikato | Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato The ACT Party introduced the Treaty Principles Bill in 2024, proclaiming to protect…
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25MR09Evaluating and Enhancing the Kimi Ora Diabetes Programme through AI-Driven Innovation

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2025
Project lead: Dr Te Wai Barbarich-Unasa Ngāti Paoa, Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto AUT University | Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau Type 2 diabetes continues to be a major health challenge for Māori, who are more than…
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25MR03 He taonga tuku iho: Multidisplinary and multitechnology approach to increase efficiencies in coastal kina ecosystem surveys within fisheries management.

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2025
Project lead: Dr Ani Kainamu Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research Across Te Tai-o-Araiteuru, mana whenua must dispute the controversial issue of ‘kina barrens’; a biased view that is used…
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25MR15Maiea Te Mauri; Taiea Te Taiao: Connecting Indigenous Knowledge, Climate Change and Kōrero Tuku Iho for a Sustainable Future.

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2025
Project lead: Professor Tom Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngāti Apakura), The University of Waikato | Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato This project will document Māori-led responses to climate change through a Te Ao Māori…
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25MR11Exploring Mātauranga Māori in sustainability-related disclosures in Aotearoa business entities

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2025
Project lead: Dr Riri Ellis Ngati Raukawa, Ngai Te Rangi, Ngati Tahu The University of Waikato | Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Sustainability disclosures are central to the ongoing global debate about accountability in…
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25PHD03Kia Manawanui, Kia Manawaroa! Exploring what keeps Māori Midwives in Lead Maternity Care practice in Aotearoa.

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2025
Awardee: Waimarie Onekawa (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine), Auckland University of Technology In Aotearoa, Lead Maternity Care (LMC) Midwives provide most healthcare services for pregnant people…
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25PHD05Te-Pō-Namunamu-ki-Taiao. He Kawa Ānamata: Designing New Realities Through Māori Interactive Media

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2025
Awardee: Morgana Vicki Watson (Taranaki, Te Atiawa, Te Atihaunui-a-Papaarangi, Ngāpuhi), University of Canterbury This research explores how Māori Futurism can be realised through interactive media, merging…
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25PHD06He māhurehure nō Te Whare Tapu o Ngāpuhi

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2025
Awardee: Deacon Fisher (Ngāpuhi (Te Parawhau, Te Uriroroi, Te Māhurehure ki Whatitiri)), Massey University In recent years, pūrākau have been an area of research interest. This has primarily resulted in the emergence…
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25PHD08Experiences of Podiatry foot screening, for Māori with diabetes related amputations.

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2025
Awardee: Cynthia Otene (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa), Auckland University of Technology Māori have higher rates of diabetes Amputations than non-Māori. The Rangahau will utilise Kaupapa Māori methodology to explore…
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25PHD09Reframing Fidgeting Through a Māori Lens: Exploring ADHD, Brain Activity, and the Cultural Significance of Movement

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2025
Awardee: Uenukuterangihoka Jefferies (Ngāti Raukawa, Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāti Awa, Te Whakatōhea), University of Auckland This kaupapa Māori-informed study explores how fidgeting—small, repetitive movements often…
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