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21DSG32Demand Response in the Agricultural Sector – A Socio-technical Study

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2021
Jefferson Dew (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa), University of Otago Peaks in electricity demand cause substantial issues for electricity systems’ infrastructure requirements. Demand-side management provides…
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21DSG31Decolonising management practices in the implementation of Māori frameworks in non-Māori organisations–a case study for Te Awa Tupua.

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2021
Miriama Cribb (Whanganui, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tama), Massey University Challenges have been made to businesses to reimagine a different way of doing things. This requires a shift in paradigm, one that…
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21DSG44He ahikā, he kāinga tōnui: A burning fire, a flourishing society

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2021
Kapua O’Connor (Ngāti Kurī), The University of Auckland Ahikā was a well-established tikanga that described the occupation of lands by hapū, conveyed through them being present on their land to stoke their fires. In…
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21DSG45A Comparative study of Waka Hourua Voyaging Oral Traditions and Contemporary Voices Throughout The Pacific

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2021
Kate Souness (Ngāi Tahu, Kati Mamoe, Waitaha, Ngā Puhi, Te Arawa), University of Canterbury Utilising pūrākau as a method and methodology alongside Kaupapa Māori Theory and Mana Wahine theory, this work aims to…
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21DSG46He pēhea te tū taketake ki te ao – Mā te aronga atu ki ngā tāiao e toru. How to be indigenous in a space where indigeneity is not recognised.

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2021
Waratah, Taogaga (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi), The University of Auckland How can we - indigenous peoples, navigate spaces where cultural awareness is not normalised? There is an abundance of literature that recognizes…
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21DSG47Ngāti Marutūahu

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2021
Kiri West (Ngāti Marutūahu), The University of Auckland The New Zealand government has indicated a willingness to consider the application of Māori data sovereignty (MDS) in the storage, management and governance of…
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22PHD10Te Kai Ora a Kāi Tahu: Conceptualising Kāi Tahu kai sovereignty and Māori nutrition data sovereignty

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2021 · Completed 2024
This research explored how Kāi Tahu can strengthen control over kai systems, sources, and practices. By weaving together insights on Māori food and nutrition data sovereignty, it offers a foundation for future whānau-…
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21INTBOR01The Treaty of Waitangi and its principles – an analysis of select Waitangi Tribunal jurisprudence

Internship project · Commenced 2021 · Completed 2021
This internship project aimed to make key Waitangi Tribunal jurisprudence more accessible to public sector policy-makers. By reviewing Tribunal reports, the research focused on how the Tribunal identifies and balances…
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22PHD17Hua o te Kawariki – Ngāti Whātua Curriculum

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2021 · Completed 2024
‘Hua o te Kawariki’ explores Ngāti Whātua mātauranga to inform future teaching, learning and leadership. Grounded in the prophetic mōteatea He aha te hau, this research draws on the wisdom of Ngāti Whātua mātanga to…
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23PHD23Hauora: a Ngāti Kahungunu perspective

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2021 · Completed 2025
Sharron’s doctoral research is a strengths-based study called ‘Hauora: A Ngāti Kahungunu perspective’ and the research question is, “What is the relationship between kaupapa Māori community-led initiatives and Māori…
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23PHD44‘Taiahahā, taiahahā - ko au ko koe, ko koe ko au…’ Exploring the Mokoia Taiaha Wānanga in relation to cultural reclamation, resilience and affirmation

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2021 · Completed 2025
The whakatauakī - 'Ko au ko koe, ko koe ko au,' stands as a determining principle behind the legacy created by Mita Hikairo Mohi and his teachings of the discipline of mautaiaha.  Many from across the motu have attended…
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23PHD13Mapping Tuangi (cockle) populations using Māori knowledge to inform co-management practices in Ōhiwa harbour

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2021 · Completed 2025
This study has been initiated by the iwi of Ōhiwa, led by Ngāti Awa to establish techniques and practices to provide information to assist in the co-management of Ōhiwa harbour.
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21COV06Building a Virtual Papakāinga: A review of best practice

Full project · Commenced 2021 · Completed 2021
This project asks whether there are lessons to be had found in both the Māori Covid-19 response to date and the growing body of evidence that papakāinga living has benefits beyond the physical home that could inform a…
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20DCG15Intergenerational Transfer of Maori Weaving Knowledge and the replication of a Pukoro

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2020
Kahutoi Mere Te Kanawa (Ngāti Kinohaku, Maniapoto, Waikato, Tuwharetoa me Rarua oku iwi), My application for this scholarship is to help me complete my Creative Practice Doctorate, which I have now been working on…
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20DCG14Tautoro whakapapa kōrero (important kin-community events/narratives of the distant and recent past)

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2020
Raaniera Te Whata (Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Moerewa, Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui), University of Otago The overall aim of this thesis is to discover Tautoro whakapapa kōrero (important kin-community events/narratives…
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20DCG13Transforming the potential of whakawhanaungatanga in advancing hapu development

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2020
Koroumatai Kody Pewhairangi (Ngati Ira, Te Whanau a Apanui, Ngati Porou), Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi The legacy of oral compositions by Tuini Ngawai and Ngoi Pewhairangi - the relational values of whanaungatanga…
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20DCG12The effects of Stress on Decision Making, Communication and Situational Awareness, applied to Air Attack Supervision Training in Aerial Firefighting

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2020
Rory M.S. Clifford (Kai Tahu, Kāti Māmoe), University of Canterbury The aim is to publish a research article on the findings of my research into the effects of Stress on Decision Making, Communication and Situational…
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20DCG11Ka Hao te Rangatahi Project Development

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2020
Bonnie Maihi (Waikato-Tainui), University of Waikato This project explores education and work pathways for Maaori Rangatahi/youth growing up in Aotearoa gang spaces. The research aims to create awareness of…
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20DCG10Te Whare Kōrero o te whakapono Māori

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2020
Rev Wayne Te Kaawa (Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Awa, Yūhoe), University of Otago The aim and objective of this project is to publicise what a Christological Creed or Faith Statement would consist of using Māori whakaaro rather…
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20DCG09Young Māori wāhine experiences of motherhood in Aotearoa

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2020
Jessica Gerbic (Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Pikiao), The University of Auckland Māori mothers are a taonga (treasure precious) for Māori society in the role they play for Whānau, hapū and iwi. The age when wāhine have…
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20DCG07Into the Dark, We Are Moths’

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2020
Kirsty Dunn (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa), University of Canterbury My PhD thesis, tentatively titled “‘Into the Dark, We Are Moths’” Centering Whakapapa, Representing Animals in Māori Writing in English” is an exploration…
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20DCG04Te Hono ki toi. a history of Maori painting. From the Hoe to the Whare to the art gallery

Commenced 2020
Stephen Gibbs (Ngati Tamanuhiri, Ngati Rangiwaho, Rongowhakaata, Rongomaiwahine), Massey University Toi Tamanuhiri – Hua Uri Kuri –Mana Moana, Mana Whenua, Mana Tangata As a prelude to my research, the first part…
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20DCG03Māori music experiences of the 1960s through the Māori Showband phenomenon

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2020
Louise Kewene-Doig (Tainui, Ngāti Haua), University of Otago My research focus is Māori music experiences of the 1960s through the Māori Showband phenomenon. Using Kaupapa Māori and whakapapa research methods, my…
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20DCG02Mate Ohorere Pēpi: Sudden Māori Infant Death Syndrome

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2020
Riripeti Haretuku (Ngapuhi, Taranaki, Te Arawa me Whakatohea), The University of Auckland In this work, I rethink SUDI: SIDS, also known as cot death, within a kaupapa Māori framework. I use the term mate ohorere…
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