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24WHA12He tumu herenga waka: Māori mothers navigating the never-ending beginnings of whakapapa

Whakaaweawe · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025
Project SummaryThe project builds on a case study, “Ko te whaea te takere o te waka: Māori mothers as navigators of change,” which examined Māori mothers as key change-makers for their whānau. The study produced a…
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24WHA03Toitū te Hakapupu: Restoration of the Pleasant River – a documentary journey

Whakaaweawe · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025
Project SummaryThis project is part of a ‘circular economy’ research project based on a Jobs for Nature’ [J4N] river restoration programme, Toitū te Hakapupu, being undertaken by Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki …
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23WHA03He Kahu Kōrero – Cloaks that speak

Whakaaweawe · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025
He Kahu Kōrero – Cloaks that Speak will be an accessible scholarly book celebrating the art of whatu kākahu and the transformative journeys of six Māori women and their whānau.
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24WHA07Tairāwhiti Waka, Tairāwhiti Tāngata: Exploring Tairāwhiti Voyaging Philosophies

Whakaaweawe · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025
Project SummaryThis project translates the findings of lead researcher Dr Ngahuia Mita’s doctoral research Tairāwhiti Waka, Tairāwhiti Tāngata; Examining Tairāwhiti Voyaging Philosophies into practical printed and…
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23PHD05Taonga tuku iho: The contribution of Māori Nurse Practitioners towards the transformation of Primary Healthcare

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2027
Ebony’s PhD research will explore the contribution of Māori nurse practitioners and opportunities to transform Primary Healthcare services within Aotearoa.
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24MR26Indigenising movement: Building technology to fuel cultural vitality among rangatahi and whānau Māori in Aotearoa

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025
Kapa haka provides a space for cultural expression, physical movement, and identity development. But how can technology be used to develop accessible kapa haka-informed physical movement resources that promote cultural…
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24MR19Weaving Māori Hearts in the Digital Wharenui: Nurturing Whakawhanaungatanga Through a Kaupapa Māori Social Media Platform - Tōku Whānau

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025
The project will explore the research question: What would a kaupapa Māori based social media platform for Māori communities and whānau look and feel like?  The research will involve engaging with a specific Māori…
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24MR17Kauora ki te Ao

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025
Kauora is a whānau-derived theory and practice of swimming, developed through Raureti’s doctoral research, that redefines how whānau engage in kaupapa wai. This project supports its implementation by developing a data…
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24MR15Investigating the influence of socio-cultural-political pressures on Māori suicide: A comparison of known Māori suicides from 1840-1939 with those from 1940-2019

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025
This project uses Kaupapa Māori theory to challenge the current dominant Western explanations for suicide, which fail to consider socio-cultural-political pressures and historical processes such as colonisation as core…
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24MR14Hononga Raraunga - Te Rohe Eke a Turora

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2024
This research project is creating a Digital Data Dashboard that links land blocks and sites with tūpuna and hapū names for the uri of Turora.
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24MR11Understanding and Enhancing Climate & Oranga/Wellbeing Research in Te Tairāwhiti

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025
In collaboration with Te Weu Charitable Trust, this research seeks to address critical gaps in our understanding of climate change impacts and adaptation strategies specific to Māori communities in Te Tairāwhiti.
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24MR10What is Data Sovereignty in Triangulation with Māori Innovation and Western Intellectual Property Regimes? Of Registries, Reality and Rangatiratanga

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025
The research project is analysing the WIPO’s proposal to develop databases of Indigenous Knowledge and genetic resources through a case study on mātauranga Māori innovations in papakāinga and assessing findings about…
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24MR06Mā te Taiaho Matawai kia Whakahura Ngā Korero o Nehe – Laser Beam Scanning Technologies for Unlocking Landscape Narratives

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025
LiDAR technology offers unprecedented access to the whenua—capturing the contours of the landscape at fine detail and revealing wāhi tapu and heritage sites often lost under forest canopies or inaccessible locations…
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24MR04Te Rangianiwaniwa a Te Harakeke – The Harakeke’s Rainbow

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2024
This research supports iwi-led, tikanga-informed innovation, grounded in Kaupapa Māori methodology. Through wānanga and co-design with Ngāti Tukorehe, the team is developing safe, solvent-free dye processes that respect…
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24MR02Te Ara Pokanga o te Kiri – Patient Experiences of Apronectomy for Excess Skin Removal following significant Weight Loss in Te Tairāwhiti

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2024
Underpinned by a Kaupapa Māori methodological stance, this project seeks to undertake research at the interface of mātauranga Māori and surgery to produce resources that will practically improve care for whānau who have…
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24MR01Tohunga Talks: Digital Narratives of Tohunga that Nurture Multiliteracies of Ākonga

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2024
This project explores how digital narratives of tohunga can be curated to support and enrich the multiliteracies of ākonga, particularly in Te Tai Tokerau. At its heart, Tohunga Talks is a collaborative digital…
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23PHD02He rau rangatira, he rau MANUKURA: A Māori Model of Education

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2026
Keita’s research is a qualitative case study on MANUKURA and sets out to explore what practices and/or principles are gained from the kura that support ākonga Māori in their educational aspirations. To achieve this,…
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24WHA05Māori Perinatal Mental Health Resource

Whakaaweawe - featured impact · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025
This research, grounded in Kaupapa Māori and mana wāhine methodologies, explores the experiences of Māori mothers and whānau during the perinatal period. It highlights the expertise of Māori birthing parents and…
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23-24INTS01E hoa, e hoariri rānei? How will Corbicula Fluminea affect Te Mauri o Waiwaiā?

Internship project · Commenced 2023 · Completed 2024
This project examined the impact of the invasive freshwater gold clam on the mauri of Waiwaia and taonga species in the Waipā River. It assessed the species' role from a Te Ao Māori perspective and proposed culturally…
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23-24INTS03Māori Pharmacists: Staying, going, or gone?

Internship project · Commenced 2023 · Completed 2024
Why do Māori pharmacists stay—or leave—the profession? This project explored the career experiences of Māori pharmacists, using surveys and literature to uncover the key factors influencing their decisions. The findings…
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23-24INTS09Māori whānau mental health and addiction journeys

Internship project · Commenced 2023 · Completed 2024
How do Māori experience and navigate cannabis and methamphetamine use in their lives and communities? This kaupapa Māori project internship centred whānau voices to better understand the challenges and solutions from…
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23-24INTS11INFORMING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MATAURANGA MAORI MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH TOOL

Internship project · Commenced 2023 · Completed 2024
How do whānau define and experience quality engagement from health services? This internship included a Kaupapa Māori-informed literature review to inform development of a maternal mental health tool.
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23-24INTS16Borrin Internship: Supporting the build of a research and teaching repository for the Indigenisation of the LLB

Internship project · Commenced 2023 · Completed 2024
InternOcean Bartlett, Ngati Porou, Ngāpuhi, University of CanterburySupervisorAdrienne Paul, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of CanterburyThe internship is provided as part of the prestigious NPM Borrin…
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23-24INTS18Tihei Mauri Ora, Tihei Mana Motuhake: Investigating how trauma impacts rangatahi Māori who offend and their whānau engaged with the youth justice system

Internship project · Commenced 2023 · Completed 2024
This internship project focussed on analysing data to address two questions 1. How does trauma impact Māori youth who offend, and their whānau, and 2. how can their lived experiences and Māori approaches to Trauma…
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