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This project investigated the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on Māori and wider communities in Hawke’s Bay, highlighting the delayed government response. It explored how co-governance between Māori and local authorities could improve disaster preparedness and recovery planning.
Raw material identification of toki in the Auckland War Memorial Museum archaeology collection
This internship uncovered the hidden stories of 2,000 toki from Auckland Museum’s collection, combining archaeology and mātauranga Māori to trace their stone origins and reconnect them to whakapapa. The work opens new paths to understand historic resource use, trade, and sustainable practices in Aotearoa.
Providing the voice for kanakana –assisting with storytelling and being part of the restoration journey for this taonga species
This internship is about the kanakana/piharau/pouched lamprey, a struggling fish species in New Zealand due to decline in river water quality, industrialisation, and river alteration.
PARS wars: a systematic review of 'Play, Active Recreation and Sport' (PARS) in promoting mental health among Māori youth
This internship investigates how physical activity and sports (PARS) support the mental wellbeing of rangatahi Māori, combining research review and lived experiences to explore culturally relevant pathways to flourishing.
Māori community action and responses to severe weather events
This internship canvassed a localised Māori community’s response to severe weather events to highlight the implications for psychology.
A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT LEGAL STATE AND GOVERNANCE OF THE HAKA KA MATE
This project explored the intersection of te ao Māori and intellectual property law through a case study on the haka Ka Mate and the rights of Ngāti Toa Rangatira. It critically examined the Haka Ka Mate Attribution Act 2014, questioning its effectiveness in protecting Ngāti Toa’s interests within current legal frameworks.
Rebuilding ahi kaa - keeping the home fires bright
This internship explored how urban-raised Māori postgraduate students can reconnect and rekindle their ahi kā with ancestral marae, strengthening their sense of belonging and empowering them to keep the home fires burning.
WĀHINE MĀ KŌREROTIA: TE REO O TE WĀHINE ME TE WHENUA - A MANA WĀHINE ANALYSIS OF BROADSHEET MAGAZINE
This research analysed kōrero by wāhine Māori on whenua protection and protest, as expressed in Broadsheet magazine (1979–1984). It contributes to the Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry by examining how wāhine Māori challenged land desecration and Crown confiscation, and how their activism was represented in feminist media.
Linking the push for a ‘by Māori, for Māori’ child protection system to the wider decolonisation movement.
This internship focused on decolonisation in the context of Aotearoa’s child protection system.
Supporting the build of a research and teaching repository for the Indigenization of the LLB
This project supported the indigenisation of the LLB at the University of Canterbury by developing an online repository of Māori-focused legal resources. The intern helped compile and organise materials to strengthen Māori perspectives in legal education and support future lawyers to engage meaningfully with te ao Māori and Māori legal knowledge.
Mātauranga Māori and the Patent Law System: Collision and Contest
This internship project examined the collision and contest of te ao Māori and the intellectual property system with respect to mātauranga Māori.
Intergenerational impacts of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder on Indigenous whānau, hapū, iwi and hapori
This internship project explored the intergenerational impacts of FASD on Indigenous whānau, hapū, iwi and hapori.
Reo Māori Corpora Format for generative Māori AI
InternPunua Waitoki, University of WaikatoSupervisorAssociate Professor Te Taka Keegan, University of WaikatoOverviewThis internship investigated suitable Māori language data formats and quantities that can be best utilised by modern AI systems to build generative AI tools for te reo Māori that support Māori Data Sovereignty. The research informs…
Exploring culturally responsive vaccine delivery for Māori: A kaupapa Māori framed review of literature
InternStacy-Ria Te Kurapa-King, University of AucklandSupervisorDr Anneka Anderson, University of AucklandOverviewThis internship project was a targeted literature review adopting a Whakapapa research methodology to explore the facilitators and barriers of immunisation for tamariki Māori in NZ. The rationale of exploring the vaccine landscape for tamariki…
HE ARA PŪKEKO: PATHWAYS TO MĀORI DATA FUTURES
This internship focused on the creation of a ‘supervisor’s package’ to support He Ara Pūkeko, an apprenticeship programme.
Toolkit for Māori Data Governance Model
This internship explored the emerging field of Māori data governance, focusing on unmet needs within current data systems. The project unpacked Te Kāhui Raraunga’s Māori Data Governance Model and repackaged its components into practical formats—including FAQs, presentations, and social media-ready content—to support wider understanding and application…
Māori Data Sovereignty
How do we protect our data as Māori? This internship explored Māori data sovereignty—what it means, how it’s practiced, and why it matters. Through a series of easy-to-understand research briefs, the project supports whānau Māori to better understand and navigate issues like facial recognition technology and the future of our digital information.
He Taonga te Raraunga: Exploring Māori data sovereignty practices for whānau Māori
This internship created briefs for whānau Māori that explored what Māori Data Sovereignty is and why the protection of Māori data is important in today’s world of rapid technological advancement.
NPM Te Kāhui Raraunga Karahipi Internship
This internship aim was to scope the possibilities hapū, iwi and Māori organisations have to exercise Māori data sovereignty over electoral roll data, collected compulsorily about Māori for the administration of the electoral rolls by the Electoral Commission.
Reimagining Dissemination: Utilising co-design and kaupapa Maaori to create a dissemination outcome
InternKeely Ranga, University of OtagoSupervisorDr Jade Tamatea, Waipapa Taumata Rau; The University of AucklandOverviewTōku Ara OraNGA – TAONGA was a Māori-led, multi-stage research project, with an almost entirely Māori research team. The project explored the development of a Kaupapa Māori-informed co-design of outpatient care for thyrotoxicosis, aiming…
How will Āta Tiaki Taonga Tuku Iho help to meet the needs of Taumata Whakapumau Tiaki Taonga?
This summer internship project researched how Auckland Museum could support Tiaki Taonga through museum practices, using Āta Tiaki Taonga Tuku Iho as an example framework.
Tohe-Ora Wānanga Whenua Ngā Kīanga a Te Whakatōhea
This research supported Te Whakatōhea's vision of mana Māori motuhake through a focus on kai sovereignty and climate resilience. The intern gathered and analysed mōteatea recordings relating to kai, contributing to the iwi’s Tohe Ora Wānanga Whenua programme. The project informed efforts to reconnect whānau with their whenua and promote maara kai for…
Māmā aroha: Implementing recommendations of a research project to update and enhance the first free Indigenous digital breastfeeding resource to improve support for whānau
Māmā Aroha, the first Indigenous breastfeeding app, is being updated and enhanced to better support Māori whānau. Grounded in a Kaupapa Māori approach, this project explores how digital tools can uphold the whakapapa of waiū and strengthen intergenerational knowledge around breastfeeding.
International Indigenous Climate Change Summit (IICCRS) communiqué
We, the delegates of the International Indigenous Climate Change Summit (IICCRS), gathered from November 13th to 17th, 2023, recognize the profound climate crisis facing our world and its dire consequences for Indigenous peoples, our lands, and the global ecosystem. This communiqué is an urgent message intended for world leaders, policymakers, environmental…