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22-23INT21He hakune rangahau o Te Atiawa: What could a Te Atiawa research model and methodology look like?

Internship project · Commenced 2022
This internship explored Te Atiawa knowledge, perspectives, and values to help develop a research model grounded in Te Atiawa mātauranga. Drawing on lived experience and community connections, the project supports…
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22-23INT19Kākāpō: Regenerating knowledge of an endangered Taonga species

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This internship explored archival sources for Māori knowledge and stories about kākāpō, supporting efforts to protect this taonga species. Guided by NPM researchers, the intern contributed to public education…
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22-23INT18Exploring the long-term impact of COVID on the social, cultural, mental, and physical wellbeing of individuals, communities, and workplaces

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This internship explored the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on wellbeing across communities and workplaces through an in-depth literature review. In collaboration with NPM and Methodist Mission Northern, the intern…
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22-23INT17eHealth initiatives in surgery: Cultural co-design of a general surgical patient-centred App

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This project supported the co-development of eHealth tools in surgery that reflected Māori cultural values and health perspectives. The intern reviewed pre- and post-operative practices to identify opportunities for…
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22-23INT16He mauri tō te tamaiti: Ākonga Māori motivation in education

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This internship explored what motivates Ngāpuhi Year 5/6 students to succeed, revealing diverse expressions of success grounded in whanaungatanga and wellbeing. Supervised by Professor Melinda Webber, the project…
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22-23INT15Maramataka Māori Embedding Indigenous Knowledge(s) in Education

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This internship explored how Maramataka Māori and mātauranga can be meaningfully integrated into English and Māori-medium education in Aotearoa. It supported the protection and sharing of tohunga knowledge through…
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22-23INT14Traditional understandings of wāhine Māori, their roles, and maintenance of their safety: Kaumātua and kuia perspectives

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This internship applied kaupapa Māori methodology and Mana Wāhine theory to analyse interview data from the E Tū Wāhine, E Tū Whānau project. Working with leading researchers, the intern explored culturally grounded…
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22-23INT13Flourishing Wāhine Māori Identities in Women’s Rugby

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This internship explored the wellbeing and identity of wāhine Māori in rugby, highlighting barriers and opportunities through a systematic literature review. The project offers insights to better support wāhine Māori…
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22-23INT12Hangaia ana te whare o Indigenous Science

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This project explored archival and historical material across Aotearoa and the Pacific to inform a whare metaphor for the new Centre of Indigenous Science at the University of Otago. The intern contributed to kaupapa…
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22-23INT11Building an Indigenous Science curriculum in tertiary education

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This internship focused on Indigenous Science curriculum through a kaupapa Māori lens, producing a literature review of Māori and global Indigenous approaches. Working with Te Koronga and the Centre of Indigenous…
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22-23INT07Using a Māori lens to analyse media discourse on the introduction of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This internship explored media coverage of the Pae Ora Act 2022, analysing tone, key messages, promises around Māori health outcomes, Treaty and equity framing, and budget considerations. Working with Associate…
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22-23INT06Health systems and decolonisation: Preliminary activities to understand health system perspectives

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This internship supported the design of a survey to capture health system perspectives on decolonisation in Aotearoa. Working within a Kaupapa Māori research team, the intern contributed to stakeholder engagement and…
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22-23INT05Tihei Mauriora, Tihei Mana Motuhake: Breathing mauri and mana motuhake into the lives of rangatahi Māori who offend and their whānau with lived experience of trauma

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This internship project explored how trauma affects Māori youth who offend, and their whānau, aiming to inform more responsive youth justice policy. Through a systematic literature review and development of a policy…
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22-23INT04Te reo Māori Smart Home Voice Assistant

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
The internship focused on developing an openHAB plugin that understood commands in te reo Māori for smart home systems. Supervised by Associate Professor Te Taka Keegan and others at the University of Waikato, the…
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22-23INT03Developing a Bibliography of Politics Research by Kairangahau Māori

Internship project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This internship compiled a bibliography of politics research by kairangahau Māori, supporting more inclusive and responsive political studies in Aotearoa. Guided by a multidisciplinary rōpū, interns built research…
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Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Universities Communiqué

Communiqué · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2022
This communiqué was developed by the Indigenous Data Sovereignty Collab held at the 10th International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC22), 15-18 November 2022. Hosted by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Centre of…
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22PHD08Kawa Whakaruruhau: Culturally-safe spaces for Māori nurse practice development

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2025
PhD Candidate: Jennifer Tokomauri McGregor (Ngati Raukawa (Waikato)) Primary Supervisor(s): Dr. Alayne Mikahere-Hall Background:  Despite being a long-term government priority, the inequity of Māori…
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22MR01Tihei Mauriora, Tihei Mana Motuhake: Breathing mauri and mana motuhake into the lives of rangatahi Māori who offend, and their whānau, who have lived experience of trauma.

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2024
Māori youth are vastly over-represented in New Zealand’s justice system — a clear sign that the system isn’t working for everyone. This project aims to change that.
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22PHD18Protecting Ngāti Tiipa hapū data sovereignty

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2025
This project explores hapū data sovereignty for Ngāti Tiipa, using tikanga to protect and manage data for whānau. It tests a Māori data privacy framework with Ngāti Tiipa’s digital databases, drawing on their mātauranga…
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21-24RP03Toitū he Kāinga: Healthy Environmental Relationships in Urban Settings

Research Programme · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2025
Reimagining our cities through Indigenous knowledge, identity, and environmental care. Today, over 85% of Māori live in urban environments across Aotearoa. These modern kāinga (settlements) are more than places to…
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22MR18Te Kōrero a te Reporepo – Understanding the Connection Between Tohu, te Maramataka and the Health of te Taiao

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2024
This kaupapa explored the relationships between environmental tohu (signs) observed in reporepo (swamplands), the phases of the maramataka, and the health of local ecosystems in the Hokianga.
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22MR17Whakamana: Empowering well-being for rangatahi takatāpui - Phase 1

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
This project marked the first phase of an initiative to support the long-term flourishing of rangatahi takatāpui within Te Ranga Tupua rohe (Whanganui, Rangitīkei, Ruapehu, and South Taranaki).
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22MR16E rua ngaa marae, kotahi te Iwi – Stories of Ngaati Koroki Kahukura

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2024
Spanning from Maungatautari to the Waikato River, this project centres the identity, resilience, and knowledge of Ngaati Koroki Kahukura. Through research grounded in whakapapa, reo, tikanga and mātauranga, we…
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22MR15Examining the contribution of mātauranga Māori to climate health in Aotearoa

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2022 · Completed 2023
Climate change disproportionately affects Indigenous communities across the globe. In Aotearoa, Māori face these inequities while also holding deep-rooted knowledge systems that offer powerful, holistic responses to…
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