About
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, formally the National Institute of Research Excellence for Māori Development and Advancement, is one of New Zealand’s eight officially recognised Centres of Research Excellence. As New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence, we are pursuing a unique vision for achieving full participation by Māori in all aspects of society and the economy.
In putting this vision into practice, our key aims are to:
- Foster healthy communities in healthy environments
- Encourage social and educational transformation, and to
- Bring a uniquely Māori view to new frontiers of knowledge.
Our research providers include universities, wānanga, museums, a Crown Research Institute and more. Our research themes relate to economic development, environmental sustainability, health and social wellbeing and educational achievement as these goals can be achieved within Māori communities. Of particular interest is the creation of distinctive approaches to knowledge maintenance, creation and application as this is suggested by the experience of Māori people and/or indigenous knowledge/mātauranga Māori.
Our name, "Horizons of Insight", is taken from a Whakataukī, or proverb, about the power of knowledge to bring enlightenment. Our work focuses on three core programmes: research, capability building and knowledge exchange. Each programme has a Programme Leader with support staff, along with the Business Manager and their support staff they form the Secretariat. The Directors of the Centre report to a Governing Board for the overall functioning of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.
Since we were founded in 2002 we have made it possible for over 2000 Māori scholars, community members and international academics to engage in new research and its applications. Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga research is published widely in leading national and international journals. Several projects have produced findings that have been acted on by government and other agencies such as District Health Boards and educational organisations.
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is funded by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). Our administrative headquarters are at