Haua atu te toki o te atahou ki te upoko o te rangi: The axe of the new dawn strikes at the sky
Dr Wayne Ngata, Dr Hēmi Whaanga, Arapata Hakiwai
Horizons of Insight Seminar - May 2012
Wednesday, 30 May 2012

This seminar will discuss the methodologies, ethics, processes and procedures encountered in using new and emerging technologies to develop databases of Māori taonga in overseas museums, the

Unique Māori Methodologies
Dr Mere Kēpa, Dr Cherryl Smith and Dr Paul Reynolds
Horizons of Insight Seminar - April 2012
Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Māori researchers have created exciting ways to approach and carry out research over the past 25 years. Early new research methods were underpinned by Māori cosmology and mātauranga, and these

Facilitating whānau resilience through Māori primary health intervention: can Māori health service provision make a difference?
Dr Amohia Boulton, Jennifer Tamehana and Lynley Cvitanovic
Horizons of Insight Seminar - October
Friday, 28 October 2011

In 2009 Whakauae Research for Māori Health and Development (WRMHD) in association with Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority and the Health Services Research Centre (HSRC) began a two year project.

He matapihi mā mua, mō muri: The ethics, processes and procedures associated with the digitisation of the Pei Jones Collection
Dr Hēmi Whaanga
Horizons of Insight Seminar - September
Friday, 23 September 2011

The many works of esteemed Māori scholar, the late Dr Pei te Hurunui Jones, have provided the catalyst for this research into the management, conservation, care and display of mātauranga Māori in

Life and Living in Advanced Age, A Cohort Study in New Zealand (LiLACS NZ). Collaborative Quantitative Longitudinal Research.
Dr Mere Kēpa
Horizons of Insight Seminar - July
Friday, 29 July 2011

The purpose of the quantitative LiLACS NZstudy is to (i) establish how life is, (ii) what is important to ongoing wellbeing and (iii) record the pathways of living during the next 10 years for 600

Whānau Resilience: A Case Study
Dr Te Kani Kingi and Jordan Waiti
Horizons of Insight Seminar - June
Friday, 24 June 2011

This seminar explores Māori concepts of resilience. It draws from an existing research project and is based on reviews of literature, targeted case studies, presentations and interviews with key
Late at the Museum: Matariki - 2 June
Thursday, 02 June 2011

Panel Discussion

Why does every culture in the world observe Matariki and what makes our own celebration of Matariki unique? Matariki used to mark a time to prepare for a new year and

Whānau Ora: Visualising a new future
Dr Lorna Dyall
Horizons of Insight Seminar Series (2011)
Friday, 29 April 2011

Addictions are now epidemic in New Zealand society and the lifestyles of Māori modelled on non-Māori is now creating considerable health issues in whānau. Results of an exploratory study on the

Within and Without the Empire: Indigenous knowledge and its discontents in a time of great transition
Associate Professor Makere Stewart-Harawira
Horizons of Insight Seminar Series (2011)
Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Just as there is no global economic justice without cognitive social justice, equally there can be no equity within academia without cognitive equity. However, indigenous knowledge remains

Social Transformation and Research
Professor Donna Mertens, Gallaudet University, Washington DC, USA
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga 2010 Seminar Series
Thursday, 16 September 2010

 One role for research is to be used for social transformation in the interest of furthering social justice and human rights. If this is a role that is valued, then understanding beliefs that