• NPM Researcher Delivers Professorial Lecture

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    NPM Principal Investigator Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan (Te Wānanga o Ōwairaka-Unitec) recently delivered her Inaugural Professorial Lecture in Auckland.

    Jenny is the new Professor of Māori Research, responsible for leading Unitec’s Strategic Focus initiative on Māori Research and is currently co-leading (together with Rau Hoskins) Te Manaaki o te Marae: The role of marae in the Auckland housing crisis; a significant Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua - Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities project funded by the National Science Challenge.

  • Dr Vincent Malcolm-Buchanan (1967 - 2019)

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    Vincent Malcolm-Buchanan passed away in Auckland on Saturday 1 June, after a period of intense illness.  Aligned with Ngāti Whare of Te Whaiti, and Ngāti Pikiao of Rotoiti, he was an exceptional teacher, exemplary scholar and sensitive mentor. As a youth in Rotorua, he dazzled tourists on the concert stage, and pursued a career in hospitality. Contact with overseas visitors prompted him to aim much higher, and he commenced a degree in Religious Studies at Canterbury in the early 2000s. Vincee transferred to Waikato, completing his BA in Religious Studies & Anthropology in 2006.

  • NPM Partners Gather to Plan Future

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    The Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Board hosted its 2019 Hui-ā-Tau AGM at the Royal Society Te Apārangi in Wellington on Thursday 23 May.  

    It was a powerful day of celebrating our 2018 highlights together with our 21 partner representatives, Principal Investigators and Research Leadership Team.

    NPM Board Chair, Kerensa Johnston, led the hui encouraging reflective discussion on what NPM might look like in 10 years’ time and what we need to do to get there.  

  • Wharehuia Milroy (1937-2019)

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    Professor James Te Wharehuia Milroy (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Koura) 1937-2019

    Kei te taumata okiokinga e Te Wharehuia
    Nā tō wehenga kua pōwhara te ao Māori
    Hoake nā ki te paenga purapura tuawhiti
    He ihuoneone mō te reo me ōna tikanga
    Kua ea ai tō rahi, tō ihi tē taea te wareware
    Nā tō Hinenuitepō porokī, kua riro
    Nā reira, takoto pū ki tona korowai manaaki

  • NPM's New QEII Intern

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    Over the past four years NPM has hosted a number of First Nations interns from the University of Toronto, as part of the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships. This programme aims to mobilise a dynamic community of young global leaders to create lasting impacts both at home and abroad through inter-cultural exchanges.

    In mid-April we welcomed Claire Zwicker (Chippewa) into NPM as one of our 2019 QEII Interns.

  • Meeting with the United Nations

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    A group of independent Indigenous experts from the United Nations recently visited New Zealand to assist Government and Iwi in developing a strategy and plan for the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, via a series of hui held across the country.

    The delegation comprised members of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) which provides States with expertise and advice on the rights of Indigenous peoples.

  • Hine Kahukura Research Award Opens

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    The NPM-New Horizons for Womens Trust Hine Kahukura Research Award is a partnership between Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) and New Horizons for Women Trust (NHWT) and is for Wāhine Māori researchers.

    This one off award of $10,000 aims to support research that benefits Māori women, girls and/or whānau in Aotearoa New Zealand and is made annually to assist in research and/or living expenses while conducting your research. 

    Eligibility criteria

    Before you apply please ensure you meet ALL the following eligibility criteria:

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