Dr Rawiri Tinirau

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Te Āti Haunui-ā-Pāpārangi

Ngāti Rangi

Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Ngāti Kahungunu

Ngāi Tūhoe

Co-Director

Te Atawhai Te Ao

NPM Researcher

Rawiri is a graduate of Massey University and Co-Director of Te Atawhai o te Ao. He was previously Project Manager for MANU AO with the responsibility of implementing key projects, such as the Leadership Course and Academic Forums.

Rawiri has expertise in Project management; Māori event management; Māori business and organisations; and Māori oral history. He has tribal affiliations to Te Āti Haunui-ā-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Kahungunu me Ngāi Tūhoe.

Supporting our communities with mātauranga, science evidence and resources

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Te Hononga Pūkenga - ‘the connection of experts’, was created by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga to make Māori and Indigenous research expertise, location and contact information readily available, in response to the need for stronger engagement between Māori Researchers and Government, the wider public/private sector and to facilitate our communities to access us as Māori & Indigenous researchers. Visit site.

News & Events

2019 Annual Report Demonstrates Considerable Contributions

NPM's 2019 Annual Report has been published and released to all our partners and network this past week.

Once again NPM demonstrates our considerable contribution to Māori scholarship, Māori communities, and the field and recognition of Indigenous research, as New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence.

Kaumātua Perspectives of Covid-19

Two engaging new videos have recently been uploaded to our Media Centre as part of NPM's Covid-19 programme of outreach into our research networks and wider communities.

As the country has adapted to the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the elderly were identified very early on as a vulnerable population of our whānau, hapū and iwi.

IIRC20 Abstract Submissions Now Open!

Join us online from 18-20 November for our first virtual "Gathering of Indigenous Minds". Be inspired by Indigenous researched solutions.

We now invite Indigenous researchers around the world to submit abstracts for consideration for inclusion in IIRC20.

A Gathering of Indigenous Minds!

NPM's biennial 2020 International Indigenous Research Conference (#IIRC20) is moving online!

From 18 - 20 November, we will host a virtual "Gathering of Indigenous Minds" from our base here at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Join us online for three days of live discussions. Be inspired by Indigenous researched solutions.

Professor Rangi Matamua wins Prime Minister's Prize

On Tuesday 30 June NPM Principal Investigator and University of Waikato academic Professor Rangi Matamua (Tūhoe) was awarded the top Science Communications Prize from the Royal Society Te Apārangi at the Prime Minister's Science Awards.

NPM congratulates Rangi on this outstanding achievement and award, recognising his excellence in research and science communications, engaging communities in mātauranga Māori, Māori research and insights.

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Dr Rawiri Tinirau