Professor Rangi Matamua

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Ngāi Tūhoe

University of Waikato

Associate Professor Matamua of Tūhoe, is a senior lecturer based in the School of Māori and Pacific Development at Waikato University. He has undertaken significant research in the areas of Māori language revitalisation, Māori culture, Māori astronomy and broadcasting. In his MA thesis Rangi focused on traditional Tūhoe weaponary, and his PhD examined the role of Māori radio in Māori language revitalisation. In addition, Dr Matamua has produced a number of publications in his specialist areas, and sits on a number of related boards including Society for Māori Astronomy Research and Traditions (SMART).

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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.

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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.