We all know that “it’s cool to kōrero” but are there any limits to when and how te reo Māori can be used in research?
In this online panel discussion, we’ll hear from two experienced Māori scholars who draw on and promote te reo Māori in a range of ways through their research, Professor Rawinia Higgins (Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington) and Dr Vini Olsen-Reeder (Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington). Hear about their strategies for incorporating te reo into research, as well as their reservations and concerns.
10am-11am, Wednesday 19 May 2021.
All welcome! Students, researchers, community members
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP HERE
PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE
The Professional Excellence Programme builds on Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s goals to:
- Increase our early career researchers’ skills in research excellence and career opportunities; and
- Enhance and harness the Māori researcher excellence in research, research leadership, and supervision across all levels.
It also aligns with NPM’s four values of rangatiratanga, kaitiakitanga, manaakitanga and whanaungatanga by ensuring that the programme helps Māori researchers to:
- Apply effective strategies for self-management and leadership in research (Rangatiratanga)
- Identify opportunities and approaches to enhance wellbeing and balance in relation to research (Kaitiakitanga)
- Apply research activities and outputs in ways that are inclusive and respectful (Manaakitanga)
- Create and/or consolidate a supportive Māori research community/cohort (Whanaungatanga)
Host
The Professional Excellence Series of online workshops and interactive discussion panels is hosted by Associate Professor Meegan Hall who is the Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Mātauranga Māori) at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington and a member of Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga’s Research Leadership Team.
THE PANELISTS
Rawinia Higgins (Ngāi Tuhoe) is Professor and Tumu Ahurei – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Māori) at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. She is also Aotearoa New Zealand’s Māori Language Commissioner and Chair of Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori, a member of the Waitangi Tribunal, a board member of Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga and was the Deputy-Chair of the Māori Knowledge and Development PBRF panel. Her research expertise is in Māori language revitalisation and, more specifically, language planning and policy. With Professor Poia Rewi, she co-led the expansive research programme, Te Kura Roa, which developed the ZePA model for Māori language acquisition, and co-edited the book, The Value of the Māori Language: Te Hua o te reo Māori (2014). Professor Higgins also chaired the review that helped shape Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori (Māori Language) Act 2016. In 2017, she was awarded the Te Waitī award for te reo and tikanga at the Matariki awards. Earlier this year, she was elected to the Global Taskforce for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032 (IDIL).
Vini Olsen-Reeder (Ngā Pōtiki a Tamapahore, Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Arawa) is a reo Māori lecturer at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, specialising in sociolinguistics and language revival. He was the first person to graduate at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University with a PhD written totally in te reo Māori. Vini is a second language learner of te reo Māori, having started his learning at university in 2008. Since then, the Māori language and its revitalisation have become his passion and main subject of research. His doctoral research investigated the effectiveness of bilingualism as a theoretical approach to revitalisation. Vini was a Research Assistant for Te Kura Roa, and helped to examine the community value of te reo Māori and evaluate state responsiveness towards the Māori language. He co-edited, with Jessica Hutchings and Rawinia Higgins, the book, Te Ahu o te reo Māori: Understanding the well-being of te reo Māori in Aotearoa (2017). He is also a published historical fiction and fiction author, poet, songwriter and translator.