Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is Aotearoa's only Māori Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE). Funded by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) and hosted by Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland, NPM has 21 partner research entities and a national network of Māori researchers spanning all major disciplinary fields. Our research is driven by our vision of creating the foundations for flourishing Māori futures and bringing about transformative change for our communities, our environs and Aotearoa. NPM is an important vehicle by which Aotearoa continues to be a key player in global Indigenous research and affairs

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Each month we feature one of our NPM lead researchers. This month our kōrero is with Dr Ani Kainamu. Ani is the Kaihautū Māori Research Impact Leader at Bioeconomy Science Institute (BSI).

Amelia Blundell undertakes a PhD study on how people relate to kūmara across time, place and cultures.

A Māori sci-fi fantasy video game is in development and NPM researcher Hine-Kaunuku (Morgana) Watson says it's been a long time coming.

Open

25 May 2026 - 19 Jun 2026

CALL FOR INTERNSHIP PROJECT PROPOSALS FROM SUPERVISING NPM RESEARCHERS

Project applications open 25 May 2026

Open

15 Jul 2026 - 01 Aug 2026

The Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award is for a promising New Zealand Māori graduate student to undertake post-graduate study or research at a US institution in the field of Indigenous development.

kanapu

Kanapu is a NPM initiative that was designed 'by Māori, for Māori' to ignite Māori talent and leadership in research, science and innovation (RSI) spaces. Kanapu means lightning. It sets the scene to strike at the obstacles that block Māori pathways and transform how Māori collaboratively engage through connecting Māori to Māori, retaining kaimahi and accelerating success. Haruru ana te ao – reverberation – is the consequence and transformation of the system-wide energy states across the RSI sector as Māori potential is enabled.

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