• Raukawa Ngāti Ranginui Ngāti Maniapoto

    Jacinta Ruru is a Professor of Law at the University of Otago. Her research has focused on exploring Indigenous peoples' legal rights to own, manage and govern land and water including national parks and minerals in Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, United States, Australia and the Scandinavia countries.

  • 22PHD18

    Doctoral Thesis

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    Project completed
    Pae Auaha
    Pātai Whānau

    PhD Candidate: Ella Ruth Newbold (Waikato, Ngāti Porou)

    Primary Supervisor(s): Professor Tahu Kukutai

  • 22PHD11

    Doctoral Thesis

    Project commenced:
    Project completed
    Pae Tawhiti
    Pātai Mauri

    PhD Candidate: Ms Emily Bain (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Toarangatira)

    Primary Supervisor(s): Dr. Esther Willing

    It is well established that there are significant problems in Aotearoa New Zealand’s health and disability system, especially for Māori – largely due to the cultural differences between Māori and the biomedical system the New Zealand health system was modelled on.

  • 22PHD09

    Doctoral Thesis

    Project commenced:
    Project completed
    Pātai Te Ao Māori

    PhD Candidate: Mana Mitchell (Ngāti Maniapoto)

    Primary Supervisor(s): Dr Esther Willing

  • Ngāi Tūhoe Ngāti Kahungunu

    Mr Danny Poa is the Te Koronga Kaitiaki Kaupapa Manager at the University of Otago.

    Danny is also a member of the Coastal People: Southern Skies collaboration that connects communities with world-leading, cross-discipline research to rebuild coastal ecosystems.

  • Scoping project

    Project commenced:

    We have identified a set of questions relating to Māori restorative justice in the Aotearoa Justice system and its effectiveness for Māori:

    What are the barriers Māori face when they participate in restorative justice as it stands?
    What can we learn from the traditional ways of resolving conflict that could minimise these barriers?

    Danny Poa
    Dr Anne-Marie Jackson
  • Internship project

    Project commenced:

    This report has been prepared for Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga as part of the summer internship programme 2018-2019. This project is titled Tangaroa Ara Rau: Whānau connections and Water Safety with a purpose to understand unique whānau connections to water and its benefit for water safety.

    Throughout the summer of 2018 Terina Raureti (Ngāti Raukawa) was given the opportunity to work alongside the waka club Hauteruruku ki Puketeraki and their Tūmai Ora initiative which focused on engaging rangatahi with their pepeha through waka.

    Dr Anne-Marie Jackson
    NPM_ngaAkonga_RauretiJackson_18INT11 (002).pdf
  • Internship project

    Project commenced:

    This research report has been titled Rākau-nui as an acknowledgement to the full moon phase in the Maramataka (Māori lunar calendar). Rākau-nui also represents the collected journey to which this full report has been constructed from. The Maramataka is
    a repository of ancient and traditional knowledge orally handed down throughout the generations by our forebears to ensure the sustainability of a healthy environment and thus healthy people (Tawhai, 2013).

    The Maramataka is a system of phases which allow Māori to construct ways to interact with the environment.

    Dr Anne-Marie Jackson
    NPM_ngaAkonga_HanaraJackson_18INT01 (003).pdf
  • Full project

    Project commenced:

    What does tikanga Māori mean in today’s context; how is tikanga Māori understood and practiced within iwi, hapū, whānau, marae and more broadly in our everyday practices and national institutions; and how can key Māori principles and practices such as wānanga, kaitiakitanga, hakairo Māori, and wairua Māori more holistically drive research, professional and daily practice?

    Professor Poia Rewi
  • Full project

    Project commenced:

    What existing research, collation, archivingand disseminating of knowledge specific to te reo me ngā tikanga Māori has been done to date across Aotearoa New Zealand within Māori communities, government agencies, and research institutions’, what additional strategies can be used to further support the normalising of te reo me ngā tikanga in the modern world to create communities of practice; and how can iwi, hapū, whānau and marae be further empowered to advance te reo me ngā tikanga, including to share and communicate knowledge effectively with one another?

    Professor Poia Rewi

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