• Tūhoe Ngāti Awa Whakatōhea Ngāti Kahungunu
    Te Raupapa Waikato Management School & Te Kotahi Research Institute

    Jason is Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Kahungunu. He is an associate professor at Te Raupapa Waikato Management School and Te Kotahi Research Institute, University of Waikato, in Hamilton, New Zealand. Jason’s research, teaching, writing, and practice centres on Indigenous business philosophy in multiple sites, sectors, and scales, including Indigenous trade, tourism, agribusiness, and the marine economy. In 2015, Jason completed a PhD in Māori entrepreneurship at Massey University.

  • 22PHD15

    Doctoral Thesis

    Project commenced:
    Project completed
    Pae Tawhiti
    Pātai Te Ao Māori

    PhD Candidate: Kahurangi Rora Waititi (Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngai Tahu)

    Primary Supervisor(s): Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith

    This research looks at how mahinga toi as process, theory and output contribute to whānau, hapū and iwi oranga and mana motuhake. This is explored through my iwi of Te Whanau a Apanui who have a strong history of tribal storytellers, that have led to our contemporary kaitoi and kaitito. One of the primary questions was how does mahinga toi contribute to oranga of whānau, hapū and iwi?

  • 22PHD07

    Doctoral Thesis

    Project commenced:
    Project completed
    Pae Tawhiti
    Pātai Te Ao Māori

    PhD Candidate: Stacey Ruru (Ngāti Haua, Ngāti Raukawa)

    Primary Supervisor(s): Professor Chellie Spiller

    Throughout Aotearoa there are examples of wahine rangatira in business, non-government organisations and government organisations who contribute to their whānau, iwi and hapū in governance. This project will investigate the experiences and mentorship of wāhine rangatira in New Zealand governance. The aims of the project are twofold:

  • MAI ki Waikato

    Activities & Events

    • 2023 Feb 03 9:00 AM to 2023 Feb 06 5:00 PM

      Writing retreat (3 nights)

    • 2023 Jan 20 9:00 AM to 2023 Jan 23 5:00 PM

      Vaughan Park

    • 2022 Jul 08 10:00 AM to 2022 Jul 08 4:00 PM

      F2F & Online

       

      This blended online symposium is an opportunity to strengthen connections within your MAI site whānau and, together, to consider the wider impact and reach of our collective research to grow, nurture and support Indigenous research relations.

    • 2019 Nov 14 9:00 AM to 2019 Nov 17 5:00 PM

      Puketeraki Marae, North Otago

      In mid November, 87 Māori doctoral students from a broad range of disciplines came together from all over Aotearoa, along with some international Indigenous PhD students, to share their research in a Māori supported way.
       

    • 2019 Nov 14 9:00 AM to 2019 Nov 17 5:00 PM

      Puketeraki Marae, North Otago

      Join us for the annual National MAI Doctoral Conference, which will be held at Puketeraki Marae, North Otago, 14 -17 November 2019.

      MAI ki Otago, together with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, looks forward to hosting Māori postgraduate students from all over Aotearoa New Zealand for this premiere Māori graduate event.

    MAI ki Waikato seeks to develop and nurture a diverse community of Māori and Indigenous scholars across all disciplines. MAI ki Waikato offers a stimulating and nurturing environment for both enrolled and prospective Māori And Indigenous doctoral students from any tertiary institution. We seek to provide vital opportunities for students to network with like-minded people across disciplines. The central values that MAI ki Waikato embrace are panekiritanga (academic excellence), whanaungatanga and manaakitanga. 

  • Waikato-Maniapoto Ngāti Porou Ngāti Whakaue
    Associate Dean Māori
    Division of Health, Engineering, Computing and Sciences

    Associate Professor Keegan is a trailblazing academic based in the Computer Science Department, University of Waikato and is the Associate Dean Māori for Te Wānanga Pūtaiao (Division of Health, Engineering, Computing and Sciences) with postgraduate degrees in computer engineering and te reo Māori. His research focuses on traditional navigation, Māori language technologies, Indigenous language interfaces, and use of te reo in a technological environment.

  • Ngāti Tiipā Ngāti Kinohaku Te Aupouri Ngāti Māhanga

    Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Co-Director Tahu Kukutai is Professor of Demography at Te Ngira: Institute for Population Research, The University of Waikato where she specialises in Māori and Indigenous demography and data sovereignty. Tahu is a founding member of the Māori Data Sovereignty Network Te Mana Raraunga and the Global Indigenous Data Alliance.

  • Internship project

    Project commenced:

    Intern: Te Okahurangi Ngahana-Hartley

    Supervisor: Drs Rangi Matamua and Hēmi Whaanga

    The University of Waikato

     

  • Internship project

    Project commenced:

    Intern: Kelly M. Klink

    Supervisor: Dr Nēpia Mahuika

    University of Waikato

    This research seeks to examine the intergenerational impacts that Christianity— and particularly Mormonism—have had on the Māori at Aotea (Great Barrier Island) from the 19th century to the present. The research draws from oral interviews with whanau and pakeke and probes the disruption of traditional belief systems and subsequent assimilation of the Māori of Aotea

  • Internship project

    Project commenced:

    Intern: Kendrex Kereopa-Woon

    Supervisor: Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki

    University of Waikato

  • Ngāti Pikiao Te Rarawa Ngaati Maahanga Ngāti Haupoto
    Lecturer
    Te Hautaki Waiora Faculty of Health, Sport and Human Performance

    Jordan started as a lecturer within Te Hautaki Waiora Faculty of Health, Sport and Human Performance at the University of Waikato in early 2018. Previously, he was a Māori Health Consultant based out of Whaingaroa/Raglan.

COPYRIGHT © 2021 NGĀ PAE O TE MĀRAMATANGA, A CENTRE OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND