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Dr Paul Brown talks about his journey into academia developing efficient algorithms for high-quality data analysis.

The Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) Whakaaweawe Impact & Transformation Grants support Māori researchers employed at NPM partner entities to achieve research outcomes and enable knowledge sharing activities that strengthen connections and promote research uptake, impact, and transformation.

In this general issue, MAI Journal Volume 15, Issue 1 presents a wide collection of Indigenous research and scholarship that foregrounds Māori and Pacific perspectives on resilience, wellbeing, and self-determination. This issue features 15 articles, four commentaries, and a book review exploring kaupapa such as Māori economies and kai sovereignty, Indigenous research ethics, health and housing inequities, education, and justice. Contributions span topics from whakapapa-based economic frameworks and māra-centred urban planning, to rangatahi voices, Māori workforce experiences, and Pacific health and financial wellbeing.

A childhood visit to glow worm caves left researcher Aymee Lewis with an enduring curiosity about creatures that glow in the dark.

Manukura has been punching above its weight for over 20 years and now one of its own is digging into the reasons for its success.

Mahonri Owen (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) are part of the team at Te Kura Rau Mahara working to better connect the brain with prosthetic limbs.

We invite researchers based at a NPM partner entities to submit proposals to host and supervise an intern over the summer period.

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).