• Dr Pania Te Maro

    Ngāti Porou

    Ko Hikurangi te Maunga, Ko Waiapu te Awa, Ko Ngāti Porou te Iwi, Ko te Whānau a Pōkai te Hapū, Ko Te Kapa o Hinekōpeka te Tūrangawaewae, Ko Pōkai te Marae, Ko Pōhatu te Wharekai. Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā rā tātou katoa.

    My main accomplishments to-date are my five children and (so far) eight mokopuna.

    I am a senior lecturer/researcher in education with a main focus on mathematics education in relation to kaupapa and mātauranga Māori in kura. 

  • Kia Ārohi Kia Mārama - Scoping Excellence

    Project commenced:
    Project completed

    Aro ki te Wairua o te Hā – Wairua Approach to Birthing and Pregnancy

    What is the current state of knowledge on wairua, pregnancy and birthing, what are the key initia-tives and opportunities for collaborative research pro-jects, and who are the key stakeholders in this area?

  • Full project Kia Tō Kia Tipu - Seeding Excellence

    Project commenced:

    Harakeke for a Sustainable Future in Whakaki

    Is harakeke one key to a sustainable future for Aotearoa and, if it is, how do we utilise it to develop this sustainable future?

    Dr Simon Hills

  • Full project Kia Tō Kia Tipu - Seeding Excellence

    Project commenced:

    Genomics for Kaitiakitanga: Whakapapa and Sustainability of Ipipiri Brown kiwi

    How can local tangata whenua be empowered to make the best decisions for sustainable management of Northland’s brown kiwi, and how can the isolated kiwi populations from Ipipiri (Eastern Bay of Islands) be managed to maintain local whakapapa and reduce the negative impact of small population sizes and inbreeding?

    Dr Simon Hills

  • Dr Simon Hills

    Ngāti Porou

    The overarching theme of my research is understanding the composition, distribution and evolutionary history of New Zealand’s unique ecosystems. My primary focus is the rich, and largely endemic, marine mollusc fauna. However, I apply my broadly ranging expertise in genomics, ecology and evolutionary biology, to a diverse range of research topics involving New Zealand’s biodiversity, both native and exotic.

  • Full project Kia Tō Kia Tipu - Seeding Excellence

    Project commenced:

    Ahi Kouka i te Ata, He ai i te Pō – The Value of Kouka From a Māori Lens

    What mātauranga exists that can support our flora for their continued existence as taonga and how can Māori build their response capability to biological threats on taonga plant species?

  • Dr Matthew Roskruge

    Te Ātiawa Ngāti Tama

    Matthew Roskruge (Te Atiawa, Ngāti Tama) is codirector of Te Au Rangahau and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics and Finance. He has an academic background in health and population economics, and researchers broadly as an applied economist and social scientist. His current research projects include:

    • Māori economics & mixed-methods
    • Social capital and wellbeing research
    • Effective health systems and service delivery; Health Economics
    • Population, labour and regional economics

  • Full project Kia Ārohi Kia Mārama - Scoping Excellence

    Project commenced:

    Te Hononga: Modelling Indigenous Collaborative Enterprise

    What are the bases for Māori enterprise collaboration? How do Māori activate Indigenous entrepreneurial capabilities for collaboration and what forms do Māori enterprise collaborations take?

    Dr Matthew Roskruge

  • Dr Natasha Tassell-Matamua

    Te Ātiawa

    Natasha Tassell-Matamua is a senior lecturer in the School of Psychology at Massey University, where she teaches in the area of cultural psychology. Her research platform encompasses two primary threads: Indigenous Psychology with a focus on mātauranga Māori as it relates to: ethics, spirituality, well-being, and the environment - and also Exceptional Human Experiences with a particualr focus on near-death experiences [NDEs].

  • Internship project

    Project commenced:

    Te Kaahurewa: Drones in Māori environmental strategies

    Intern: Jovan Mokaraka-Harris

    Supervisor: Wendy Henwood

    SHORE & Whariki Reseach Centre

    College of Health, Massey University

    This summer internship project uses Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS – ‘drone’) technologies to record images within the Tapuwae block. The purpose of this research is to examine future possibilities of cultural mapping, observe environmental links and monitoring environmental change.

    Wendy Henwood
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