Our Research

NPM research solves real world challenges facing Māori. We do so in Māori-determined and inspired ways engendering sustainable relationships that grow the mana (respect and regard) and mauri (life essence) of the world we inhabit.

The excellence and expertise of the Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga researcher network is organised by four Te Ao Māori knowledge and excellence clusters or Pae. Pae are where our researchers rise with Te Ao Māori knowledge, tools and expertise to build a secure and prosperous future for Māori and Aotearoa New Zealand. Pae are purposefully expansive and inclusive, supporting transdisciplinary teams and approaches. Our 2021-2024 programme of work will look to the far future to assure flourishing Māori futures for generations to come. With Māori intended as the primary beneficiaries of our research, our programme will reinforce the firmly established foundations of mātauranga Māori through sound research attuned to the lived experience of Māori.

Four Pātai or critical systems-oriented questions generate transformative interventions and policy advice for stakeholders and next users. All of our research will contribute mātauranga-informed theories, models and evidenced solutions in response to our Pātai. Our Pātai serve to integrate and energise our programme and Pae to synthesize our research for next stage impact and outcomes.

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This internship project explored the intergenerational impacts of FASD on Indigenous whānau, hapū, iwi and hapori.

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This internship focused on decolonisation in the context of Aotearoa’s child protection system.

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This internship canvassed a localised Māori community’s response to severe weather events to highlight the implications for psychology.

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Rihipeti-Paerau Forbes, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

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Professor Tahu Kukutai, University of Waikato

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Shelby Rupa-Hayward, Ngāpuhi, University of Otago

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Dr Lisa Kremer, The University of Otago 

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Maioha Watson, Waikato, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Manawa, Te Whakatōhea, Te Āti Awa, The University of Otago

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Dr Erena Wikaire, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi

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This internship project examined the collision and contest of te ao Māori and the intellectual property system with respect to mātauranga Māori.

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This internship aim was to scope the possibilities hapū, iwi and Māori organisations have to exercise Māori data sovereignty over electoral roll data, collected compulsorily about Māori for the administration of the electoral rolls by the Electoral Commission.

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Nick Parata, University of Otago

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Dr Jeremy Hapeta, University of Otago

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This internship is about the kanakana/piharau/pouched lamprey, a struggling fish species in New Zealand due to decline in river water quality, industrialisation, and river alteration.

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Reese Clarke, Ngaati Maniapoto, University of Waikato

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Vasiti Palavi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kuia, and Dr Joshua Emmitt, Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

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Jack (Haki) Hamilton, University of Otago

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Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora, The University of Auckland

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Keely Ranga, University of Otago

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Dr Jade Tamatea, Waipapa Taumata Rau; The University of Auckland

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Punua Waitoki, University of Waikato

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Associate Professor Te Taka Keegan, University of Waikato

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Elena Kingham, University of Canterbury

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Adrienne Paul, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury

The internship is provided as part of the prestigious NPM Borrin Foundation Legal Research Internship award.

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This internship project focussed on analysing data to address two questions 1. How does trauma impact Māori youth who offend, and their whānau, and 2. how can their lived experiences and Māori approaches to Trauma Informed Care shape law and policy related to youth justice to foster whānau flourishing?

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Te Oranoa Matthews, The University of Auckland

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Kerri-Anne Hancock, Te Kāhui Raraunga

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Ngaronoa Kainamu-Davis, Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka

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Dr Joeliee Seed-Pihama, The University of Waikato

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This summer internship project researched how Auckland Museum could support Tiaki Taonga through museum practices, using Āta Tiaki Taonga Tuku Iho as an example framework.

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Te Huikau Rapaera Rata, Te Whare Wānanga ō Awanuiārangi

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Associate Professor Te Kahautu Maxwell, The University of Waikato

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