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Research Overview

Rangahau o NPM 

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 Matakitenga research framework 

The expertise of the Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga researcher network is organised by four Te Ao Māori knowledge and excellence clusters or Pae: Pae Ahurei (Living Uniquely), Pae Tawhiti (Living Lightly), Pae Ora (Living Well), Pae Auaha (Living Smartly).

Four Pātai or critical systems-oriented questions generate transformative interventions and policy advice for stakeholders and next users. Their integration in our Matakitenga Research Framework articulates our research funding and reinforces the foundations of mātauranga Māori through sound research attuned to the lived experience of Māori:

  • Pātai Te Ao Māori - How can te reo, tikanga and mātauranga continue to inform our futures?
  • Pātai Whānau - How can whānau wellbeing be realised in everyday life? 
  • Pātai Mauri - How can mātauranga inform and drive sustainable and just societal practices? 
  • Pātai Puāwai - How can research be used transformatively to accelerate the achievement of flourishing Māori futures?

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  • Te Kokonga Ngākau – mō wai te mātauranga?

    This project examined Māori resilience, with particular reference to Māori systems of assessment and management of issues pertaining to mental health and wellbeing.

    Project commenced:
    Health

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  • Construction Workshops with Uku

    This research project developed from a need to solve a problem for Māori: to find a more cost-efficient, sustainable building technology than timber for papakāinga housing.

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  • Eugenics, Race ideologies and Biotechnology in Aotearoa: a Scoping Study

    Scoping project

    This research project examined the extent to which eugenics and race theories as discourses promoted certain forms of relationships that played a key role in defining social structures for both Māori and Pākehā.

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  • Ko te huarahi ki mua: Roads for change

    This project sought to identify and assess the damage done to Papatūānuku (Mother Earth) by chemical contamination from road construction in the Auckland metropolitan area, and to consider ways in which she may be healed. The research team built collaborations between Ngāti Whātua, Manaaki Whenua and key stakeholder organisations such as Transit New Zealand to help identify the major environmental issues for Ngāti Whātua regarding chemical contamination from roads and to reach a consensus on appropriate methods for measuring the state of the environment. 

     

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    Environment Health

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  • Science, Mātauranga Māori and Schools

    This project examined current practices for measuring Māori participation and achievement in science and mathematics, investigated student experiences of science and mathematics in English medium and Māori medium schools and investigated the views of whānau, parents, caregivers and teachers of Māori students regarding science and mathematics education.

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    Education

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  • Social Change in Eastern Bay of Plenty: Outcomes of the Forestry Industry on Māori Communities

    Scoping project

    The objectives of this research were twofold: first, to assess the societal impacts of the forestry industry on the wider Māori community as a result of the presence of the Whakatāne Board Mill and the Kawerau Norske Skog Tasman Mill in the Bay of Plenty region and second, to examine; (i) the extent to which employment at the mills has provided social, economic, educational and health gains and

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    Health Economic Development

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