• 22MR12

    Matakitenga project

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    Pae Auaha
    Pātai Te Ao Māori

    This research project explores the utilisation of sonic mapping and LiDar scanning of Motiti marae and Tapuiwahine A12 landblocks, located 7 km south-west of Te Kūiti, on Mangatea Road. The principal hapū associated with Mōtiti marae are Ngāti Te Puta-i-te-muri, Ngāti Tauhunu, Ngāti Urunumia and Ngāti Kinohaku.The wharepuni are named Ko Te Hunga-iti and Te Hāpainga. The marae connects ancestrally to the Tainui waka, the maunga Kakepuku and Pirongia, the awa Mangapū and the tribal collective of Ngāti Maniapoto.

    Dr Maree Sheehan
    Dr Valance Smith
    Associate Professor Maui Hudson
    Dr Claudio Aguayo
  • 22MR18

    Matakitenga project

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    Pae Tawhiti
    Pātai Mauri

    Our tūpuna were experts in reading tohu o te taiao to live more attuned with the environment and gather kai at the optimal times. Their understanding of their own local taiao is recorded and woven throughout kōrero tuku iho. The maramataka is an example of kōrero tuku iho which provides a uniquely Māori way to record, organise and understand ngā tohu o te taiao.

    Dr Isaac Warbrick
    Dr Valance Smith
    Rereata Makiha
    Allah Williams
    Pairama Wood
  • 22MR14

    Matakitenga project

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    Rautaki Kounga
    Pātai Te Ao Māori

    This research is at the cutting-edge of expanding legal research theory, methodology and legal knowledge in the development of a bijural legal system in Aotearoa New Zealand. In 2021, Te Kōti Whenua Māori initiated a new tikanga-based dispute resolution process, in response to amendments to the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.

    Metiria Stanton Turei
  • 21-24RP03

    Matakitenga project Research Programme

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    Pae Ahurei
    Pae Ora
    Pae Tawhiti
    Pātai Mauri

    This research programme will examine how we might envision an approach to placemaking that would result in outcomes that facilitate the expression of mātauranga Māori, tikanga, whānaungatanga and orangatanga in urban areas. The programme will do this by examining concrete innovations through a series of case studies. These examples will demonstrate the optimism that transformative urban activity brings in terms of the potential to redress the struggles of the past (Awatere et al. 2008; Harmsworth 2004).

    Professor Michelle Thompson Fawcett
    Dr Crystal Olin
    Dr James Berghan
    Dr Robin Quill
    Dr Louise Marsh
    Dr Rebecca Kiddle
    Kiri Waldergrave
    Wendy Moore
    Dr Jeanette Wikaira
  • 22MR17

    Matakitenga project

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    Pae Ora
    Pātai Te Ao Māori

    This project forms the first phase of a broader initiative to create guidelines to help direct Rainbow Organisations (RO) in ensuring their work is successful in supporting the long-term flourishing of rangatahi takatāpui. 

    Dr Rāwiri Tinirau
    Dr Clive Aspin
    Morgan Tupaea
    Logan Hamly
    Cinnamon Lindsay Latimer
    Donna Tuwhangai
  • 22PHD07

    Doctoral Thesis

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    Pae Tawhiti
    Pātai Te Ao Māori

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

    Primary Supervisor(s): Professor Chellie Spiller

  • Full project

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    Tangi is the ultimate form of Māori cultural and community expression. Addressing the dearth of scholarly information, this study considers tangi practice, whakapapa, changing environments, community values, sharing knowledge, ritual and what it means to be Māori.

    Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora FRSNZ, HFNZPS
  • 21-24RP01

    Full project Matakitenga project Research Programme

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    Pae Ora
    Pae Tawhiti
    Pātai Mauri
    Pātai Whānau

    Lead Researcher: Professor Chellie Spiller (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa) University of Waikato

    Research Team:

    Professor Jarrod Haar (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngaati Mahuta) AUT University

    Dr John Reid (Ngāti Pikiao, Tainui) University of Canterbury

    Dr Jason Mika (Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Kahungunu) University of Waikato

    Dr Matthew Rout, University of Canterbury

    Professor Chellie Spiller
    Professor Jarrod Haar
    Dr John Reid
    Dr Jason Mika
    Dr Matthew Rout
    Ngā Pae report 30 June 2022 FINAL.pdf
  • 21-24RP02

    Matakitenga project Research Programme

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    Pae Ahurei
    Pae Ora
    Pātai Puāwai
    Pātai Whānau

    While the terms racism and equity are increasingly commonly used, action that meaningfully addresses racism and eliminates inequities is less common. This programme seeks to uncover how commitments to equity and ending racism are undermined, ‘non-performative’ or symbolic only, and how they may need to be reconfigured in the context of Aotearoa to align with rangatiratanga. Understandings of racism and (in)equity are strongly shaped by contextual factors and dominant, frequently changing discourses.

    Associate Professor Donna Cormack
    Dr Sara-Jane Paine
    Professor Papaarangi Reid
    Associate Professor Ricci Harris
    Dr Arama Rata
    Hana Burgess
  • 22MR10

    Matakitenga project

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    Currently, the New Zealand Education system is failing Māori in almost every measure of educational progression. A significant part of the problem is the lack of cultural competence of the non-Māori majority teacher workforce. Given the projections of increasing Māori and Pacifica student populations, there is a compelling need to address the paucity of resources to assist well-meaning teachers to develop cultural competence in te reo and tikanga Māori.

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