International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2012
Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Registrations are now open for The International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand. Our conference will again be all-encompassing and multi-disciplinary, welcoming indigenous scholars from many different research fields and many nations to come together and share knowledge, develop ideas and create innovative approaches to research. Working together, we can connect over our horizons and create future opportunities for indigenous peoples worldwide.

Rūaumoko What Lies Beneath
Friday, 15 June 2012

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and GNS Science are delighted to present “Rūaumoko What Lies Beneath” a premier information sharing and networking platform for the amalgamation of Māori Knowledge, western sciences and research. Admission is free.

2012 Transit of Venus Forum
Tuesday, 05 June 2012

Join delegates from the science, business, iwi and government communities at the Transit of Venus Forum to hear some of New Zealand’s leading thinkers advance Sir Paul Callaghan’s vision for New Zealand – a place where talent wants to live – a community that is prosperous and inclusive. Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Professor Charles Royal is one of the speakers.

Horizons of Insight Seminar - May 2012
Wednesday, 30 May 2012

This seminar will discuss the methodologies, ethics, processes and procedures encountered in using new and emerging technologies to develop databases of Māori taonga in overseas museums, the digital repatriation of taonga and the creation of digital libraries of mātauranga Māori.
The speakers Arapata Hakiwai, Dr Wayne Ngata, Dr Hēmi Whaanga will focus on three Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga research projects that use technology to connect iwi, hapū and whānau with their taonga, history and mātauranga:

Horizons of Insight Seminar - April 2012
Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Māori researchers have created exciting ways to approach and carry out research over the past 25 years. Early new research methods were underpinned by Māori cosmology and mātauranga, and these approaches are still in use today. However, Māori researchers continue to redefine methodological spaces, and the overarching concept of mātauranga Māori is often supported by methods specific to hapū knowledge. Within this framework, researchers have developed approaches to work appropriately and engage effectively with Māori communities.