He hui hei whiriwhiri i tā te Māori tino takoha ki Aotearoa

Kei te whakawhāiti ake etahi o te hunga whai-whakaaro hou mai i te ao mātauranga, te ao pakihi me te hapori, ki te whiriwhiri i te kaupapa whānui nei a “Enhancing Māori Distinctiveness – The Contribution and Opportunity: Ko tā te Māori ake takoha ki te ao” i tetahi hui wherawhera kaupapa hei tēnei marama nei. He mea whakahaere ngātahi te hui nei e Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga me te Te Arawa Research Hub – Te Arawa Tangata (arā, ko Te Pūmautanga o Te Arawa Charitable Trust me te Te Arawa Lakes Trust), ka tū nei a te 14 me te 15 o ngā rā o Whiringa-ā-Rangi ki Rotorua.

Symposium to address the Māori contribution to New Zealand

Thought leaders from academia, business and community will converge to discuss “Enhancing Māori Distinctiveness – The Contribution and Opportunity: Ko tā te Māori ake takoha ki te ao” at a research symposium this month. The event, co-hosted by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and Te Arawa Research Hub – Te Arawa Tangata (Te Pumautanga o Te Arawa Charitable Trust in association with Te Arawa Lakes Trust), will be held November 14th-15th in Rotorua.

International science experience for Māori students

Five Māori students got the chance of a lifetime when they attended the Asian Science Camp held in Jerusalem in August. The group selected to represent New Zealand were supported by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and the Maurice Wilkins Centre.

New Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Board Appointments

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is delighted to announce two new appointments to its Board – Traci Houpapa and Associate Professor Pare Keiha.

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

August 9 is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, run by the UN. This year's theme is "Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices" - we have a documentary on our Online Media Centre about Indigenous media in Venezuela People's Media Venezuela which looks at this issue.

Reversing the decline in speakers of te reo Māori

Understanding what helps people become active users of the Māori language could hold the key to reversing the decline in speaker numbers, says a Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga researcher. Associate Professor Rawinia Higgins from Victoria University's Te Kawa a Māui (School of Māori Studies) is co-leading a three-year research project to investigate how Māori language contributes to economic development, cultural identity and social cohesion.

Kia areare ki ngā reo o ngā tīpuna

Ko te tino whāinga o tēnei kaupapa, he whakapakari ake i ngā reo-ā-rohe o Rongomaiwahine rāua ko Ngāti Kahungunu, mā te whakamahi i ngā hopunga kōrero a Te Reo Irirangi o Ngāti Kahungunu. I tohua ake, ko ngā kuia nei, ko Apikara Rārere rāua ko Irirangi Robin, e kōrerorero ngātahi ana, hei āta-wānangatanga mā mātau. E 20 katoa ō rāua haora kōrero. Kua tuhituhi katoangia ā raua kōrero ki rō rorohiko, me ngā whakapākehatanga hoki ki te taha. Ko te tūmanako, ka whakairingia ngā tuhituhinga me ngā hopunga kōrero nei ki runga i te ipurangi.

Opinion Piece: Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

Māori language week is merely a momentary amorous comet of national indigeneity. Lustfully waited upon in anticipation, the senses of the de jure language heighten – hearts palpitate and juices begin to flow. Māori Language Week generates interest to seemingly euphoric proportions and, like 50 Shades of Grey, climaxes leaving the country, especially those charged with raising Māori language awareness, cerebrally and physically exhausted.

Māori student sees traditional sports as key to development

A physical education graduate with a passion for ngā taonga takaro (traditional Māori sports and recreation) has been awarded this year’s Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award, to examine the potential for improving indigenous health, wellbeing and development through sport. Renee Wikaire (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua) departs for the United States of America next month to complete a PhD in Education at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

NPM-Fulbright Māori scholars graduate from Harvard

Fellow Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) Graduate Award recipients Dan Bidois and Natalie Coates are among the newest Harvard University graduates. The award enabled the two Māori scholars to attend the prestigious US university, which they say was a life-changing experience.