Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga | New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research Excellence

Ngā mihi mō te Kirihimete

Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa
Let us keep close together not far apart

We have reached the end of what has been an exciting, successful and busy year here at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) - New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research Excellence.

2016 Conference Keynote Videos Online

There were six national and international keynote presenters at the 2016 NPM 7th Biennial International Indigenous Research Conference and the videos of these presentations are published on NPM's Media Centre.

Please select the links below to the view the keynote talks by:

Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Ahunga Āta Whakarite - NPM Strategic Direction

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's Strategic Direction document outlines NPM's direction through to 2020.

Ko te Māori e arataki ana i a Aotearoa ki te ao kei mua

Our Matakitenga or Vision translates to 'Māori Leading New Zealand into the future' and our research realises Māori aspirations for positive engagement in national life and the future of the country.

Book casts new light on Treaty settlement process

A new book, written by a Victoria University of Wellington academic and supported by an NPM Publication Support Grant, argues that genuine and durable reconciliation can occur only when the importance of Māori legal traditions in the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process is recognised.

New Treaty, New Tradition—written by Dr Carwyn Jones, a senior lecturer in Victoria’s Faculty of Law and a leading academic in the area of Māori and indigenous peoples’ legal issues—will be launched at the Faculty of Law on Thursday 8 December.

NPM's New Māori Research - Seeding Excellence

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga – New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence (NPM) is currently seeding a suite of new projects that will deliver positive change through vital Māori research.

NPM recently supported its vast network of Māori researchers and scholars around the country in developing new projects that will produce important strategic outcomes for our communities and the nation.

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Te Hononga Pūkenga

Te Hononga Pūkenga - ‘the connection of experts’, was created by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga to make Māori and Indigenous research expertise, location and contact information readily available, in response to the need for stronger engagement between Māori Researchers and Government, the wider public/private sector and to facilitate our communities to access us as Māori & Indigenous researchers. Visit site.

Projects

The Cost of Doing Nothing - Health inequities between Māori and non-Māori Adults in New Zealand

Mauri Ora - Human Flourishing

Health

What is the cost of Māori health inequities in Aotearoa?

In New Zealand, the most compelling and consistent health inequalities occur between Māori and non-Māori. Although the cost of reducing inequalities is perceived as high, a recent study for Māori children showed that the economic cost of “doing nothing” is significant for New Zealand society highlighting the fact that such inequalities are preventable, unnecessary and a breach of human rights.

Mai i te Mahana ki te Apakura Makariri

Te Tai Ao - Natural Environment

Environment

What can be learnt and applied now from traditional knowledge and adaptation to future environmental and resource issues?

This project seeks to understand how quickly early Māori society changed from its initial wasteful use of environmental resources soon after the Polynesian migrations, to then live within its ecological means in the face of resource decline pressures. These pressures were largely caused by ongoing extinctions and depletion, compounded by adverse climate change during the period 1350-1900.

Ngā Ture o Te Tai Ao - New Laws for the Environment

Te Tai Ao - Natural Environment

Environment

How can New Zealand’s state legal system recalibrate to challenge the Crown’s assumption of sovereignty over lands and waters treasured by Māori?

Drawing on the research findings of the other Te Tai Ao foundational projects, this project will lead to new laws, policies, plans and models for government and iwi/Māori communities, and will enable Māori to reassert traditional knowledge in governing land, water and resources to better enable flourishing Māori health, wellbeing and prosperity.

Persisting Inequalities and the Potential for Intervention through “New” Governance Models

Whai Rawa - Māori Economies

Economic Development

What is the potential for new governing structures to intervene in persisting social, cultural, political and economic inequalities that disproportionately accrue to Māori?

The multiple accountabilities of Māori leaders to whānau and community members, beneficiaries and external stakeholders make Māori governance challenges unique. Māori entities are collective, ancestry based and do not have easy exit mechanisms for owners and so Māori governance poses complex challenges.

Promoting Effective Māori Leadership and Decision Making for Prosperous Economies of Wellbeing – Te Whakatairanga i te Ārahitanga Whai Hua me te Māori te Whakatau Kaupapa