Full project

What is the cost? Estimating the economic costs of Māori: non-Māori child health inequities in Aotearoa: a scoping study

Inequalities in child health between tamariki Māori and non-Māori are largely preventable and unnecessary. An example is rheumatic fever, where tamariki Māori are 30 times more likely to contract the disease than non-Māori.

Being ill as a child has a big impact on school attendance and outcomes, and it may cause lifelong disability or illness. There are high costs involved, both for the health system and for society.

Liberating Psychologies : Māori Moving Forward

The purpose of this proposal is for interns to: - experience the ethos of the Māori & Psychology Research Unit and a culture of research excellence; - enhance their knowledge of indigenous psychology; the process of indigenising psychology; and the task of energising an indigenous Māori psychology. - engage with the research cycle and be active in generating research ideas and proposals for funding. Interns will be located on campus at the Māori & Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato and will:

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Optimising the Māori in Māori Economic Development – How Māori values inform investment decisions for collective assets

Economic Development

Some economists argue for diversity in the way collective resources are managed rather than an unquestioning faith in leaving things to the market. We support this thinking and looked at how ethics and Māori knowledge can be used equally alongside economics in managing collective Māori assets.

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Whakatipu Rawa mā ngā uri Whakatipu: Makirikiri Aggregated Trust Case Study Report	1.34 MB

Kia areare ki ngā Reo o ngā Tīpuna

Te Reo

This research project’s origins date back 27 years when Dr Joe Te Rito helped establish local Māori radio station Radio Kahungunu at the Hawke’s Bay Polytechnic, Taradale. Joe saw how the dialect of his iwi Rongomaiwahine-Ngāti Kahungunu was diminishing in quality, in terms of grammatical and spoken fluency, with each generation. The station was to fill the gap for children who did not have Māori spoken in the home or role models to learn te reo from. While schools looked after education, the station wanted to bring the voices into the home.

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PIXEL conf 2010.pdf	11.73 MB
Pukapuka Kōrero Tahi; He Taonga Nō Te Pātaka Kōrero o Te Reo Irirangi o Kahungunu - download the resource book here	2.42 MB

Whaia te Mana Māori Whakahaere Tōtika ki Whai Rawa – In Pursuit of Māori Self-Determination and Good Governance for Wealth and Well-Being

Whai Rawa - Māori Economies

Economic Development

University of Waikato

How can 21st century Māori self-determination and self-governance jurisdiction aspirations best be supported in law to assist with meeting strategic Māori community economic objectives of wealth and well-being?

What legal solutions and models can better support multi-dimensional and intergenerational wealth and wellbeing for whānau, hapū and iwi as envisaged in the Treaty of Waitangi and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?

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.

News & Events

MAI Journal - Tē Whai Au i Te Tira Haere

Kia hiwa ra! Kia hiwa ra!

He karere puhoro noa tenei hei whakamarama atu i te pukapuka rataka 'MAI Journal' e haere ake nei, hei mea motuhake i titongia katoa mai e nga kairanghau Māori i to taua nei reo ano hoki me ona hua tipatere.

This issue is composed of nine articles, written by 14 outstanding Māori researchers, from across the country.

2018 Conference Abstract Submissions Open Now

Early-bird abstract submissions for this years International Indigenous Research Conference are now open!

NPM's 8th Biennial Conference - Indigenous Futures - is being held from the 13-16 November in Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland, and this year we have instigated an early-bird period for abstract submissions.

This will allow those who are already prepared to submit their abstracts for consideration, to gain early acceptance and entry into the 2018 event.

Kei Hea Koe Ināianei? Where are you now?

Tēnā koe, otirā, tēnā koutou katoa

He karanga tēnei ki ngā pia tini whāioio o Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, koutou kua papata ki ngā moka, ki ngā tōpito o te motu, nā reira tēnā koutou katoa. He inoi tēnei kia tauawhi mai i te kaupapa nei.

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) extends a warm greeting to the many tauira who have been part of the NPM experience over the years.

New Mauri Ora Co-Leader

Dr Mohi Rua, the Co-Director of the Maori & Psychology Research Unit at the University of Waikato has taken up the vacant role of co-leader of the Mauri Ora theme here at NPM, and joins Professor Papaarangi Reid in guiding and advancing this research theme over the coming years.

Mohi's work focuses on Maori, Community, Social and Indigenous Psychology and he has played a prominent role on numerous projects with NPM in recent years including as Co-Principal Investigator on the project; Aue Ha! Māori men’s relational health.

2018 Research Opportunities

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's 2018 Grants and Awards programme has been launched once again, and it is positioned to build capability and expand capacity across all of NPM's research platform areas.

Each of the opportunities below has a formal application process and assessment criteria - please check the grant or award's criteria and apply online.

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