Full project

Challenges and continuities: Unintended impacts of Te Reo Māori language revitalisation efforts

Te Reo me Ngā Tikanga Māori
Te Reo
Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki
Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora
Emeritus Professor Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
University of Waikato

We are now 30+ years on from when our children first had the opportunity to attend Kōhanga. They are a part of a fortunate generation, like those who will follow them. And so too are those that are following. But what of those older Māori, their parents and grandparents, some of who do speak te reo but many who do not? What challenges to tikanga, age related roles and relationships do these demographics present? Status, mana, roles, responsibilities, ritual duties and leadership are all age related concepts that, in the Māori world, assume a foundation of learning that leads to experience, competence and accumulated wisdom over time. 

Te Reo o te Pa Harakeke

Te Reo me Ngā Tikanga Māori
Te Reo
Professor Tania Ka'ai
Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

What strategies and resources are effective in establishing te reo Māori in the home to raise first language Māori-speaking children?

Te Awaroa – 1000 Rivers in a State of Ora by 2050

Te Tai Ao - Natural Environment
Dr Daniel Hikuroa
The University of Auckland

Across New Zealand, many rivers are unsafe parts of the ecosystem, with Kiwis seriously concerned about declining river health.

The ‘bottom line’ regulatory approach of the government's freshwater reforms requires coordinated commitment across river stakeholders. Despite the talent and commitment of existing groups, the current fragmented approaches are not achieving the scale and rapidity of change needed; it is not enough to rely on government.

The Intergenerational Reality for Māori Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME): Building resilience of Māori SMEs for the future

Whai Rawa - Māori Economies
Dr Diane Ruwhiu
Dr Shaun Awatere
University of Otago
Manaaki Whenua

The significance of this research project lies in its contribution to deeper understand what role Māori SMEs have as critical constituents of the Māori Economy. Recent years have seen attention paid to the merit of the Māori economy, based on the potential of an economy worth an estimated $42.6bn in 2013 (Nana, Khan, & Schulze, 2015).

Connections and Flows: Precarious Māori households in austere times

Mauri Ora - Human Flourishing
Dr Mohi Rua
Professor Darrin Hodgetts
University of Waikato
Massey University
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Te Arotahi - Expert Think Piece; Precariat Māori Households Today

In addition to public and scholarly deliberations regarding increased inequalities in society, this project responds to the continued socio-economic exclusion of many Māori households.

We draw on recent scholarship on the precariat as an emerging social class comprised of people experiencing unstable employment, unliveable incomes, inadequate state supports, marginalisation and stigma. Our focus is on the Māori precariat, whose rights are being eroded through punitive labour and welfare reforms.

While we document issues of employment, food, housing and cultural insecurities shaping precarious lives, we also develop a focus on household connections, practices and strengths. This focus is important because connections, practices and strengths can buffer whānau against adversity for a time, render aspects of their lives more liveable, and enable human flourishing.

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