Matakitenga project
24MR01
Pae Auaha
Pātai Puāwai Pātai Te Ao Māori Pātai Whānau
Project commenced:Project Summary
This project engages in research activities that prioritise the reclamation and communication of Māori knowledge systems (mātauranga tuku iho). The research team is building on project work already started in Te Tai Tokerau (Tiritiria: Understanding children as inherently and inherited-ly literate). Tiritiria is underpinned by the Mana Model (Webber & Macfarlane, 2020), whakataukī (Hetaraka et al., 2024) and Kaupapa Māori research methods.
Within this Tohunga Talks project we seek to highlight the potential of a Te Tai Tokerau centric digital space to support the ongoing development of Mana Ukaipō for students.
Key principles that inform this project are:
- to maintain and strengthen Te Tai Tokerau mātauranga tuku iho and research traditions;
- to foster Te Tai Tokerau connections;
- to promote a culture of whanaungatanga, tuakana/teina, and kotahitanga in order to better leverage our collective expertise; and
- to maintain and strengthen Te Tai Tokerau research traditions as they pertain to Te Tai Tokerau reo, tikanga, and education practices.
Leveraging off literature and existing datasets, the research team is working with kaumātua and tohunga within the Hihiaua community to collect kōrero tuku iho and mātauranga tuku iho for an educational digital platform. This project is co-designed with tohunga; however all content decisions sit with the tohunga themselves.
Research Question
How can digital narratives of tohunga be curated to nurture multiliteracies of ākonga?
Lead Researcher
Selena Meiklejohn-Whiu, Ngāti Raukawa, University of Auckland
Research Team
Professor Melinda Webber, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Whakaue, University of Auckland
Dr Maia Hetaraka, Ngāti Wai, Ngā Puhi, Ngai Tahu, University of Auckland
Associate Professor Rebecca Jesson, University of Auckland