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It is with pleasure that we announce Hon Dr Pita R Sharples (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngai te Kikiri o te Rangi, Ngāti Pahauwera) as the new Patron of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM).



Throughout Dr Sharples career he has been at the forefront of Māori development, education and research. As we all know, he has recently finished his term as Minister of Māori Affairs, and NPM is delighted to be able to draw on his wisdom and long career of service to Māori and indigenous peoples.

One of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s (NPM) key research priorities is ‘Optimising Māori Economic Performance’, and NPM is pleased to announce four new research projects to address this research priority. Each project is focused on delivering outcomes that create positive impacts, enhancing the Māori economy and communities as a consequence.

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) - New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence – recently received a report commissioned from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) to assess the economic, social and other impacts of its research.

A summary of key findings from this research impact evaluation are:

The final programme for the 2014 International Indigenous Development Research Conference has been released.



This full programme includes the confirmed keynote speakers and all the presentations that will be held throughout the four days of the conference, which runs from Tuesday 25th November through to Friday 28th November.

Massey University's Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards have been held annually since 2009 to formally recognise Māori literature.

This year 16 books are finalists in the arts, biography and history, fiction, non-fiction, and te reo Māori categories and two of these books have ties to Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.

The Native Planet documentary series tells stories of the unique spiritual connection First Peoples have with mother earth and their passion to defend it - and this past month they started screening the first season of this series in Canada.

Ten NPM Research Internship projects have recently been confirmed for the 2014-2015 summer, and student internship applications can be now be made.

The following projects have been selected:

Kia ora koutou,

On Sunday 14th September & Monday 16th September, the symposium - Whakarongo ki a Tangaroa - He Tohu! - centred around the 2011 Rena disaster is running at Ōtamarākau Marae in the Bay of Plenty, bringing research from the 'ivory towers' back to the pa and home communities.