2022 Matakitenga Projects Funded

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga are thrilled to announce the successful recipients from the 2022 Matakitenga Funding Round. We received a number of high-quality proposals for funding, which were assessed by our Komiti Rangahau and approved by Te Poari o Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.  

NPM are excited to support the following research projects: 

Project Title: Te kōrero a te reporepo – Understanding the connection between tohu, te maramataka and the health of te taiao
Lead Researcher: Dr Isaac Warbrick (Ngāti Te Ata, Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāpuhi) Auckland University of Technology
Research Team:            

• Rereata Makiha (Te Mahurehure, Te Arawa) Independent researcher
• Dallas Williams (Te Mahurehure, Te Hikutu, Ngāti Kaharau, Ngāti Hau ki Hokianga, Te Patutoka - Ngāpuhi - Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whakaue - Te Arawa) Independent researcher
• Dr Valance Smith (Ngāpuhi, Waikato, Ngāti Haina, Ngāti Pākehā) Auckland University of Technology
• Aylah Williams (Te Mahurehure, Te Hikutu, Ngāti Kaharau, Ngāti Hau ki Hokianga, Te Patutoka - Ngāpuhi - Te Rarawa, Ngāti Pūkenga - Ngaati Mahuta - Ngāti Maniapoto) Independent Rangatahi researcher
• Pairama Woodbury (Ngāti Korokoro, Te Hikutu – Ngāpuhi) Independent Rangatahi researcher

Project Title: E rua ngaa marae, kotahi te iwi - Ngaati Koroki Kahukura
Lead Researcher: Associate Professor Linda Te Aho (Ngaati Koroki Kahukura, Ngaati Mahuta, Waikato) The University of Waikato
Research Team: 

• Rahui Papa (Ngaati Koroki Kahukura, Ngaati Mahuta, Waikato) The University of Waikato
• Karaitiana Tamatea (Ngaati Koroki Kahukura, Waikato, Te Aitanga ā Māhaki) The University of Waikato
• Hinerangi Kara (Ngaati Koroki Kahukura, Waikato) The University of Waikato

Project Title: The use of tikanga Māori law in Te Kōti Whenua Māori Land Court dispute resolution mediation service and the outcomes for Māori landowners.
Lead Researcher: Metiria Stanton Turei (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi, Te Ātiawa, Rangitāne) The University of Otago
Research Team: 

• Adrienne Paul (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe) The University of Canterbury

Project Title: The Hikairo series - Culturally responsive teaching in Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu
Lead Researcher: Dr Matiu Ratima (Whakatōhea, Ngāti Pūkeko) The University of Canterbury
Research Team: 

• Associate Professor Sonja Macfarlane (Ngāi Tahu) Massey University
• Jennifer Smith (Ngāti Whātua) The University of Canterbury
• Associate Professor Georgina Stewart. Auckland University of Technology 

Project Title: Kai Piro, Oranga Tangata: Māori Fermented Food and Derived Health Benefits to Māori
Lead Researcher: Associate Professor Te Kahautu Maxwell (Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tai, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Maniapoto, Tūhoe) The University of Waikato
Research Team: 

• Daniel Poihipi (Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Tūhoe) Te Runanga o Te Whānau-ā-Apanui

Project Title: Motiti Marae and Tapuiwahine A12 whenua landblocks: The unseen – Exploring the whenua through sonic mapping and LiDar scanning technologies
Lead Researcher: Dr Maree Sheehan (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whāoa, Ngāti Pākehā) Auckland University of Technology
Research Team: 

• Dr Valance Smith (Ngāpuhi, Waikato, Ngāti Haina, Ngāti Pākehā) Auckland University of Technology
• Associate Professor Māui Hudson (Te Whakatōhea, Ngāruahine, Te Mahurehure) The University of Waikato
• Dr Claudio Aguayo. Auckland University of Technology
• Jeremy Neilson. Recon-Advanced Lidar and Spatial scanning 
• Emiko Sheehan (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whāoa, Ngāti Pākehā, Hapanini) Toiere Productions Ltd
• Kamelia Te Amohanga (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whāoa) Advisor Motiti marae

Project Title: Examining the contribution of mātauranga Māori to climate health in Aotearoa
Lead Researcher: Dr Ken Taiapa (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) The University of Otago
Research Team: 

• Associate Professor Bridgette Masters-Awatere (Te Rarawa, Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau, Ngāi te Rāngi) The University of Waikato
• Associate Professor Rhys Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu) The University of Auckland
• Dr Christina Mckerchar (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou) The University of Otago
• Associate Professor Rhys Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu) The University of Auckland
• Summer Wright (Ngāti Maniapoto) Massey University

Project Title: Toiora, Hauora: Developing Māori arts-based pedagogy for whānau wellbeing
Lead Researcher: Dr Hinekura Smith (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) Unitec Institute of Technology
Research Team:

• Dr Donna Campbell (Ngāpuhi rāua ko Ngati Ruanui) The University of Waikato
• Dr Jani Wilson (Ngāti Awa, Ngāpuhi, Mātaatua) Massey University

Project Title: Tihei Mauriora, Tihei Mana Motuhake: Breathing mauri and mana motuhake into the lives of rangatahi Māori who offend, and their whānau, who have lived experience of trauma
Lead Researcher: Dr Tania Cliffe-Tautari (Te Arawa, Ngāi Tahu) The University of Auckland
Research Team: 

• Luke Fitzmaurice (Te Aupōuri) Victoria University of Wellington

Project Title: Combating bias in schools: A Kaupapa Māori study into students’ experiences of racism by Māori, with Māori, for the benefit of Māori
Lead Researcher: Dr Maia Hetaraka (Ngātiwai, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pāoa) The University of Auckland
Research Team: 

• Dr Jo Smith. The University of Auckland
• Dr Frauke Meyer. The University of Auckland
• Professor Christine Rubie-Davies. The University of Auckland
• Associate Professor Heather Came-Friar. The University of Auckland
• Justice-Te Amorangi Hetaraka (Ngātiwai, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāpuhi) The University of Auckland

Project Title: Whakamana: Empowering well-being for rangatahi takatāpui
Lead Researcher: Dr Rāwiri Tinirau (Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hāua, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngā Rauru Kītahi, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Wairiki-Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Tamakōpiri, Ngāti Whitikaupeka, Ngāti Maru) Te Atawhai o Te Ao
Research Team:

• Morgan Tupaea (Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Tiipa, Te Aitanga ā Māhaki) Te Atawhai o Te Ao
• Dr Clive Aspin (Ngāti Maru, Ngaati Whanaunga and Ngaati Tamaterā) Victoria University of Wellington
• Fern Smith (Ngāpuhi) The University of Auckland
• Logan Hamley (Ngāti Rangi, Whanganui) The University of Waikato
• Cinnamon Lindsay Latimer (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou) Hāpai te Hauora
• Donna Tuwhangai (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Hauaroa, Ngāti Rereahu) Taumarunui Kōkiri Trust