Pae Auaha

Savannah’s research aims to compile mātauranga of whare tikanga (Māori building practises) to understand the processes and practices involved in customary whare Māori (Māori buildings) construction.

With Breakdancing set to become an Olympic sport at the Paris 2024 games, it is an opportune time to revisit what constitutes sport and movement in Aotearoa. Kapahaka offers the ideal environment for overall wellbeing and identity development to be nurtured in accordance with cultural norms, values, and beliefs.

The project will explore the research question: What would a kaupapa Māori based social media platform for Māori communities and whānau look and feel like?  The research will involve engaging with a specific Māori community through wānanga/whakawhiti kōrero in order to ascertain the key elements required to develop it into a more Māori-specific and -friendly platform. 

The aim of this project is to work alongside the Kauora kaupapa to create a data sovereignty policy and methodology for Ngāti Kapu to protect the mātauranga and reo that is collected whilst learning about kaupapa wai in Ōtaki.

This research project will create a Digital Data Dashboard that links land blocks and sites with tūpuna and hapū names for the uri of Turora.

The research project will analyse WIPO’s proposal to develop databases of indigenous knowledge and genetic resources through a case study on mātauranga Māori innovations in papakāinga and assessing findings about novel mātauranga vis-à-vis existing and proposed domestic and international laws regarding data in registries.