Internship Projects

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga as New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence develops and undertakes research addressing the needs and opportunities of Māori communities, iwi, hapū, and whānau. The outcomes of this research can be specific and localised positive impact or more general and national and contribute internationally to Māori and/or Indigenous aspirations.

A number of NPM research and other project outcomes and impacts are outlined in the case studies below.

  • The phonological skills of Māori speaking four year olds: a pilot study

    Project purpose: The project is a pilot for a larger project tracking phonological development (speech skills) in Māori for Māori speaking pre-school children. Although there is a substantial body of literature on how children develop speech sounds in English we know nothing about the developmental trajectory in Māori.

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    Education
    Health
    Te Reo
    Internship project

  • Whenua Ora-Tangata Ora

    Project purpose: Whariki Research Group is involved in collaborative, action-oriented research working with hapū and iwi in the field of Whenua Ora-Tangata Ora. One key project involves kaitiakitanga practices that are seeing improvements across a range of domains including the restoration of Lake Omapere and the Utakura Valley. The health, integrity and sustainability of ancestral lands, waters, forests, mahinga kai, wahi tapu and nohoanga are critical social and biophysical determinants of the health and wellbeing of Māori people and Māori communities.

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    Health
    Internship project