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Kaupapa · Projects 547
Kia tōnui te reo Māori: Prosperous whānau, prosperous reo Māori, examines the conditions that support the growth, use, and intergenerational transmission of te reo Māori across whānau and communities in Aotearoa. The project focuses on four interconnected areas: te reo o te kāinga-Māori language use in the home, the role of social and community…
Activating Māori Research Data Sovereignty in universities
Universities in Aotearoa hold a vast, largely unmapped, collection of Māori data. With that, these institutions are in positions of power to control the ways in which Māori data is collected, stored, accessed and used, often without meaningful involvement from Māori communities. Organised across three objectives, this project explores how Māori data…
Kairangahau · Researchers
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Dr Paul Brown
Dr Paul Brown
Ko Karioi tōku maungaKo Whāingaroa me Kāwhia ōku moanaKo Tainui tōku wakaKo Tainui me Ngāti Hikairo ōku iwiKei te noho au ki KirikiriroaKo Paul Brown tāku ingoaI am an early career researcher in Statistics, with research interests in computational Bayesian inference and statistical modelling. Currently, I am working on projects with police on a range of projects, including statistical modelling crime and crime patterns in Kirikiriroa (Hamilton). As the use of data and algorithms in society become more prevalent, it is important that we understand the benefits and pitfalls that this may cause… -
Dr Dion O’Neale
Dr Dion O’Neale
Dion O’Neale is a Principal Data Scientist at Nicholson Consulting. With a background in Mathematics and Physics, Dion is interested in all things network science-related. This has spanned from using networks for economic geography (to understand how scientific innovations cluster within regions leading to technological specialisation); archaeology (using networks of co-occurring obsidian artefacts to infer social networks in pre-European Aotearoa); through to behavioural ecology (using networks of species and traits to understand the mating systems of spiders). Much of his recent work has… -
Professor Te Taka Keegan
Professor Te Taka Keegan
Nō Waikato-Maniapoto, nō Ngāti Porou, nō Ngāti Whakaue hoki.Kei Ngāhinapōuri e noho ana, kei te pūtake o te maunga o Pirongia.Kua roa ia e mahi ana ki te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, me tana aro ki te whai huarahi mō te reo rangatira ki te ao hangarau.Te Taka received a Diploma in Computer Engineering from CIT (Wellington) in 1987. He spent six years working as a hardware engineer for Datacom and Digital before returning to the Waikato and Waikato University. He received a BA through the Te Tohu Paetahi stream (Māori immersion) and in 1996 was awarded an MA having completed a thesis on… -
Dr Daniel Wilson
Dr Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pikiao) is a lecturer in Computer Science at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. His teaching and research are in the areas of AI, Māori Data Sovereignty, Māori Algorithmic Sovereignty, and AI ethics. Daniel is a member of Te Pokapū in The Māori Data Sovereignty Network Te Mana Raraunga, Co-Director of the Centre of Machine Learning for Social Good, member of the Kāhui Māori for the AI Forum, treasurer of the AI Researchers Association, and an establishment member of the AI in Health Research Network. Daniel has a PhD in Philosophy and a Master of… -
Tracy Maniapoto
Tracy Maniapoto
Te Āti Haunui-a-PāpārangiNgāti TūwharetoaNgāti PorouNgāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa I draw inspiration for my designs from my love of weaving kete whakairo and kākahu, having learned with the Hetet School of Māori Art for a number of years.I also draw inspiration from te reo Māori, the Māori language. I did not grow up learning te reo and have struggled to reclaim this learning. As a full-time post-graduate student with Te Pūtahi-a-Toi, Massey University, I have been gifted the opportunity to engage with te reo through research. My doctoral research explores the revitalisation of te reo Māori in… -
Dr Maree Sheehan
Dr Maree Sheehan
As a researcher, educator, and composer, I have the privileged role of responding to the educational aspirations of many communities. My personal belief is that outstanding achievements are invariably the result of planned and sustained collaboration. This is especially true when the team has diverse skills and are kaupapa-driven, committed and hardworking, therefore I also acknowledge those who work with me. I especially have had the benefit of many mentors in my lifetime and want to acknowledge those who have supported me to be where I am today. Over the last 15 years, I have worked as a… -
Te Mihinga Komen
Te Mihinga Komen
Neke atu i te 25 tau kua whakaako a Te Mihinga i te reo Māori me ngōna tikanga, kōhungahunga mai, pakeke mai, puta i ngā tūmomo akomanga katoa. Hei tāna, “Ko tōku reo tōku oranga.” Kātahi anō ia ka wehe i tōna tūranga hei Pou Ārahi i academyEX ki te whai i tana tohu kairangi. I reira, i whakangungua e ia ngōna hoamahi me ngāna ākonga ki ngā tini āhuatanga o tōna ao Māori, arā, ko te reo Māori, tikanga, karakia, waiata, ngā āhuatanga o te Kaupapa Māori, hautūtanga Māori, mātauranga Māori me te whakaako i te tauira Māori i te kura. Nāna hoki i kōkiri Te Ara Kōtihi, te rautaki ako o te kamupene… -
Dr Kim Southey
Dr Kim Southey
Dr Kim Southey (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Koata) serves on the Rangahau team of Te Manawahoukura, based in Kirikiriroa. She is a Ngā Pūanga Pūtaiao Fellow, bringing a kaupapa-driven research programme grounded in mātauranga Māori and community-connected practice.Kim is a registered community psychologist with experience across government and Māori provider organisations. Her mahi has focused on advancing health equity through policy development and frontline roles grounded in Whānau Ora principles. She has led community and iwi-based research across a range of kaupapa, including child… -
Aamon Hāwea Apiata
Aamon Hāwea Apiata
Hāwea Apiata (Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Toarangatira) currently works as the Poukōkiri Mātauranga Toi based in Te Iho o Te Manawataki|Library. In this role he works across both the University’s art & taonga collections as well as the open research space (research dissemination & publishing).In his work in the arts space he curates exhibitions, advises on and contributes to the campus gallery’s exhibition program, and applies an Indigenous lens to collection care, management, and research alongside the Poutiaki Taonga and Kaitiaki Mātangireia.In the open research space, he supports…
Ngā whenu haumaru hei raranga: Social Wellbeing
Since the arrival of visitors to Aotearoa, Māori have always been quick to assess and adapt language, technology and information. Contemporary society brings new languages, technology and information instantly to our fingertips. New pressures and demands can be a consequence of readily accessible knowledge. For all its advances, there are also…
Kairangahau · Researchers
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Dr Pita King
Dr Pita King
Pita King is a Kaupapa Māori Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at Massey University. -
Dr. Moana Rarere
Dr. Moana Rarere
Moana Rarere (Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Tūhoe, Whakatōhea) is a demographer at Te Ngira Institute for Population Research at the University of Waikato. She studies how and why populations change over time — including births, migration, deaths, and the social, economic, and cultural factors shaping these processes.A key focus of Moana's work is understanding birth trends and patterns (fertility) - both national and Māori - and how social, cultural, and policy influences shape family/whānau formation over time.Her research is grounded in Kaupapa Māori approaches and centres on supporting… -
Dr Rewi Nankivell
Dr Rewi Nankivell
Rewi Nankivell is a lecturer in psychology at the University of Waikato. He contributes to the intersection between lecturing and Kaupapa Māori psychology, Indigenous development, and te reo Māori revitalisation. His contributions are supported by the practical application of his research, aiming to provide tangible benefits for Māori. Currently, Rewi is advancing his scholarship through a doctorate in education, complementing his background in educational leadership and management. His profile highlights a commitment to integrating mātauranga Māori with contemporary psychological research… -
Dr Eleanor Britain
Dr Eleanor Britain
Dr Eleanor (Elle) Brittain is Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa and Ngāti Rakaipaaka. She is a Senior Lecturer in Te Kura Hinengaro Tangata, School of Psychology, based on the Pukeahu, Wellington campus. She is also a Clinical Psychologist.Her research focuses on issues pertinent to Māori, including research projects that have explored Māori psychology and wellbeing. With experience in implementing methodologies grounded in the values of Kaupapa Māori research theory, her research practice is predominantly qualitative. Ultimately she sees her work as in service of communities in order to… -
Hans Tiakiwai
Hans Tiakiwai
Ko Hāmua, ko Ngāti Mura, ko Te Mahurehure ngā hapū. Ko Waikirikiri, ko Te Putere o Potaka, ko Te Rewarewa ngā marae. Ko Tūhoe te iwi. I have spent more than 30 years in Māori education as a teacher, Deputy Principal, and for over a decade as Tumuaki of Te Wharekura o Rūātoki, building a kura where tamariki, whānau, and staff felt safe, valued, and connected to who they are. Grounded in te reo Māori, tikanga, and mātauranga Māori, my leadership has always centred on one belief: when people feel seen, and their strengths are recognised, they are capable of extraordinary things. Along the way, I… -
Megan Fitzpatrick
Megan Fitzpatrick
Megan Fitzpatrick specialises in trade policy, with a strong focus on the agricultural sector. This comes from over 10 years of public sector experience working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministry for Primary Industries and at Capital & Coast District Health Board. She enjoys translating complex data into advice with real-world implications for New Zealanders. She brings a robust set of quantitative skills to NZIER, including Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling, Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) analysis, and cost-benefit evaluation. -
Professor Darrin Hodgetts
Professor Darrin Hodgetts
Darrin Hodgetts is a societal and community psychologist with interests in addressing issues of health, urban poverty, precarity, and homelessness. Darrin supervises masters and PHD candidates on a range of topics from experiences of traumatic occupations, to intermit partner violence, everyday cultural reproduction, pro-social behavior, migration and intergroup relations. He also has interests in theoretical and methodological concerns. Darrin is a societal and community psychologist with interests in addressing issues of health, urban poverty, precarity, and homelessness. Darrin supervises… -
Tiana Watkins
Tiana Watkins
I am a mokopuna, daughter, māmā, and nan from Tauranga Moana, where my tūpuna arrived on both the Mataatua and Takitimu waka. I whakapapa to Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga, and Ngāti Ranginui, and also to Ngāi Tahu (Kai Tahu).I am unapologetically Māori, guided by my whakapapa, grounded in my values, and committed to uplifting the wellbeing and wairua of our people. As Senior Manager for LifeKeepers, Aotearoa New Zealand’s national suicide prevention programme, I am honoured to lead kaupapa that centre whānau, connection, and collective strength across the motu.My journey began in Public…
He Mahinga-Ora ki te Tairāwhiti: 'Ki te whai-ao, ki te ao-mārama'
Project lead: Dr Mahonri Owen (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa), The University of Waikato | Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Additive manufacturing technology (3D printing) can be used to accelerate the design/development process, reduce material waste, minimise cost and create personalised solutions for challenges faced in industry. 3D printing is often used in…
He oranga whānau: mahi ngātahi whānau livelihoods within the context of work and Māori economies of wellbeing
This internship developed a visual identity for Te Ahunga atu ki ngā Ōanga Oranga Māori: Towards Māori Wellbeing Economies, bringing Māori wellbeing economies to life through design. The work supports whānau aspirations by communicating key research in ways grounded in Te Ao Māori.
Māori whānau mental health and addiction journeys
This internship contributed to a larger postdoctoral research fellowship project: a kaupapa Māori analysis of Māori experiences of cannabis and methamphetamine use.
ADHD in Australasia and the Pacific: A comprehensive literature review
This internship project, aimed to compile an extensive literature review on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with a focus on the Australasian and Pacific regions.
Whakamana: Empowering Well-being for Rangatahi Takatāpui – Weaving a Whāriki for Mana-Enhancing Engagement
This project aimed to redress the lack of culturally safe, gender-affirming, and inclusive support services available for rangatahi takatāpui and their whānau within the Te Ranga Tupua rohe.
Decolonising child protection in Aotearoa: What can be learned from First Nations internationally?
This internship focused on global efforts by First Nations and Indigenous peoples to decolonise and re-indigenise child protection systems.
Effects of historical trauma for Māori through their experiences of state welfare
This internship contributed to a broader research project exploring how experiences of state welfare have contributed to historical trauma for Māori.
The Trajectory of Tangonge
Tangonge is a hugely significant taonga, historically referred to as the Kaitaia Lintel or Kaitaia Carving. It is now understood to have been a waharoa (gateway) and is considered the earliest surviving Māori carving in the world — a source of great mana and identity for the iwi of Te Hiku o te Ika.
Kaitiaki pā harakeke for socio-environmental wellbeing
This internship project employed a tikanga-based and marae-based regenerative environmental approach, emphasising the reciprocal relationship between people and te taiao.
Scoping the mental health impacts of climate change on food sovereignty in Indigenous Peoples
This internship aimed to address the critical shortage of literature in this field by providing insight into the ways climate change has impacted the mental health of Indigenous Peoples.
Imagining honourable kawanatanga: Insights from Waitangi Tribunal reports
This project served as an introduction to the ongoing study Honourable Kāwanatanga: A Prerequisite for Constitutional Transformation. The overall study was designed to answer the following key questions: 1. What is honourable kāwanatanga? 2. How can third sector (and other) organisations strengthen and deepen their engagement with Te Tiriti?
Indigenous Visual Jurisprudence – developing a definition
The interns contributed to a research project exploring a new area of law, visual jurisprudence, which is a legal theory that considers how visual legal information affects people's perceptions of the law and its impact on them and their communities. The research focused on the aesthetic and moral implications of Indigenous peoples' visualisation of their…
Ko wai tō ingoa? Healing from language trauma by renaming and reclaiming ourselves using te reo Māori
This te reo Māori publication shares powerful naming narratives from reo champions who reclaim Māori names as part of their language journeys. Through these stories written entirely in te reo it celebrates identity, resistance, and reo revitalisation, and includes teaching resources for kura kaupapa and wharekura.
Wānanga Rau, Taumata Rau, Pukenga Rau
Project SummaryThis project, Wānanga Rau, Taumata Rau, Pukenga Rau, aims to provide an innovative conceptual toolkit and resources for the Māori Performing Arts community in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The resources will be collated in a series of publications, including one monograph manuscript and two to three short-form thought pieces on specific aspects of…
Ngā Pōito i te kupenga o Toi te Huatahi The Netfloats in the Ocean of Toi te Huatahi
Project SummaryThis creative-led project focuses on four sites: Poor Knights, Hen and Chicks, Little and Great Barrier Island. The islands’ isolation led to their designation as sanctuaries, a Western conservation approach that separates nature from humans. As a result the Crown took control of each site. This separation disconnected Ngātiwai from our lands…
Pukapuka Hanganga Reo Matatini: Ngā Kōrero o Te Aitanga a Mahaki Iwi
Pukapuka Hanganga Reo Matatini brings treasured pūrākau of Te Aitanga a Māhaki to life through structured literacy children’s books that support neurodiverse tamariki to learn te reo Māori while connecting with their whakapapa and iwi.
Reflecting on 50 Years of the Waitangi Tribunal
In 2025, the Waitangi Tribunal marks 50 years since its founding. This new collection, edited by Carwyn Jones and Maria Bargh, will bring together Māori scholars to reflect on the Tribunal’s impactful work across key issues like whenua, awa, taonga, and rangatiratanga. It will highlight the enduring significance of Tribunal findings for Māori communities…
He tumu herenga waka: Māori mothers navigating the never-ending beginnings of whakapapa
Project SummaryThe project builds on a case study, “Ko te whaea te takere o te waka: Māori mothers as navigators of change,” which examined Māori mothers as key change-makers for their whānau. The study produced a zine highlighting Māori participants’ stories of reclaiming mātauranga Māori for their tamariki/mokopuna. A key finding was the connection…
Toitū te Hakapupu: Restoration of the Pleasant River – a documentary journey
Project SummaryThis project is part of a ‘circular economy’ research project based on a Jobs for Nature’ [J4N] river restoration programme, Toitū te Hakapupu, being undertaken by Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki (Puketeraki) in East Otago. A CE aims to optimize circular material flows to reduce resource consumption and environmental impacts and is said to…
He Kahu Kōrero – Cloaks that speak
He Kahu Kōrero – Cloaks that Speak will be an accessible scholarly book celebrating the art of whatu kākahu and the transformative journeys of six Māori women and their whānau.
Tairāwhiti Waka, Tairāwhiti Tāngata: Exploring Tairāwhiti Voyaging Philosophies
Project SummaryThis project translates the findings of lead researcher Dr Ngahuia Mita’s doctoral research Tairāwhiti Waka, Tairāwhiti Tāngata; Examining Tairāwhiti Voyaging Philosophies into practical printed and digital resources, to be shared with tamariki, rangatahi and whānau across Te Tairāwhiti and Aotearoa. The research is important as it provides a…