New Zealand has seen a sharp increase in Extractive Industry (oil, gas and mining) projects in recent years, and the government has been strongly supportive of investment in this sector.

Some iwi and hapū have been engaged in high profile demonstrations against the industry ... but many Māori communities struggle to effectively engage with the industry, and in particular, point to inadequate consultation processes.

Donna DeGennaro, Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Massachusetts and founder of the non-profit Unlocking Silent Histories (USH) has recently been confirmed as a keynote speaker at this years NPM International Indigenous Research Conference.

Donna joins Professor Sir Mason Durie, Justice Joe Williams and Professor Kyle Powys Whyte ( Michigan State University) as one of a number of internationally recognised presenters at our November conference. 

Our congratulations go to Dr Kepa Morgan, NPM Principal Investigator from the University of Auckland who has been awarded the prestigious Furket Award from IPENZ (Engineers NZ) for technical excellence and innovation in the engineering field of sustainability and clean technology.

Kepa Morgan (Ngati Pikiao) has spent his career exploring the interface between Maori and engineering, with research interests that can be understood broadly as Indigenous engineering and technologies.

Traci Houpapa (Waikato Maniapoto, Taranaki, Tūwharetoa) has been awarded the 2016 Distinguished Alumni Service Award by Massey University, for her work in raising the profile of Māori agribusiness across the primary industry sector. She has been a member of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's Board for over 3 years, and is the Chair of Landcorp, the Chairperson of the Federation of Māori Authorities (FoMA), and a Tainui Executive Committee member.

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is pleased to announce a new programme of scholarships and grants totalling over $500,000 for 2016.

These grants provide resources and opportunities for Māori students to attain excellence in higher education, as well as deliver emerging and recognised researchers and scholars with the support they need to undertake, share and publish research that contributes to Māori and the nation as a whole.

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Ko Ranginui Walker terā.
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Tenei mātou o te Whare Wānanga O Tāmaki te tangi kau ake.
Haere, haere, haere ra.
 

A new 2015 documentary - He Mangōpare Amohia: Strategies for Māori Economic Development - has just been uploaded to our Media Centre. This film highlights the work conducted by Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, in partnership with Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa, four participating iwi – Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāpuhi – and with NPM - providing an insight into their work and findings.

On Wednesday 26th August and in the sixth of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s (NPM) Horizons of Insight Seminars for 2015, Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes from Massey University, will present a professorial lecture on Māori and Research Advancement and Managing with the Minimum.

Helen has been a leading researcher in the Academy for many years now and contrary to what many might like to think, she holds the view that Māori and research advancement is not a trajectory where one development builds on another.

Two new Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) grants have just been announced!

2015 - 2016 SUMMER INTERNSHIP GRANT

Applications have opened once again for NPM's annual Summer Research Internships.

This successful programme is designed for Māori or Indigenous students who are interested in pursuing a career in research.

Students work under the direction and guidance of a senior researcher and on an existing research project which is aligned to the research plan of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.