• Introducing the new editors of MAI Journal
• The latest from our Te Kupenga o MAI programme
• Opportunities to travel to the US through our joint awards with Fulbright
• An update on our 2013 Horizons of Insight Seminar Series
• And as usual, another one of our excellent research projects is highlighted.

• Details of events with visiting Latin American scholar, Professor Arturo Arias
• Information about our 2013 Horizons of Insight Seminar Series
• A look at the latest issue of AlterNative
• An overview of grants and awards opportunities this year
• And as usual, some of our excellent research is highlighted.

• Photos and report from our Enhancing Māori Distinctiveness Symposium
• A look at our four new research projects announced in December
• Details about the latest issue of MAI Journal
• And we introduce this year’s Fulbright-NPM Scholar Award recipients.

• A full report on our International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2012
• A look at our new research projects announced at the Conference
• We introduce our two new Board members, Traci Houpapa and Associate Professor Pare Keiha
• And profile some of our Fulbright-NPM Graduate Award recipients.

Inside this issue: a full report on the Māori and Social Issues Colloquium; the latest updates on our upcoming International Indigenous Development Research Conference; and we look at two of our research projects: Exploring a Māori classificatory system of flora and fauna within Tainui waka; and Tetrodotoxin in kaimoana: science and mātauranga mitigating health risks from a lethal neurotoxin.

The latest quarterly issue includes, among other news: information about our upcoming International Indigenous Development Research Conference; a look at Dr Jason Turuwhenua’s research project Whatukura: A bioengineered model of the human eye; coverage of Wayuu language activist David Hernández Palmar’s visit to Auckland; and Whare Tapere 2012; details of our grants and awards available this year.

The latest edition of the Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga newsletter, which includes a closer look at Poia Rewi’s book Whaikōrero: The World of Māori Oratory, coverage of our research symposium on optimising Māori Economic Development and profiles of our latest Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga award recipients.

The latest news from Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, including our upcoming research symposium on optimising Māori Economic Development, and an announcement about our two research RFPs.
 

This issue, as well as updating you with the latest news and events from Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, contains a special feature on the Centre’s recent changes and the new look team.

The past few months has seen significant activity in the life of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. In late January, we completed and delivered to the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) a mid-term review statement concerning the future of NPM until 2014.