Victoria University of Wellington

Dr Ocean Mercier

Ngāti Porou
Senior Lecturer
Victoria University of Wellington
NPM Research Leadership Team, Theme Leader Te Tai Ao - Natural Environment

Ocean’s teaching and research interests are varied, but her key focus is how mātauranga Māori and science connect and relate, particularly in educational contexts and using novel digital technologies. She co-leads a National Science Challenge project investigating the perceptions of novel biotechnological controls of pest wasps in Aotearoa. Her research also involves kaupapa Māori reading of films. She is the presenter of Māori Television's Project Mātauranga and presents for TVNZ’s Coast.

Te ruru a Te Ihonga: Threshold concepts in Māori studies

Mauri Ora - Human Flourishing
Education
Dr Meegan Hall
Victoria University of Wellington

What are the threshold concepts for undergraduate study in the field of Māori studies?

How can the identification of Māori studies’ threshold concepts be used to support teaching and student achievement in Māori studies programmes?

According to Māori oral tradition, Te Ihonga was a demi-god who could tie intricate knots. The resulting entanglements became known as ‘te ruru a Te Ihonga’ (the ties of Te Ihonga) (Mead and Grove 2001:206). They were regarded as so complicated and secure that only people who knew Te Ihonga’s secret were thought to be able to untie them.

He Pounga: the Māori Jurisprudence Project (Stage 1)

Te Reo me Ngā Tikanga Māori
Te Reo
Māmari Stephens
Victoria University of Wellington

This research seeks to investigate Māori jurisprudence. Māori jurisprudence, broadly speaking, comprises a set of tikanga and how those tikanga are used in everyday life to make decisions that affect Māori communities. For this research we wish to focus specifically on the most important institution of Māori decision-making: the hui.

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