Dr Marion Johnson

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A former shepherd and farm manager, Dr Marion Johnson combines academic science and research with practical and traditional farm knowledge. Now a Senior Scientist at The Future Farming Centre, Lincoln Dr Johnson holds degrees in Agricultural Science, Environmental Biology and Veterinary Parasitology.

Her research interests encompass Te Rongoā (Māori traditional medicine) and how native medicinal plants can be incorporated on farm promoting animal health, biodiversity and ecosystem support. Other smaller projects include subclinical parasitism in red deer, the development of mixed pastures and leys incorporating native plants, ( Te Rongoa pastures: healthy animals, resilient farms) and multispecies pastures in cut and carry systems for dairy goats.

She is Principal Investigator on the NPM Project Indigenous Agroecology.

INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2018

13-16 November 2018 - Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland, Aotearoa - New Zealand

"INDIGENOUS FUTURES"

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Te Hononga Pūkenga

Te Hononga Pūkenga - ‘the connection of experts’, was created by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga to make Māori and Indigenous research expertise, location and contact information readily available, in response to the need for stronger engagement between Māori Researchers and Government, the wider public/private sector and to facilitate our communities to access us as Māori & Indigenous researchers. Visit site.

News & Events

2019 Summer Wānanga

From the 11th - 14th February more than 30 of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s senior researchers including our leadership team and new Board Chair, Kerensa Johnston, were based at Rānana (Ruakā) Marae on the Whanganui River, for our annual Principal Investigators Wānanga. For four days, we came together within the valley of the Te Awa Tupua o te Whanganui, the majestic river valley, deeply embedded in the living energy of the generous communities.

New Board Chair for Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is delighted to announce that Kerensa Johnston (Ngāti Tama, Ngāruahine, Te Atiawa, Ngāti Whāwhakia) has joined New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research Excellence as Board Chair in 2019.

Kerensa brings with her a wealth of experience in the corporate world as well as an academic rigour that will be essential in continuing to move NPM forward into an exciting and challenging future.

A New MAI Journal Coordinator

NPM has welcomed a new member of staff into our offices in 2019 - Carel Smith (Te Aitanga ā-Māhaki, Ngā Ariki Kaiputahi, Ngāi Tūhoe).

Carel is taking on the role of MAI Journal Coordinator and will be overseeing the production of articles submitted to MAI journal from submission through to publication.

New AlterNative Co-Editor

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is pleased to announce Dr Carwyn Jones (Victoria University of Wellington) as the new Co-Editor for AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples.

Rongoā Māori Research Project Presents Guidelines

On 11 December at the University of Auckland, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga – New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence and Whakauae Research for Māori Health & Development presented the results of the 2017 project - Cultural, Ethical, Research, Legal & Scientific (CERLS) Issues of Rongoā Māori Research. The output of this research project is a set of Rongoā Māori research guidelines.

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Dr Marion Johnson