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.

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2019 Annual Report Demonstrates Considerable Contributions

NPM's 2019 Annual Report has been published and released to all our partners and network this past week.

Once again NPM demonstrates our considerable contribution to Māori scholarship, Māori communities, and the field and recognition of Indigenous research, as New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence.

Kaumātua Perspectives of Covid-19

Two engaging new videos have recently been uploaded to our Media Centre as part of NPM's Covid-19 programme of outreach into our research networks and wider communities.

As the country has adapted to the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the elderly were identified very early on as a vulnerable population of our whānau, hapū and iwi.

IIRC20 Abstract Submissions Now Open!

Join us online from 18-20 November for our first virtual "Gathering of Indigenous Minds". Be inspired by Indigenous researched solutions.

We now invite Indigenous researchers around the world to submit abstracts for consideration for inclusion in IIRC20.

A Gathering of Indigenous Minds!

NPM's biennial 2020 International Indigenous Research Conference (#IIRC20) is moving online!

From 18 - 20 November, we will host a virtual "Gathering of Indigenous Minds" from our base here at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Join us online for three days of live discussions. Be inspired by Indigenous researched solutions.

Professor Rangi Matamua wins Prime Minister's Prize

On Tuesday 30 June NPM Principal Investigator and University of Waikato academic Professor Rangi Matamua (Tūhoe) was awarded the top Science Communications Prize from the Royal Society Te Apārangi at the Prime Minister's Science Awards.

NPM congratulates Rangi on this outstanding achievement and award, recognising his excellence in research and science communications, engaging communities in mātauranga Māori, Māori research and insights.

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Dr Marion Johnson