Dr Shaun Awatere

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Ngāti Porou

Manaaki Whenua

Theme Leader Whai Rawa - Māori Economies

Shaun Awatere (Ngāti Porou) is a resource economist for Landcare Research in Hamilton. He has been working to improve the incorporation of Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge and values) into local government planning by developing the systems and processes that will enable Māori values to be integrated into urban design and development.

INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2020

3-day Online International Conference

18-20 November 2020 - Tāmaki Makaurau (NZ time)

"Gathering of Indigenous Minds"

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Supporting our communities with mātauranga, science evidence and resources

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.

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NPM's Secure Future - CoRE Fund Success

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2020-2021 NPM Summer Internships Programme Open

Applications for NPM's Summer Internship Programme are open once again! 30 summer internship positions will be selected and confirmed from the 49 project proposals.

These are open for our tauira to apply, review the projects, then get your CV and application together and apply by 12 October!

In 2020 we are also including three special named inaugural internship awards. These scholarships honour three of our esteemed NPM scholars and their whānau.

Calls to Act and End Systematic Institutional Racism

Recent weeks have seen an increased focus on issues of inequality and racism in Aotearoa's educational system, particularly within its tertiary sector. NPM is sharing recent open letters regarding action called for by many Māori and Indigenous academic colleagues internationally.

Endeavour Fund Success

NPM Researchers have this week been celebrating successful proposals in the 2020 round of the Endeavour Fund, which plays a unique role in the science system through an open, contestable process with a focus on both research excellence and a broad range of impacts.

The fund encourages researchers to sample a diverse range of ideas and conduct excellent research, with transformational potential and seeks to deliver impacts across a range of economic, environmental and societal objectives, and give effect to Vision Mātauranga.

Making Te Reo Māori Cool

In Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, one of NPM Principal Researchers in Te Reo me ngā Tikanga Māori, Dr Rachael Ka'ai-Mahuta of Te Ipukarea, published an article in The Conversation highlighting her current NPM research and Making te reo Māori cool: what language revitalisation could learn from the Korean Wave – check out this article here in both te reo Māori and

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Dr Shaun Awatere

Dr Shaun Awatere

Shaun Awatere web.jpg

NPM's Secure Future - CoRE Fund Success

2020-2021 NPM Summer Internships Programme Open

Calls to Act and End Systematic Institutional Racism

Endeavour Fund Success

Making Te Reo Māori Cool