Te Kaahurewa: Drones in Māori environmental strategies

Te Tai Ao - Natural Environment

Environment

Year Project Commenced :

2016

Internship project

Massey University

Intern: Jovan Mokaraka-Harris

Supervisor: Wendy Henwood

SHORE & Whariki Reseach Centre

College of Health, Massey University

This summer internship project uses Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS – ‘drone’) technologies to record images within the Tapuwae block. The purpose of this research is to examine future possibilities of cultural mapping, observe environmental links and monitoring environmental change.

SAVE THE DATE: INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2020

16-20 November 2020 - 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 Seed and Scope Research Opportunities

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is seeking to develop new seed and scope research projects for 2019-2020 that align with our ongoing research themes and focus and contribute to our outcomes and vision.

Hine Kahukura Research Award Opens

The NPM-New Horizons for Womens Trust Hine Kahukura Research Award is a partnership between Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) and New Horizons for Women Trust (NHWT) and is for Wāhine Māori researchers.

This one off award of $10,000 aims to support research that benefits Māori women, girls and/or whānau in Aotearoa New Zealand and is made annually to assist in research and/or living expenses while conducting your research.

Eligibility criteria

Before you apply please ensure you meet ALL the following eligibility criteria:

Seeking Pathways to Mauri Ora

Neihana Matamua (Massey University) recently completed his summer internship working on the project Seeking pathways to mauri ora for tāngata Māori with long-term conditions.

In this project he was focusing on the first stage of a wider project (also funded by NPM), arranging and participating in the intimate interview process, which looked into the experiences of Māori living with long-term health conditions (LTHC).

NPM-Borrin Foundation 2019 Summer Intern

Te Kooanga Uetuhiao Te Owai Awatere-Reedy (Victoria University of Wellington) - has been working as an NPM and Borrin Foundation Intern on the project Te Akinga: a Māori law treatise.

With supervision provided by Dr Carwyn Jones, Te Kooanga has been conducting research that will help to frame the development of tikanga Māori within the practice of law in Aotearoa New Zealand.

MAI Journal Special Issue - Call For Papers

I tēnei tau 2019 kua tukua mai e Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga, he taumata o MAI Pitopito Kōrero (MAI Journal) kia whakaaratia mai e ngā kaituhi reo a rātou pūkenga rangahau tuhituhi ki roto i tō tātou reo rangatira. He taumata hohonu, ātaahua tēnei kia whakaaratia te kounga o te reo rangahau haepapa matatau. Ko te kōmata taketake mō āu nei kaupapa rangahau kia tuhia mai ki roto i te reo. Ko ō whakaaro, tikanga, tūmanako, nawe, hītoria, korero tuku iho, kaupapa rangahau mātauranga taketake, mātauranga hou rānei, whakawhiti kōrero pono tuhia mai.

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