• Tūhoe Ngāti Ranginui

    Fiona is Chairperson of Te Puna Ora o Mataatua and Med Central (Whakatāne medical practice) and is also an executive director at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. Her research interests are focused on Māori health outcomes and economic initiatives.

  • Full project

    Project commenced:

    The theory of value research platform is concerned with considering:

    • How can the values that drive the Māori economy be understood and articulated within a theoretical context?
    • How can the values that drive the Māori economy be utilised by Māori communities to enhance wellbeing?

    The theory of value platform project seeks to build on research conducted by the Whai Rawa theme in the areas of Indigenous economics and entrepreneurship and Māori enterprise. Māori values research has indicated that they go beyond Māori business and entrepreneurship.

  • Full project

    Project commenced:

    In this platform research, our focus makes the distinction between ‘kai’ as a culturally defined Māori notion and western interpretations of ‘food’. “He moumou kai, he moumou tāngata” describes a state where our existence and futures as healthy Māori people (Mauri Ora: Human Flourishing) are put at risk because our kai sources (Te Tai Ao: The Natural Environment), including access to kai, growing kai, preparing kai, the lore/law pertaining to kai, and control of kai systems (Whai Rawa: Māori Economies) is diminishing.  Without kai or wai the people will perish! 

  • Full project

    Project commenced:

    The overarching research platform questions include:

  • Full project Kia Ārohi Kia Mārama - Scoping Excellence

    Project commenced:

    What current methods do Māori (particularly those on low incomes and/or living in conditions of poverty) use to manage money?

    What financial products and services are likely to be effective for Māori and how might these be successfully implemented?

    What support can Māori organisations (including iwi) and the government provide to increase whānau financial literacy and savings?

    Poverty within Māori communities is perpetuated by low incomes, poor financial literacy and a lack of whānau role models who encourage saving. For change to occur, financial education, collaborative community efforts and radical behavioural shifts are required.

  • Full project Kia Ārohi Kia Mārama - Scoping Excellence

    Project commenced:

    This project explores the role that enterprise plays in indigenous self-determination. In New Zealand, we have chosen to examine Māori business networks (MBNs), which we argue are a manifestation of this struggle, but suffer from the absence of a sustainable business model. Our research question is, 'what is the role of Māori business networks in Māori self-determination and sustainable economic development'?

  • Full project

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    How can 21st century Māori self-determination and self-governance jurisdiction aspirations best be supported in law to assist with meeting strategic Māori community economic objectives of wealth and well-being?

    What legal solutions and models can better support multi-dimensional and intergenerational wealth and wellbeing for whānau, hapū and iwi as envisaged in the Treaty of Waitangi and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?

  • Internship project

    Project commenced:

    The purpose of this internship project is to further the operationalising of Indigenous Data Sovereignty principles by identifying tikanga that could inform practical data governance mechanisms.

    We will use kaupapa Māori as the theoretical framework to address the following research questions:
    1. What concepts shape Māori views on the governance of data?
    2. What customary practices could inform Māori approaches to the governance of data?

    Intern - Tumanako Silveira
    Ngati Whakaue, Ngati Raukawa, Pare Hauraki
    University of Waikato

    Supervisor - Associate Professor Maui Hudson

    University of Waikato

  • Internship project

    Project commenced:

    This summer intern research project explores from the perspective of Māori women, their understanding of the ‘Māori economy’ and the roles they have in developing intergenerational growth within the Small-to-medium sized sector.
    Women have a vast and positive impact on the economy. Key research already undertaken through the Māori SME whai rawa project (The intergenerational reality of Māori SMEs) has identified that the Māori economy is made up from increasingly diverse socio-economic structures. Within those are a number of ways that individuals contribute and participate within the economic frameworks whether at iwi, hapū or whānau levels; paid employment or otherwise.

  • Internship project

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