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  • Whakaaweawe grant round 2026 now open

    The Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) Whakaaweawe Impact & Transformation Grants support Māori researchers employed at NPM partner entities to achieve research outcomes and enable knowledge…

  • MAI Journal 2026 Volume 15 Issue 1 out now

    In this general issue, MAI Journal Volume 15, Issue 1 presents a wide collection of Indigenous research and scholarship that foregrounds Māori and Pacific perspectives on resilience, wellbeing,…

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is Aotearoa's only Māori Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE). Funded by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) and hosted by Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland, NPM has 21 partner research entities and a national network of Māori researchers spanning all major disciplinary fields. Our research is driven by our vision of creating the foundations for flourishing Māori futures and bringing about transformative change for our communities, our environs and Aotearoa. NPM is an important vehicle by which Aotearoa continues to be a key player in global Indigenous research and affairs

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A childhood visit to glow worm caves left researcher Aymee Lewis with an enduring curiosity about creatures that glow in the dark.

Manukura has been punching above its weight for over 20 years and now one of its own is digging into the reasons for its success.

Mahonri Owen (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) are part of the team at Te Kura Rau Mahara working to better connect the brain with prosthetic limbs.

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13 Jul 2026 - 10 Aug 2026

NPM Whakaaweawe Impact and Transformation Grants support Māori researchers employed at a NPM partner entity to achieve research outcomes and knowledge sharing pathways that harness connections and promote research uptake and impact.

Open

29 Jun 2026 - 20 Jul 2026

The Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Māori (NPM) Futures Programme supports promising Māori students as a means to growing an expert and capable Māori researcher workforce for Aotearoa New Zealand.

kanapu

Kanapu is a NPM initiative that was designed 'by Māori, for Māori' to ignite Māori talent and leadership in research, science and innovation (RSI) spaces. Kanapu means lightning. It sets the scene to strike at the obstacles that block Māori pathways and transform how Māori collaboratively engage through connecting Māori to Māori, retaining kaimahi and accelerating success. Haruru ana te ao – reverberation – is the consequence and transformation of the system-wide energy states across the RSI sector as Māori potential is enabled.

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