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 farm in the Horowhenua has been undergoing an environmental transformation over the past three decades and research from NPM has helped hasten the shift.
 

NPM research project will improve the way archaeological information is being characterised and will likely have implications for all hapū and iwi in relation to their significant sites

Since high school, Miriama Narayan (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa) has been fascinated by the transformation of substances from one state to another.

Open

06 Oct 2025 - 10 Nov 2025

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

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25 Jul 2025 - 01 Sep 2025

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 connectedness and promote research uptake and impact.

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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