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  • Do Kahawai enter rivers during summer to spawn?

    The purpose of this project is to determine if Kahawai (Arripis trutta) in fact enter rivers during summer to spawn. Located in the field in the Eastern Bay of Plenty as well as at Victoria University the intern will conduct field observations and water sampling, and also collect Kahawai from the river to determine their sex and reproductive stage. The intern will learn to conduct hapū initiated kaupapa Māori research that takes a transdiciplinary approach, using methods from multiple disciplines to inform hapū research questions.

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  • Dr Chelsea Bond - To be healthy and human: Making the case for an Indigenist health humanities

    Drawing from the Indigenous Australian context, this paper reflects upon the theme of ‘Indigenous human flourishing’ and the (in)capabilities of the academy to see us as both human and healthy. It takes as its focus the Indigenous scholar, not as student but as activist, and considers the necessary weaponry for recovering and reclaiming our humanity and what it is to be healthy.

  • 2016 Conference

    DR DONNA DEGENNARO

    Dr Donna DeGennaro teaches at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. Her passion for creating socially focused just learning designs that are technology-mediated and youth-driven, has fueled her work with youth in informal learning environments in the US and abroad for the past 10 years.

  • Dr James Ataria: Producing a better environment by matching science and tangata whenua knowledge

    “I think all New Zealanders pride ourselves on being clean and green, but we are increasingly asking what we need to do to protect that…” When winning support from local authorities, these days it’s the numbers that talk. And as a scientist with Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research based at Lincoln near Christchurch, Dr James Ataria has been using them eloquently for some time in collaborative research projects helping local communities protect culturally significant environments.

    Environment Health

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  • Dr Margie Hohepa: Providing new aids to learning

    Case study

    “We are taking a strengths-based approach. So that teachers can go from where they are now to where they want to be.” AS EVERY CHILD knows, learning to read means first cracking a code. The next challenge is reading to learn – when you move from just identifying the words to extracting deeper comprehension.

    Education Te Reo

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  • 2018 Conference

    Dr Marie Delorme - Indigenous Economic Empowerment: The Bridge to a Prosperous Future

    Indigenous economic empowerment is arguably one of the least understood or acknowledged opportunities to spur  national and international economies. This presentation examines the complex combination of multi-faceted issues  which inform Indigenous economic development.