Kawegapūrongo | News and Events

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM), New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence, publically released its 2013 Annual Report. The report highlights the significant outputs, contributions and outcomes NPM produce for a mere $5.3 million of Centre of Research Excellence funding from the Tertiary Education Commission.

Among these significant contributions, NPM:
• Research produced
o a model of Māori educational success factors,
o an online decision-making tool for sustainable practice and development,
o identified critical elements and key success factors for childrearing,

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga are glad to announce that we have confirmed our international keynotes for the International Indigenous Development Conference 2014 are as follows:

Almost 30 years ago, Jeffrey Sissons, noted historian, proposed two major types of histories principally relating to northern tribal region of New Zealand: (1) founding and (2) conquest. Founding traditions ‘concern marriage, birth and residence; they establish relations between hapū [kin groups] with respect to land’, he wrote (1988, p.200).

Kia ora koutou katoa, We are delighted to announce that we have three grant rounds opening today! Make sure you get your applications in so you don’t miss out on these great opportunities. Knowledge Exchange Support Grant: Is available to run events at which research knowledge of a transformative nature is shared among our key audiences. Such events include conferences, symposia, hui, wānanga, colloquium, workshops, performances and/or exhibitions. 

This research is a retrospective auto ethnographical account detailing the life history of my son Jonathon Kyle te Rau Aroha Brewin, born 10/10/75 and died 21/7/85. This is a story full of the many concepts related to happiness, joy, love and deep, deep sadness.

THE VALUE AND FUTURE OF MĀORI RESEARCH

A National Workshop convened by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Nau mai, piki mai, haere mai. This is an open hui, all welcome.

20th March 2014

Waipapa Marae Complex, Wynyard Street, Auckland

Thursday 27 March 2014

The value and future of Māori research in New Zealand was the subject of a national workshop at the University of Auckland last week.

The final shortlist of Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) proposals were confirmed by the Royal Society of NZ 28th February. On Saturday, 1st March, we were advised that Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga was not short listed and thus is not being considered for further CoRE funding.

Obviously this is very disappointing and somewhat a surprise. This decision affects more than 100 of the country’s pre-eminent researchers engaged in research to benefit Māori communities. The centre is now set to close in 2015 unless other arrangements can be made.