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Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is delighted to announce that our first Horizons of insight seminar for 2014 is taking place next week. By our own Senior Research Fellow - Research Performance Dr Marilyn Tangi Ina McPherson When: Wednesday 26th March 2014 Where: Wharekai, Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland Time: 2-3 PM 

If art imitates life, then Shelley Hoani’s PhD is surely a work of art. Shelley’s PhD looked at Māori post-graduate students’ beliefs about success.

A Māori social media app had its soft launch in June, and the platform creator believes it has massive potential to empower Māori while maintaining high standards of privacy and control.

Dr Tanya Allport (Te Ati Awa) leads a research team from Whakauae Research Services to explore Māori understandings of home.

The government’s proposed changes to Early Childcare Education (ECE) licensing requirements will be detrimental to the learning and engagement of all tamariki if it ignores decades of research, says Associate Professor Mere Skerrett (Ngāi Tahu, Waikato/Maniapoto, Te Arawa).

Marine biologist Kiri Reihana says urgent action is required to save the tuangi (cockle) population in Ōhiwa Harbour in the eastern Bay of Plenty.
 

The Gene Technology Bill is currently making its way through Parliament.

EIT researcher, Raun Makirere Haerewa worked with rangatahi to spread the message on the importance of health and well-being, and it proved much more successful than health guidelines developed in Wellington.