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From South Auckland to the University of Cambridge – Emerging Māori researcher Jacqueline Paul gains scholarships to study at Cambridge
Published 16th September 2020
Keeping whānau and communities safe - a new Whare Māori portal
Published 20th April 2020
New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse (NZFVC) and researchers at Ngā Wai a Te Tūī, the Māori and Indigenous Research Centre at Unitec launch the new Whare Māori portal to keep whānau and communities safe. Increasing support for Māori communities is at the centre of a collaborative response between the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse (NZFVC) and Ngā Wai a Te Tūī, the Māori and Indigenous Research Centre situated at Unitec, a partner to Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence.
See New Zealand Family Clearing House here:
HE MAIMAI AROHA, HE POROPOROAKI I A HUIRANGI WAIKEREPURU
Kimihia, rangahau kei hea koutou e Hui mā, kua ngaro nei.
Kua ngaro koutou ki paerau ki te huinga o te kahurangi
Ka oti atu koutou e te kāhu kōrako o te ao Māori e Huirangi e!
Takoto mai rā e te kākā tarahae i te anuanu i te mātaotao, i tō whare whakairo i te kōrero, i ngā tara o tō whare whakaari i te kupu. Kei te tokatū moana o ngā ara tuku iarere Māori e moe, kei te parepare o te whare pouirirangi whakaata Māori e okioki. Kei te whare whakaruruhau o te mana motuhake, me te tino rangatiratanga o tō iwi Māori, tāpapa mai koe i tō whare mate! Kei te kaiwhakapūmau o tō tātou reo puipuiaki me ngā tikanga tāukiuki tīraha mai rā, takoto mai koe i te rire o ngā rangi o ngā atua o te pō kia pīkauria koe mā ngā parirau o Tāwhirimātea kia piki ai koe ki Matangireia, ki te nia o te mātoru o te pō, haere atu rā koe e Hui e koro e! moe mai, takoto, okioki mārire mai rā! Nā mātou o Ngā Wai a Te Tūī.
Kōrero Credit to: Eruera Morgan. Photo Credit to: NZTEU (NZ Tertiary Education Union) 2010.
Published 2nd April 2020
Ngā Wai a Te Tūi & Tū Tama Wahine o Taranaki will be sharing a video series by Leonie Pihama, Graham and Linda Smith on Kaupapa Māori Kōrero.
Published 31st March 2020
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Haare Williams: Words of a Kaumātua
Published 21st November 2019
We celebrated again with Dr Haare Williams (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Whakatōhea) the launch of his stunning book, ‘Words of a kaumātua’, edited and introduced by Witi Ihimaera.
Having gifted the name of our centre ‘Ngā Wai a te Tui’, Haare has been pivotal in shaping the direction of our mahi rangahau. His long standing involvement at Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka from 1994 to 2002, first as a tutor and then as Dean of Māori Education, before becoming the first Māori Advisor to the Chief Executive, is part of his deep connection with this place. It was here that Haare first met Rau Hoskins, who has continued to be mentored in his work both in the School of Architecture and now as a lead researcher at Ngā Wai a te Tui.
It was our great privilege to host the launch of his book last weekend at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae, a fabulous occasion to pay tribute to his contribution to te puna mātauranga and his most recent work – a collection of poems and narrative pieces in both te reo Māori and English.
Our small and informal occasion to acknowledge our significant relationship with Haare was made more special by the attendance of kaumātua Te Aorere Riddell (Ngāti Porou) a well known and respected Māori educational leader. It was a privilege to share in the storytalk of these kaumātua who continue to link us back to the worlds of our tupuna as well as challenge us about the future for our mokopuna.
Both Haare and Te Aorere continue to support kaupapa Māori activities at Ngā Wai a te Tui, and in the wider community. E kore e mutu ngā mihi ki a korua tahi e koro ma – tēna korua.
05 September 2019
Top Māori academic researcher to join Unitec
Ngā Wai a Te Tūī, Māori and Indigenous Research Centre at Unitec is pleased to announce that Leonie Pihama will join our team as a Professor of Māori Research from 1st October 2019.
“Leonie Pihama has a distinguished reputation as an academic and kaupapa Māori researcher. She brings a wealth of knowledge and skills that will significantly support our work to lead whānau, hapū, iwi, marae and community- driven research projects that make a difference,” Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan, Director of Ngā Wai a Te Tūī said.
Associate Professor Leonie Pihama (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Māhanga, Ngā Māhanga a Tairi) is the former Director of Te Kotahi Research Institute, University of Waikato. She has worked on a broad range of Māori education, whānau health and well-being research projects. Associate Professor Pihama is a recipient of the Hohua Tūtengaehe Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (Health Research Council) and was the inaugural Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar (2011) at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, University of Washington. She has served on Māori Television’s establishment board and worked in film and media production, and in late 2013, she was appointed as a Director on Te Māngai Paho Board.
“I am excited to be joining Ngā Wai a Te Tūī as a Professor in Māori Research and to be working alongside Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan and the Māori researchers that are involved with the Centre,” Associate Professor Pihama said.
“Professor Lee-Morgan and I have worked together on a range of research projects and teaching in Māori Education for over 25 years and I look forward to what this new development will bring in terms of supporting the research aspirations of our people.”
Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan also acknowledged Leonie’s outstanding work and significant contribution she has made to kaupapa Māori research. “Leonie is a senior Māori researcher with deep connections to Māori communities and Indigenous research communities around the world, we feel very fortunate to have someone of her calibre to join our team.”
Marcus Williams, Director Research and Enterprise at Unitec, said Associate Professor Leonie Pihama’s appointment underscored the outstanding progress of Ngā Wai a Te Tūī with Professor Lee-Morgan’s leadership.
“The centre is one of three Strategic Research Foci which denote Unitec’s research strength areas, the others being Cybersecurity and Applied Molecular Solutions. The applied and deeply partnered nature of our research is a very important point of difference and one that resonates extremely well with the kaupapa Māori methodology. I’m thrilled that we will be joined by such a respected researcher and a powerful advocate for social change.”
Glenn Mckay, Te Tumu and Executive Director Student Success for Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka noted the appointment’s significance given Unitec’s increased commitment to Te Noho Kotahitanga (the institute’s partnership agreement) supporting Māori Success across the institution. “While there is lots of work to do, I am increasingly positive with key appointments such as Leonie’s given her outstanding academic reputation, knowledge and skills. She will add immense value to not only Ngā Wai a Te Tūī but to the institution as a whole”.
Media contact:
Jenny Lee-Morgan, Director Ngā Wai a Te Tūī – (021) 598 225
Leonie Pihama – (021) 274 1177
03 September 2019
Invitation - Te Puea Memorial Marae: A launch of resources to support marae based housing
E ngā mātāwaka, e ngā karangaranga maha, nau mai, piki mai.
Haere mai i runga i te reo pōwhiri e karanga nei, te kaupapa rangahau e kīa nei ko te manaaki o te marae.
Ko Tainui te waka. Ko te Pane o Mataoho te maunga. Ko Te Mānukanuka a Hoturoa te moana.
Ko Potatau Te Wherowhero te tangata. Ko Te Puea te marae e mihi atu nei.
Haere mai, haere mai, whakatau mai rā!
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Te Puea Memorial Marae: A launch of resources to support marae based housing
10.00am – 1.00pm
Tuesday 17th September 2019
Te Puea Memorial Marae, 1534 Miro Road, Mangere Bridge, Auckland
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You are warmly invited to celebrate the launch of resources based on the work of the Manaaki Tāngata Programme at Te Puea Memorrial Marae.
The creation of these resources have been led by Ngā Wai a Te Tūī Māori and Indigenous Research Centre, Unitec in collaboration with Te Puea Memorial Marae (TPMM).
Aha Ho’oponopono Conference
Published 30th August 2019
PRESS RELEASE: Ihumātao is not a housing issue, it’s a land issue
Published 29th July 2019
PRESS RELEASE
Ihumātao is not a housing issue, it’s a land issue
Book Launch NAISA
Published September 2019
Four international publications featuring Māori and Indigenous scholars working in Education and in Research Methodologies were launched together during the NAISA Conference being held June 26-29th at the University of Waikato in Hamilton.
The Books’ editors and some of their authors feature in more than one book which is why the multiple book launch was organised. The Books’ publishers are Springer Books Singapore, Alberta University Press Canada, Zed Books London and University of Hawai’i Press Honolulu.
The Book launch organiser Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith says “the four books collectively represent the international relevance, depth and breadth of knowledge and documented evidence of Indigenous education and research that has been the focus of Māori and Indigenous scholarship in recent times”.
The New Zealand based Editors are Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, University of Waikato, Professor Huia Jahnke Massey University, Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan Unitec and Dr Nalani Wilson-Hokowhitu, University of Waikato.
Decolonizing Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology 2019 Edited by Jo-Ann Archibald, Jenny Lee-Morgan and Jason De Santolo. Zed Books. London.
Decolonizing Research brings together indigenous researchers and activists from Canada, Australia and New Zealand to assert the unique value of indigenous storywork as a focus for decolonising research. Indigneous storywork, a term fashioned by Joann Archibald (2008), encourages Indigenous researchers to reclaim and revitlise our story-telling, story-listening, story-learning and story-teaching, with “respect, reverence, reciprocity and responsibility’ (ibid). This book is a landmark exploration that brings together 14 chapters from Indigenous researchers to show how indigenous storytelling practices can decolonize the research of indigenous societies.
To purchase the book:
https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/decolonizing-research/
Prof Jenny Lee-Morgan (Ngā Wai a te Tui) is a co-editor of ‘Decolonising Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodolgy’ as well as a co-editor of the section on Colonisation in the Handbook of Indigenous Education 2019 Edited by Elizabeth Ann McKinley and Linda Tuhiwai Smith. Springer. Singapore.
UNITEC appoints Jenny Lee-Morgan as Professor of Māori Research
Published By Radio Waatea 7th Dec 2018
